Founding Engineer
About this role
Join Chief AI as a Founding Engineer to build the AI-native operating system for modern leadership alongside the CEO and founding team. From day one, you will shape product direction and engineering culture while empowering high-powered decision-makers in government and business to impact millions.
What youll do
- Ship core agentic workflows essential for executive teams.
- Build data ingestion and structuring pipelines to generate actionable context.
- Collaborate directly with customers to understand their operational needs.
- Shape core architecture and AI workflows for executive reasoning.
- Develop personalization and intelligence features for briefings, tasks, and relationships.
- Prototype and iterate on innovations like voice-to-text and recommendation surfacing.
What Chief AI is looking for
- 2–5+ years of experience shipping full-stack, production-grade products in fast-paced, early-stage environments.
- Strong proficiency in Python, Typescript, React, Django, Tailwind, AWS, and Postgres.
- Hands-on experience building AI-native SaaS products with LLMs, agents, RAG, and embeddings, plus a clear view of where AI is headed.
- Experience building from 0 to 1 in a founder-led startup and communicating effectively with the CEO and founding team to shape product direction.
- Direct experience collaborating with customers and stakeholders to define requirements, gather feedback, and shape product direction.
- Ownership mindset with genuine care for the mission, the product, and the outcome.
- Must be a U.S. citizen eligible for security clearance; experience in government or regulated industries is a plus.
- Ability to work on-site at StartupHQ in San Francisco, CA (no fully remote option).
Company at a glance
It builds a system of AI-native products to supercharge leaders in government and the C-suite, shaping a leadership-focused approach across government and the executive suite.
What happens next
Skip the application pile. I get you in front of the people who decide.
Confirm the fit
A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.
I pitch you to the company
I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.
A meeting lands on your calendar
When the company wants to meet, I get the call on your calendar. You just show up.
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