Company

Engineering

FoundingEngineer(FullStack)

$250–450k ~AI est. San Francisco, California, United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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

The Brief

“Founding Engineer (Full Stack). Skills: Full Stack Development, LLM Systems. Own problems end-to-end. Debug production issues in real-time”

Industry & Context.

Engineering
Problems you'll solve

Root cause analysis; Debugging

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Proven track record shipping systems, Engineering judgment, Hands-on experience making LLM systems work at scale, Comfortable working across the stack, Ability to take ownership without waiting for direction

What You'll Do.

Own problems end-to-end

Debug production issues in real-time

Design and prototype new features

Build core technical pillars

Maintain core technical pillars

Write evals that measure system quality

Feed improvements back into product

Handle database migrations

Handle customer debugging

Handle infrastructure design

Full Job Description

ABOUT THE ROLE You'll be one of the first two founding engineers setting the technical culture for a fast-growing team. The company has seen rapid growth and just closed funding to scale. You'll work across the entire technical stack with significant ownership and autonomy. WHAT YOU'LL DO - Own problems end-to-end across multiple technical domains: LLM orchestration, conversation flow, tool integration, voice, UI, and infrastructure - Debug production issues in real-time—from conversation logs to deployment regressions—and ship fixes quickly - Design and prototype new features with minimal specification, from generative UI to agent versioning systems - Build and maintain the core technical pillars: agent orchestration, embeddable adaptive UI, customer-facing platform, evaluation pipelines, and zero-cold-start infrastructure - Write and iterate on evals that measure system quality and feed improvements back into the product - Handle the full spectrum of early-stage work: frontend bugs, database migrations, customer debugging, and infrastructure design WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR - Proven track record shipping systems that real users depend on. You can speak to what actually broke in production and how you fixed it - Strong engineering judgment about what's ready to ship versus what needs more work. You move fast without creating hidden technical debt - Hands-on experience making LLM systems work at scale. You understand the gap between demo and production, and you know how to close it through design and iteration - Comfortable working across the stack—not for the title, but because the hardest problems don't fit into one layer - Ability to take ownership without waiting for direction. If something is broken or unclear, you fix it - Pragmatic about technology choices. You pick tools based on the problem, not preference COMPENSATION & DETAILS Work Arrangement: Full-time, founding-level role LOCATION Remote or onsite options available

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