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Founding Engineer

Strativ Group
San Francisco, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 1/5/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 2/3/2026

Founding Engineer


We’re partnered with a Seed-stage startup who are building the next generation of AI Agents for real-world operations - starting with manufacturing and logistics, where software actually moves atoms, not just pixels.


Backed by top-tier VCs and leaders from OpenAI, they're assembling a small, elite founding team to build a category-defining company from the ground up. This is not a 9–5 role. This is for people who want to build something meaningful, fast.


You'll focus on building and shipping production-grade AI agent systems used by real industrial customers and will both design and implement end-to-end full-stack systems (frontend, backend, infra, AI). You'll work hands-on with LLMs in production: prompt design, tool calling, orchestration, evaluation, monitoring, and iteration, and will also collaborate directly with founders, customers, and advisors to turn messy real-world problems into working software


Experience required;


  • 1 Years' experience in Software Engineering - exp. in JavaScript/TypeScript and/or Python
  • A strong technical foundation (CS, engineering, math, or equivalent)
  • Education from a top-tier university or equivalent demonstrated excellence
  • Proven experience shipping LLM-powered features into production (not just demos or notebooks)


This is a Founding team role with real ownership and influence. You will work on cutting-edge AI applied to trillion-dollar industries and will learn directly from leaders who’ve built and deployed frontier AI systems.


Please apply ASAP for more info.

Salary : $180,000 - $220,000

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