Founding AI Engineer
- Location
- Los Angeles, San Francisco +1
- Workplace
- On-site
- Compensation
- $180k – $250k + equity
- Visa
- Visa Sponsorship Available
About this role
What You'll Own
The quality of our AI agent IS the product. You'll own the intelligence layer -- this isn't a research role. This is the person who makes the agent reliable, fast, and smart enough that users trust it with their actual work.
The voice agent pipeline. Designing and optimizing the full model orchestration chain for real-time, low-latency conversational interactions. You'll decide which models to use, how to stitch them together, and how to make the whole thing feel instant.
Prompt engineering and evals. Crafting, testing, and iterating on prompts across the product. Building eval frameworks that catch regressions before users do.
Agentic workflow orchestration. Building the multi-step reasoning and action-taking capabilities that let users manage email, calendar, and documents through natural conversation. Context management, memory, and knowing when the agent should act versus ask.
Making hard tradeoffs between quality, latency, and cost at every layer of the stack
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.
Culture & values
Direct access to founders from day one
Real ownership over product direction
Small team structure enabling close collaboration with leadership
Accessibility-first design approach as core value
Focus on building for underserved communities (vision impairment, ADHD, dyslexia)
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