Founding Engineer – AI Agents for Real-World Data
$120K-$180K + 0.5%-1.0% Equity
Location: San Francisco, CA (In-Person Only)
Work Authorization: US Citizens or Valid Visa Holders
We’re working with one of the most exciting early-stage AI startups in San Francisco – backed by top-tier investors and already partnering with major names in mapping, logistics, and geolocation.
They’re building AI agents that interact with the real world, ingesting data from web, vision, documents, and soon self-driving browsers – helping mapping companies keep their platforms fresh, accurate, and intelligent. This is your chance to be the founding engineer on a deeply technical, high-ownership product with massive commercial impact.
Why this is career rocket fuel:
- AI domain mastery – You’ll go deep on LLM applications, agent orchestration, and retrieval systems. The only better AI job right now might be working on the foundation models themselves.
- Top-tier mentors – The founders previously led Engineering and Product at Facebook, Robinhood, and Mapbox. You’ll be learning from builders who’ve scaled both teams and products to massive levels.
- Startup immersion – Fundraising, customer development, PMF, GTM, hiring, firing, shipping – if you want to launch your own company one day, this is the crash course.
- Team leadership path – You’ll be the first technical hire. As the team scales, you’ll be at the center of building an exceptional engineering culture from day one.
What you’ll be doing:
- Architect and build LLM-powered agents for web, document, and visual data extraction
- Own projects end-to-end: from scoping with founders/customers to building, deploying, and iterating in production
- Push the boundaries of LLM capabilities as new models and agent tooling evolve
- Collaborate directly with customers – shipping real-world AI that solves real-world problems
Perks:
- Free gym membership and daily lunches
- In-office espresso machine and great vibes
- Offsites: Barry’s Bootcamp, cold plunge wellness retreats, ski trips, and more
What they’re looking for:
- 3+ years of experience in software engineering or AI product development
- A builder mindset – curious, fast-moving, and customer-obsessed
- Someone excited to shape not just the product, but the team, culture, and future of the company
Not a fit if:
- You just want to code quietly in the corner. This is a get-your-hands-dirty, own-the-mission, talk-to-customers, learn-fast-and-have-fun-doing-it kind of role.
Interested? Drop me a message – I’ll get you directly in front of the founders.