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Founding Engineers

Career Mentors, LLC
NEW YORK, NY Contractor
POSTED ON 4/30/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/29/2026

🌟 WE’RE HIRING: 7 JOB FAMILIES 🌟

Top VC-Backed Startups (Seed β†’ Series E) Backed by: a16z, Sequoia, Founders Fund, YC, & more.

We are actively talent-mapping for exceptional individuals to join high-growth teams.

πŸš€ 1. Engineering: Founding & Early-Stage

  • Roles: Founding Engineer, Full Stack, Backend, Staff/Lead, SRE/Infra

  • Stack: TypeScript, React, Next.js, Python, Node.js, Go, PostgreSQL, AWS/GCP, Docker, Kubernetes, FastAPI, GraphQL, OpenAI, LangChain

  • πŸ“ Locations: SF Bay Area, NYC (On-site/Hybrid)

πŸ“Š 2. Data Engineering & Platforms

  • Roles: Data Engineer, Senior Data Engineer, Analytics Engineer

  • Stack: Python, Pandas, SQL, Snowflake, Spark, Kafka, Airflow, dbt, MLflow, Terraform

  • πŸ“ Locations: SF, NYC, Remote/Hybrid

πŸ€– 3. Machine Learning & AI Infra

  • Roles: ML Engineer, AI Engineer, ML Infra, Applied AI, Research Scientist

  • Stack: Python, PyTorch, TensorFlow, OpenAI, LangChain, GPU Optimization, Rust/Go

  • πŸ“ Locations: SF Bay Area, NYC, Seattle

πŸ› οΈ 4. Product Management (Technical & AI)

  • Roles: Technical PM, Staff PM, AI Product Manager

  • Stack: OpenAI, Figma, Notion, Amplitude, Snowflake

  • πŸ“ Locations: NYC, SF Bay Area

🎨 5. Product Design & UI/UX

  • Roles: Product Designer, Staff Designer, Design Engineer

  • Stack: Figma, React, TypeScript

  • πŸ“ Locations: SF Bay Area, NYC

πŸ“ˆ 6. GTM, Sales & Solutions

  • Roles: Account Executive, SDR, Forward Deployed Engineer, Solutions Engineer

  • Stack: Salesforce, HubSpot, Snowflake, OpenAI

  • πŸ“ Locations: SF, NYC, Remote (Select)

βš™οΈ 7. Ops, Strategy & People

  • Roles: BizOps, Chief of Staff, People & Talent, Strategic Finance

  • Stack: OpenAI, Notion, Airtable, Excel/Tableau

  • πŸ“ Locations: SF Bay Area, NYC



🎯 WHO WE LOOK FOR

We prioritize candidates with backgrounds from high-velocity environments:

  • Top Labs & Tech: @OpenAI, @Anthropic, @Cursor, @ScaleAI, @Glean, @LangChain, @TogetherAI, @FireworksAI, @Cognition, @Harvey, @Decagon, @Abridge, @ModalLabs, @AppliedIntuition, @Cohere, @Hebbia, @Pinecone, @Hex, @Vanta, @Ramp, @ElevenLabs, @MistralAI, @Google, @Meta, @Stripe, @Databricks, @Snowflake.

  • Top Universities: @Stanford, @MIT, @CMU, @UC Berkeley, @UIUC, @Georgia Tech, @Cornell, @NYU, @Columbia.

⚑️ WHY JOIN?

βœ… High ownership & autonomy βœ… Competitive base salary meaningful equity βœ… Work alongside world-class founders and engineers

#Hiring #Startups #AI #TechJobs #FoundingEngineer #ProductManager #SanFrancisco #NewYork #YC #SeriesA

Equal Employment Opportunity

TopTechTalent.ai believes that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunities. TopTechTalent.ai recruits, hires, trains, promotes, disciplines and provides other conditions of employment without regard to a person's race, color, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity, or expression, age, national origin, citizenship status, disability, veteran's status, sexual orientation, marital status or other classifications protected under law or Company policy. This includes providing reasonable accommodation for team members' disabilities or religious beliefs and practices.

The government requires TopTechTalent.ai to maintain information on those who seek employment with the company, including their race and sex. Accordingly, to help us comply with this requirement, we encourage you to provide us with the following self-identification information. However, submission of this information is voluntary and refusal to provide it will not affect your opportunity for employment or terms and conditions of employment, if hired. If you do submit this information, it will be kept confidential and will be used in the compilation of data for reporting requirements.

🚫 Third-party recruiters, please do not reach out for this role.

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