Founding Engineer, AI Product

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ABOUT THE ROLE Join the AI product team as a founding engineer, owning an agent-based product from concept through production. You will shape product and technical decisions while building user-facing features and the backend systems that power the platform. WHAT YOU'LL DO - Design and build user-facing features for an AI agent product, balancing usability with technical feasibility. - Develop and maintain backend systems, APIs, and infrastructure for production AI workloads. - Gather feedback, test product ideas, and ship improvements in rapid cycles. - Own systems end-to-end, from architecture and implementation to deployment and monitoring. - Collaborate with the founding team on product direction and technical strategy. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR - At least 5 years of professional software engineering experience and a record of shipping products. - Full-stack product engineering skills across frontend, backend, and production infrastructure. - Hands-on experience building and deploying AI-powered products, LLM applications, or agent workflows. - Experience owning systems from zero to one, ideally in a startup, founding-engineer, solo-builder, or early-stage environment. - Comfort working through ambiguity and making decisions with incomplete information. LOCATION This is a full-time, on-site role in San Francisco, California. Candidates should be able to work on-site in the Bay Area or relocate.