Founding Engineer, AI Product

Location
San Francisco
Workplace
On-site

About this role

You'll be a Founding Engineer on our AI Product team, owning the full stack of an agent-based AI product from conception to production. This is a zero-to-one role where you'll drive product engineering decisions, ship user-facing features, and build the backend systems that power the platform.

What You'll Do

  • Design and implement user-facing features for an AI agent product, balancing usability with technical feasibility.
  • Build and maintain backend systems, APIs, and infrastructure to support production AI workloads.
  • Iterate rapidly on product ideas, gathering feedback and shipping improvements in tight cycles.
  • Own systems end-to-end, from architecture decisions through deployment and monitoring.
  • Collaborate with the founding team to shape product direction and technical strategy.

What We're Looking For

  • 5+ years of professional software engineering experience with a track record of shipping products.
  • Strong full-stack product engineering skills across frontend, backend, and infrastructure.
  • Hands-on experience building and deploying AI-powered products, LLM applications, or agent workflows.
  • Comfort with ambiguity and the ability to make decisions with incomplete information.
  • Proven ability to own systems from zero to one and iterate rapidly in early-stage environments.

Location

Full-time, on-site in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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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