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Ara (YC P26)

Founding Engineer

San Francisco, California, United States · On-site

Senior

About Ara Ara is building the cloud coding agent: an autonomous software engineer that turns a trigger into a pull request and reports back in Slack and Linear. We're a YC company (P26) based in San Francisco, moving fas…

Skills: Full Stack Development, System Design, AI Agents, Cloud IDE, Frontend Development

Founding Engineer

Ara (YC P26)

San Francisco, California, United States • On-site

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  • Full-time
  • Founding Equity
  • Posted 4d ago
  • ~40 hrs/week

Responsibilities

Build and own core product surfaces across the full stack, including the cloud IDE and autonomous agents. Set the technical direction, engineering standards, and culture for the early-stage team.

Requirements

Seeking an engineer with strong fundamentals and a bias toward shipping who can build products end-to-end. Must be comfortable with ambiguity and passionate about AI agents and developer tools.

Full job description

About Ara
Ara is building the cloud coding agent: an autonomous software engineer that turns a trigger into a pull request and reports back in Slack and Linear. We're a YC company (P26) based in San Francisco, moving fast to redefine how software gets built.

The role
As a Founding Engineer, you'll be one of the first engineers at Ara. You'll own major parts of the product end-to-end, from the cloud IDE and interactive prompting to the autonomous agent that ships code on its own. You'll set the technical direction, ship daily, and directly shape both the product and the culture.

What you'll do
- Build and own core product surfaces across the full stack
- Design the systems that let autonomous agents write, test, and ship real code
- Work directly with the founders and early customers to iterate fast
- Set engineering standards, tooling, and culture as we scale the team

What we're looking for
- Strong engineering fundamentals and a bias toward shipping
- Experience building products end-to-end (frontend, backend, or infra)
- Excitement about AI agents, developer tools, and the future of software
- Comfort with ambiguity and ownership in an early-stage environment

Details
- Location: San Francisco (in office)
- Employment: Full-time
- Compensation: competitive salary plus meaningful founding equity

If you want to build the tool that builds software, we'd love to talk.

Related keywords

AI AgentsCloud Coding AgentFull StackCloud IDEDeveloper ToolsYC CompanyAutonomous Software EngineerSlackLinearPull RequestInfrastructureSan Francisco

About Ara (YC P26)

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Ara is the self-driving IDE for developers

Industry
Technology, Information and Internet
Company size
2-10 employees
Founded
2026
Headquarters
San Francisco, California
LinkedIn followers
2,030

Ara.so | [email protected] | [email protected]

Offices: 560 20th St, San Francisco, California 94107, US

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About Ara (YC P26)

LinkedInVisit site

Ara is the self-driving IDE for developers

Industry
Technology, Information and Internet
Company size
2-10 employees
Founded
2026
Headquarters
San Francisco, California
LinkedIn followers
2,030

Ara.so | [email protected] | [email protected]

Offices: 560 20th St, San Francisco, California 94107, US

View all jobs at Ara (YC P26)

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