Founding Engineer

Founding Engineer

Location: San Francisco, CA (Union Square area)

Employment Type: Full-time

Work Arrangement: On-site

About the Role

Our client, is an applied AI research lab building high-fidelity agent environments and tooling with the bold thesis of becoming the single global workforce supplier of AI employees for the entire global economy. They are currently focused on conquering the frontiers of planning, memory, and "always-on-behavior" for their agents.

As a Founding Engineer, you will have a high-agency role, working directly with the CEO and founding team. Your contributions will go beyond just code, actively shaping the product, culture, and architecture. You must be prepared to ship fast, experiment, and iterate without heavy process.

What You'll Do

• Own large chunks of the AI employee product (Kafka/Hermes), with a focus on backend-heavy systems, data pipelines, and agent integrations (70% backend, 30% frontend).
• Work one-on-one with the CEO and founding team to iterate rapidly based on customer feedback.
• Ship new features that directly support customer deployments, not research prototypes.
• Help with infrastructure scaling (cloud and on-premise) and improve the proprietary agent system.
• Be comfortable moving seamlessly between Python/TypeScript backend and frontend to deliver complete features.
• Engage directly with users and help shape the company culture for future team members.

• 2-7 years of experience as a software engineer with a backend focus.
• Comfortable with full-stack execution and deeply passionate about building.
• Must be comfortable with rapid iteration, a lack of heavy process, and building with end-users in mind.

• Salary: $140K - $225K
• Equity: 0.5% - 2.4%
• Visa Sponsorship: OPT / TN visas are potentially acceptable; no H1B sponsorship is currently available.
• Benefits include: Health, dental, and vision insurance; Unlimited PTO.

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