Founding Engineer
- Salary
- $150,000 - $250,000 annually
- Level
- Mid
- Work type
- On-site · San Francisco
- Visa
- Not offered
Open. First seen 6 October 2026.
About the role
About the Role
Join an early engineering team building AI powered software that helps enterprises automate their workflows. As the first engineering hire, you will shape the product and build across the systems that capture work, understand processes, generate software, and deploy it into production.
What You'll Do
- Build high throughput, high concurrency systems that collect events from client desktop environments.
- Develop privacy and redaction capabilities to protect sensitive data.
- Model recorded work as structured process data, including knowledge graphs.
- Build coding agent workflows that generate software and help deploy it into production.
- Work directly with client teams to map workflows, deliver automation, and turn hands on work into repeatable systems.
- Own product features end to end, from design through deployment and ongoing use by customers.
What We're Looking For
- At least 2 years of experience building and shipping production software, including ownership of features used by real customers.
- Production experience building with LLMs or AI agents, beyond prototypes.
- Strong full stack or backend skills in TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust, or similar technologies.
- Interest in a high ownership, early stage role with ambiguity and broad product responsibilities.
- Helpful experience includes high concurrency systems, Rust, desktop applications or agents, coding agents, and code generation.
- Experience with Next.js, PostgreSQL, Azure, Tauri, or Windows desktop software is also relevant.
Compensation & Benefits
Base salary is $150,000 to $250,000 annually, plus 0.5% to 1.5% equity. US work authorization is required. Visa sponsorship is not available.
Location
On-site in San Francisco, California, with work at the office five days per week.
Other openings for this role
17 open postings for this role in San Francisco, first posted 9 September 2026. The company is likely hiring for more than one position. None has been taken down and posted again.
- 6 October 2026 – open
- 6 October 2026 – open (this posting)
- 3 October 2026 – open
- 2 October 2026 – open
- 1 October 2026 – open
- 1 October 2026 – open
- 1 October 2026 – open
- 30 September 2026 – open
- 30 September 2026 – open
- 29 September 2026 – open
Salary context
66 other open postings titled Founding Engineer state a salary: median USD 150,000 to USD 250,000 a year.
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