Founding Engineer
- Salary
- $160,000 - $230,000 annually
- Level
- Mid
- Work type
- On-site · San Francisco
- Visa
- Sponsors visas
Open. First seen 25 October 2026.
About the role
About the Role
Join a small, technically focused team building AI agents for complex supply chain operations. This hands-on role combines customer-facing work with end-to-end software development, turning operational challenges into production product features.
What You'll Do
- Work directly with customers, including procurement and supply chain teams, to understand operational challenges firsthand.
- Translate customer insights into product and infrastructure improvements.
- Own engineering workstreams from scoping through deployment.
- Collaborate with company leadership on technical and strategic direction.
- Help shape effective agentic software for supply chain use cases.
What We're Looking For
- At least 2 years of professional experience as a full-stack or backend-leaning engineer.
- Production experience with Python, plus familiarity with TypeScript and React.
- A track record of shipping software and delivering meaningful outcomes for stakeholders.
- Experience at an early-stage startup or a well-regarded larger organization, with evidence of impact and career growth.
- Regular use of AI coding assistants, such as Copilot or Cursor.
- A U.S. undergraduate degree in computer science or an equivalent technical field.
- Ability to travel for work every one to two months, including internationally.
- Experience in forward-deployed engineering, building or deploying LLMs or AI models, or supply chain and procurement is useful.
Compensation & Benefits
Base salary: $160,000 to $230,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is available.
Location
On-site in San Francisco, California. The role is listed for candidates in the United States.
What this role asks for
Standard for software engineering roles
Python
Common in software engineering postings at any company.
Compared with True Talent Solutions Partners's other open jobs.
The team: Client Roles
This role is one of 121 open in Client Roles. 121 were posted in the last 30 days, including 6 lead roles: the team is hiring the people who run it too.
WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS
Python (65 of 121), LLM (48 of 121), TypeScript (47 of 121), React (38 of 121), Machine Learning (31 of 121), AWS (27 of 121), JavaScript (27 of 121)
OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM
- Senior Software Engineer posted Oct 25
- Principal Analog/Mixed Signal Engineer posted Oct 25
- Member of Technical Staff posted Oct 25
- Engineering Manager posted Oct 25
- Senior Power Electronics Engineer posted Oct 25
- Founding Product Engineer posted Oct 25
- Fullstack Software Engineer posted Oct 25
- Founding ML Researcher posted Oct 25
- Founding Forward Deployed Engineer posted Oct 25
- Frontend Engineer posted Oct 25
- Founding Forward Deployed Engineer posted Oct 25
- Software Engineer, iOS posted Oct 25
- Forward Deployed AI Engineer posted Oct 24
- Senior Platform Engineer posted Oct 24
- Founding Engineer posted Oct 24
- Software Engineer, Marketplace posted Oct 24
- Founding Engineer posted Oct 24
- Founding Full-Stack Engineer posted Oct 24
- Forward Deployed Engineer posted Oct 24
- Founding Full-Stack Engineer posted Oct 24
- Senior Full Stack Software Engineer posted Oct 24
- Product Engineer (Mid-Senior) posted Oct 24
- Founding Engineer posted Oct 24
- Member of Technical Staff, Compiler posted Oct 24
- AI Scheduler posted Oct 24
- Mid/Senior Full Stack AI Engineer posted Oct 24
- Founding Backend Software Engineer posted Oct 24
- Director of Engineering posted Oct 24
- Founding Senior Engineer posted Oct 24
- Engineering Manager posted Oct 24
- Senior AI/ML Engineer posted Oct 24
- Mechanical Engineer posted Oct 24
- Product Lead, Agentic Personalization posted Oct 24
- AI Research Scientist posted Oct 24
- Senior Computer Vision ML / Research Engineer posted Oct 24
- Senior Software Engineer posted Oct 24
- Senior Software Engineer, Autonomous Systems posted Oct 24
- Founding Engineer posted Oct 24
- Member of Technical Staff posted Oct 24
- Technical Recruiter posted Oct 24
- Product Manager, AI Education posted Oct 24
- Agent Deployment Engineer posted Oct 24
- Full Stack Engineer posted Oct 24
- Forward Deployed Engineer posted Oct 24
- Brand & Identity / Presentation Designer posted Oct 24
- Senior Full-Stack Engineer posted Oct 24
- Software Engineer, AI Agents posted Oct 24
- Product Growth Manager posted Oct 24
- Member of Technical Staff, ML Systems posted Oct 24
- Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer posted Oct 24
- Product Lead posted Oct 24
- Founding Engineer posted Oct 24
- Founding AI Engineer posted Oct 24
- Full-Stack Product Engineer posted Oct 24
- Full Stack Software Engineer posted Oct 24
- Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Operate posted Oct 24
- Product Manager, Supply Chain posted Oct 24
- ML / AI Engineer posted Oct 23
- Full-Stack Engineer, Agent Evaluation & Reliability posted Oct 23
- Senior QA Engineer, Brazil posted Oct 23
- Senior Full-Stack Engineer, AI posted Oct 23
- Senior LATAM Quantitative Developer posted Oct 23
- Founding Forward Deployed Engineer posted Oct 23
- Director of Engineering posted Oct 23
- GTM Engineer posted Oct 23
- Founding RL Engineer posted Oct 23
- Forward Deployed Engineer posted Oct 23
- Senior / Staff Product Engineer posted Oct 23
- Member of Technical Staff posted Oct 23
- Full-Stack Engineer posted Oct 23
- Senior Analog/Mixed Signal Engineer posted Oct 23
- Senior Forward Deployed Engineer posted Oct 23
- Senior Member of Technical Staff, Platform posted Oct 23
- Founding Product Designer posted Oct 23
- Forward Deployed Engineer posted Oct 23
- Senior Solutions Engineer, Digital Native and Mid-Market posted Oct 23
- Founding Product Engineer posted Oct 22
- Senior Product Manager posted Oct 22
- Mechanical Design Engineer posted Oct 22
- Member of Technical Staff, Agent Platform posted Oct 22
- Senior Security Engineer posted Oct 22
- Software Engineer, Infrastructure posted Oct 22
- Senior Software Engineer, Core Systems posted Oct 22
- Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Tactical Edge posted Oct 22
- Senior/Staff Software Engineer, Platform posted Oct 22
- Software Engineer, RL Environments posted Oct 22
- Robotics Infrastructure Engineer posted Oct 22
- Founding Backend & Infrastructure Engineer posted Oct 22
- Forward Deployed Product Manager posted Oct 21
- Solutions Engineer posted Oct 21
- Product Engineer, Scrape posted Oct 21
- Senior Software Engineer, Customer Studio Backend posted Oct 21
- Member of Technical Staff, Full Stack posted Oct 21
- Founding Forward Deployed Engineer posted Oct 21
- Lead Platform Engineer posted Oct 21
- Staff Product Manager posted Oct 21
- Founding PLM Solutions Engineer posted Oct 21
- Backend Infrastructure Engineer, Anti-Bot posted Oct 21
- Principal Software Engineer, Perception posted Oct 21
- Senior Software Engineer, Design posted Oct 21
- Founding Software Engineer posted Oct 21
- Forward Deployed Engineer posted Oct 21
- Software Engineer posted Oct 21
- Technical Product Manager posted Oct 21
- Design Engineer posted Oct 21
- Chief Product Officer posted Oct 21
- Research Crawling Engineer posted Oct 21
- Machine Learning Engineer posted Oct 21
- Forward Deployed Engineer, Infrastructure posted Oct 21
- Robotics Software Engineer posted Oct 21
- Founding Research Engineer, Robot Learning posted Oct 21
- Engineering Lead posted Oct 21
- Senior Backend Engineer posted Oct 21
- Machine Learning Infrastructure Engineer posted Oct 21
- Senior Platform Security Engineer posted Oct 21
- Software Engineer, Mid-Level to Staff+ posted Oct 21
- Senior Security Engineer posted Oct 21
- Head of Software Architecture, Embodied AI Platform posted Oct 21
- AI Solutions Consultant posted Oct 21
- Agent Deployment Engineer posted Oct 21
From the team and dates on True Talent Solutions Partners's own job board.
Salary context
102 other open postings titled Founding Engineer state a salary: median USD 150,000 to USD 250,000 a year.
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