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Founding Engineer

San FranciscoOn-siteFull-time

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Founding Engineer at a YC-backed startup designing data infrastructure and environments to connect AI with knowledge work; owns ambiguous problems end-to-end, balancing speed and reliability while collaborating with a small, experienced team.

About this role

Company Overview

We're a YC-backed startup on a mission to bridge the gap between AI and the $5T knowledge work economy through cutting-edge data infrastructure and environments. We're a technical team with experience from Scale AI, Uber, and previously founding a successful AI company. We’re based in San Francisco, CA, and recently raised an oversubscribed seed round led by top-tier VCs.

Required Qualifications

  • Strong technical / computer science fundamentals.

  • Experience building production-grade backend / full-stack systems

  • Deep understanding of scalability challenges and good system design.

  • The ability to take ambiguous requirements, conduct research, analyze tradeoffs, and own project execution end-to-end, balancing speed vs reliability.

  • Strong communication skills and a bias toward ownership

Preferred Qualifications

  • 2+ years of experience as a SWE

  • Prior experience at startups / high-growth companies

  • Experience with applied AI / AI research - specifically in post-training / RL

Skills

AI AppliedBackend SystemsDistributed SystemsFull-stack DevelopmentPost-trainingPrior Startup ExperienceProduction-grade SystemsRLScalabilitySystem Design

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