Founding Engineer (Hybrid – San Francisco, CA)

About the Role
We’re looking for a highly skilled Senior Full Stack Engineer with 5+ years of experience spanning frontend and backend development. The ideal candidate has worked at both reputable tech companies (e.g., FAANG, Databricks, Snowflake) and startups, and thrives in an environment where ownership, adaptability, and iteration are key.

If you’re a generalist who enjoys tackling complex technical challenges, shaping architectural direction, and building systems that scale — this is a great opportunity to make a major impact at an early stage of growth.

What You’ll Do

• Design and build the core intelligence engine end-to-end — including data ingestion, model orchestration, feedback loops, APIs, and UI integration.
• Own architecture decisions across stack boundaries (Python / Go / TypeScript) to enable scalable and evolvable systems.
• Collaborate directly with the founders on roadmap prioritization, trade-offs, and technical vision.
• Define what great engineering looks like in an AI-first organization.
• Occasionally engage with customers to understand needs and translate them into technical solutions.

Tech Stack
TypeScript, Python, Go, Postgres, React, Distributed Systems, Data Pipelines, AI/ML

Who You Are

• 5–15 years of experience in software engineering, including a senior title at a reputable tech company.
• Proven experience working across different parts of the stack — frontend, backend, and infrastructure.
• Strong foundations in distributed systems, data, or AI/ML.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment and thinking like an owner.
• Graduate of a top computer science program (MIT, Stanford, CMU, UC Berkeley, Caltech, Harvard, University of Washington, Georgia Tech, Cornell) — preferred but not required.

Hybrid Work Policy
This is a hybrid role based in San Francisco, California, with an expectation of 3 days per week in the office at 55 Hawthorne.
We value in-person collaboration as we build our early team. However, we’re open to considering fully remote options for exceptional talent. If the right candidate prefers remote work, this could shape a long-term cultural shift toward fully remote operations.

Visa Sponsorship
Visa sponsorship is available. Both founders are immigrants and have a strong understanding of the immigration process. The team is committed to ensuring that sponsored individuals are supported — including working with investors to facilitate transitions to O-1 visas or placements within other portfolio companies if needed.

Compensation
Salary: $160,000 – $220,000 USD
Equity: Competitive equity package

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $160,000.00 - $220,000.00 per year

Application Question(s):

• Do you happen to have a GitHub or portfolio link you’d be open to sharing? It’ll help us get a sense of your recent work. If yes, kindly share the link below.
• Just to confirm, have you previously worked in a high-growth start-up (Seed to Series B stage)?
• This role prefers candidates Held a senior title at a reputable company (FAANG, Databricks, Snowflake).

FAANG refers to Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix, and Google — companies recognized for their strong engineering practices and technical rigor.
Have you worked at, or received training from, any organization with a similar engineering culture?

Education:

• Bachelor's (Required)

Experience:

• Full-stack software engineering: 5 years (Required)

Work Location: In person