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Founding Engineer (Full Stack)

Recruiting From Scratch
San Francisco, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 4/3/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/2/2026
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Title of Role: Founding Engineer (Full Stack)
Location: San Francisco, CA
Company Stage of Funding: Seed (~$5–6M raised)
Office Type: Onsite (5 days/week)
Salary: $180,000 – $230,000 Equity


Company Description

Our client is an early-stage, venture-backed AI startup building conversational agents that can run live product demos and automate sales workflows for B2B companies. Their platform replaces traditional sales motions with real-time, AI-driven interactions that adapt dynamically to user needs.

With strong early traction—including rapid customer growth and increasing demand—the company is scaling quickly from a small founding team. This is a rare opportunity to join at the ground floor, working directly with the founders to define the product, architecture, and engineering culture.


What You Will Do

  • Build and ship full-stack features end-to-end, from backend systems to frontend UI
  • Design and improve LLM-powered agent systems, including orchestration, evaluation, and self-improvement loops
  • Debug real-world production issues using customer conversation logs and system behavior
  • Develop generative UI experiences that adapt dynamically based on user interactions
  • Build infrastructure for agent performance, versioning, and experimentation
  • Work directly with customers to understand product gaps and ship solutions quickly
  • Contribute to all areas of the system: backend APIs, frontend interfaces, AI pipelines, and infrastructure
  • Operate in a fast-paced environment, shipping daily and iterating rapidly

Ideal Candidate Background

  • 0–5 years of software engineering experience (exceptional new grads considered)
  • Strong full-stack experience with React (frontend) and Python (backend)
  • Experience building and shipping production systems used by real users
  • Startup experience or strong interest in early-stage environments
  • Strong problem-solving skills and ability to operate in ambiguous environments
  • Comfortable working directly with customers and debugging real-world issues
  • Based in or willing to relocate to San Francisco (onsite role)

Preferred

  • Experience working on AI/LLM-based systems or automation tools
  • Background in B2B SaaS, sales tech, or developer tools
  • Strong product intuition and ability to make tradeoffs quickly
  • Experience building customer-facing features with direct business impact
  • Track record of high ownership (e.g., founding engineer, early startup hire, strong internships)

Compensation and Benefits

  • Competitive base salary: $180,000 – $230,000
  • Meaningful equity as an early founding engineer
  • Opportunity to define product, architecture, and engineering culture from day one
  • Work directly with founders on high-impact problems
  • Fast-paced environment with rapid iteration and learning
  • Exposure to cutting-edge AI systems and real-world applications

This role is ideal for engineers who want to operate at the frontier of AI and product development—owning systems end-to-end and building a company from the ground up.

Salary : $180,000 - $230,000

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