Retell AI

Technology

FoundersInitiatives,AIAgents

$200–300k Redwood City, California, United States FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for Mid+ candidates.

The Brief

“Founders Initiatives, AI Agents at Retell AI. Skills: AI Agents, Full-stack engineering, Startup operations. Build systems to extract signals from resumes. Develop lead scoring models”

Industry & Context.

Technology
Problems you'll solve

Root cause analysis; Troubleshooting

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

2+ years professional software engineering experience, 1+ year startup experience, Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Hands-on experience building with LLMs, Hands-on experience building AI agents in production

Nice to Have

Experience with Kubernetes a plus

What You'll Do.

Build systems to extract signals from resumes

Develop lead scoring models

Design AI recruiter workflows

Automate personalized outbound email workflows

Build automation systems for customer security workflows

Automate security questionnaire response generation

Improve internal tooling for enterprise readiness

Build systems for accounts receivable automation

Create automated enterprise customer onboarding tools

Design internal systems to reduce operational overhead

Integrate with CRM systems

Build workflow automation

Design LLM-powered systems

Own API-based integrations

Build HubSpot and Lark automations

Develop lifecycle automation systems

Create targeted website personalization systems

Build email personalization pipelines

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Cross-functional teams; Product teams; Engineering teams; Operations teams

Process & Methodology

Agile

Full Job Description

ABOUT RETELL AI Retell AI is using first principles to reimagine the call center with cutting-edge voice AI. Thousands of companies now utilize Retell’s AI voice agents to handle sales, support, and logistics calls that once required large teams of human agents. Backed by Y Combinator, Alt Capital, and other leading investors, we have scaled rapidly to tens of millions in ARR with a small, high-velocity team. Our vision is to build a modern customer experience platform where AI agents operate as frontline workers, QA systems, and operational managers—continuously executing, monitoring, and improving customer interactions. We’re looking for builders who want to work on the hardest problems in applied AI, move fast, and have outsized ownership in shaping the company. Let’s build the future together. - We’re a top 50 AI app in a16z list: https://tinyurl.com/5853dt2x - #4 on Brex's Fast-Growing Software Vendors of 2025: https://www.brex.com/journal/brex-benchmark-december-2025 - We're also one of the top ranking startups on: https://leanaileaderboard.com/ - Enterprise tech 30: https://www.wing.vc/et30/overview ABOUT FOUNDERS INITIATIVES Founders Initiatives is a cross-functional team that works directly with Retell's founders on the company's highest-priority opportunities and challenges. Team members are expected to operate across functions, build from first principles, and help scale the business in whatever way creates the most impact. This is not a narrowly scoped role, it is a high-ownership builder position where you will work across product, engineering, GTM, operations, and AI systems to design and ship core company infrastructure. ABOUT THE ROLE We are hiring a Founders Initiatives, AI Agents builder to design and implement internal and external AI systems that power how Retell hires, sells, operates, and scales. You will be responsible for building production-grade AI workflows, automations, and agent systems that directly impact company operations and custome

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