Founding Engineer, Applied AI
Role Overview
Join an early-stage AI company building an infrastructure platform for AI-powered service businesses. As an early engineering team member, you will help shape the product and build its core systems from the ground up.
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About the Role
Join an early-stage AI company building an infrastructure platform for AI-powered service businesses. As an early engineering team member, you will help shape the product and build its core systems from the ground up.
What You'll Do
Build and ship production features across the platform, from early definition through release.
Talk directly with users to identify needs, define product outcomes, and iterate based on feedback.
Develop and maintain reliable systems, diagnose production issues, and implement fixes.
Use AI coding tools as part of your day-to-day engineering workflow.
What We're Looking For
At least 3 years of professional software engineering experience.
A record of shipping software to real users, including the ability to explain what broke and how you fixed it.
Product engineering experience, with ownership of user conversations, problem definition, and end-to-end delivery.
Substantial daily use of AI coding tools.
Experience as a founder, CTO, or founding engineer; early engineering experience at a high-growth or AI-focused startup; a record of building demanding production systems; or strong technical foundations from a leading technical university.
Compensation & Benefits
Competitive salary, adjusted to San Francisco market levels upon relocation, plus meaningful early-stage equity. Visa sponsorship and relocation support are provided.
Location
- On-site in Europe initially, with relocation to San Francisco required by January 2027. The role is based in San Francisco after relocation.
Qualifications
- At least 3 years of professional software engineering experience.
- A record of shipping software to real users, including the ability to explain what broke and how you fixed it.
- Product engineering experience, with ownership of user conversations, problem definition, and end-to-end delivery.
- Substantial daily use of AI coding tools.
- Experience as a founder, CTO, or founding engineer; early engineering experience at a high-growth or AI-focused startup; a record of building demanding production systems; or strong technical foundations from a leading technical university.
- Compensation & Benefits
- Competitive salary, adjusted to San Francisco market levels upon relocation, plus meaningful early-stage equity. Visa sponsorship and relocation support are provided.
- Location
- On-site in Europe initially, with relocation to San Francisco required by January 2027. The role is based in San Francisco after relocation.
Responsibilities
- Build and ship production features across the platform, from early definition through release.
- Talk directly with users to identify needs, define product outcomes, and iterate based on feedback.
- Develop and maintain reliable systems, diagnose production issues, and implement fixes.
- Use AI coding tools as part of your day-to-day engineering workflow.
- At least 3 years of professional software engineering experience.
- A record of shipping software to real users, including the ability to explain what broke and how you fixed it.
- Product engineering experience, with ownership of user conversations, problem definition, and end-to-end delivery.
- Substantial daily use of AI coding tools.
- Experience as a founder, CTO, or founding engineer; early engineering experience at a high-growth or AI-focused startup; a record of building demanding production systems; or strong technical foundations from a leading technical university.
- Competitive salary, adjusted to San Francisco market levels upon relocation, plus meaningful early-stage equity. Visa sponsorship and relocation support are provided.
- On-site in Europe initially, with relocation to San Francisco required by January 2027. The role is based in San Francisco after relocation.
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