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Posted 2h ago•San Francisco

Founding Engineer

MiddleOn-site (San Francisco)Salary undisclosed
Required Skills
LLMs
Job Description

About the Role

Join an early-stage AI company as its first engineering hire, working closely with the founder to turn a working AI-powered service business product into scalable infrastructure. You will shape the architecture and technical foundations for AI agents supporting real-world business operations, with the opportunity to grow into a CTO role as the company develops.

What You'll Do

  • Rebuild and scale the existing product into infrastructure designed to support substantial user growth.

  • Design and operate the agent runtime, including orchestration, memory, verification, and reliability systems.

  • Build across backend, infrastructure, frontend, and AI agents, taking projects from design through production.

  • Set technical architecture, engineering standards, and development practices as the first engineer.

  • Ship product improvements regularly to customers running real businesses.

What We're Looking For

  • At least 2 years of experience shipping production software, or an equivalent record as a founder, solo builder, or exceptional early-career engineer.

  • Full-stack range across backend, infrastruc

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