Founding Engineer

Role details

ABOUT THE ROLE Join an early-stage AI creative technology company as one of its first engineers. You will work closely with the founders to build a self-serve platform for generating video creative, helping shape the product while delivering features for customers. WHAT YOU'LL DO - Build and ship the web platform across frontend, backend, and infrastructure. - Develop self-serve tools for creating launch videos, sales videos, and localized marketing campaigns. - Help shape the product roadmap and make technical decisions as a founding team member. - Integrate LLM-powered agents and creative generation pipelines into a polished user experience. - Deliver customer commitments while prototyping and iterating on product features. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR - Zero to three years of full-stack engineering experience, including production web application development. - Experience at an early-stage or engineering-led startup, as a founder, founding engineer, or early employee; venture-backed founding experience is also relevant. - Proficiency with Python and JavaScript, including React and Next.js; familiarity with Node.js is relevant. - Familiarity with LLM-powered applications and agent architectures. - Strong computer science fundamentals and the ability to explain technical decisions and respectfully challenge direction when needed. - A background primarily outside scientific discovery or lab-based domains; creative or video experience and human-in-the-loop systems experience are helpful. - Must be a U.S. citizen or Green Card holder. COMPENSATION & BENEFITS Base salary is $175,000 to $275,000 USD annually. Visa sponsorship is not available. LOCATION On-site in San Francisco, United States.