What are the responsibilities and job description for the Founding Software Engineer position at Code Compass 🧭?
🧭 Founding Software Engineer - San Francisco Bay Area
📍 San Francisco Bay Area, CA | 💵 $140,000 - $190,000 Benefits | 🏢 Hybrid
Join our client, an early-stage AI company building an enterprise platform for Fortune 500 customers. Working alongside a senior engineering team, you'll help build production-grade LLM systems and take ownership of products from 0→1 while working directly with customers to turn real-world feedback into fast product improvements.
⚙️ Tech Stack:
Python, React, Next.js, LLMs, RAG Pipelines, Agentic Workflows, Relational Databases, Distributed Systems, AI Infrastructure, Data Pipelines, APIs
About the Role:
As a Founding Engineer, you will build the platform end to end, architecting and shipping agentic workflows and RAG pipelines into production for enterprise customers. You'll own the data layer, design relational schemas and scalable pipelines, and take products from 0→1 with real autonomy.
➕ Nice to have:
- Commercial software engineering experience with strong Python skills.
- Production experience building LLM, RAG, agentic or generative AI systems.
- Full-stack experience with React, Next.js or TypeScript.
- Experience taking products or features from 0→1 in a startup or fast-paced environment.
💪 Benefits:
- Competitive compensation and benefits package.
- High ownership and autonomy across the entire product lifecycle.
- Opportunity to join a senior early-stage team and help shape the platform as it scales.
Python, React, Next.js, LLMs, RAG Pipelines, Agentic Workflows, Relational Databases, Distributed Systems, AI Infrastructure, Data Pipelines, APIs
Due to the high volume of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.