Founding AI Engineer: Build & Own the Product
Alexander Chapman
Alexander Chapman is seeking a Founding Engineer in San Francisco to join a high-caliber team building AI-native products. The role involves shaping product and company direction, emphasizing startup experience and AI integration in development. The ideal candidate thrives in dynamic environments, showcasing ownership through past initiatives and side projects. Knowledge of TypeScript, React, Next.js, and AWS is essential. The interview process focuses on practical problem-solving. #J-18808-Ljbffr Alexander Chapman
$130k - $190k
A fast-growing tech startup in San Francisco is seeking a Founding Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to build its cloud infrastructure. The role involves working on critical production systems, directly interacting with customers, and contributing to feature development. Ideal...SuggestedFull time- Distyl is seeking an AI Engineer who will build and operate production AI systems inside customer environments. You will design, deploy, and iterate AI workflows... ...Python services, ensure production readiness, and own measurable outcomes with a focus on reliability and business...Suggested
- A dynamic technology startup in San Francisco is seeking a Founding Full Stack/AI Engineer to take ownership of AI-driven product development. The role involves building core product features, integrating with existing systems, and directly collaborating with customers...Suggested
- Semble AI is looking for a Founding Engineer to help revolutionize the building-systems design industry. You will work closely with the founding team to build AI agents that design systems such as fire, HVAC, plumbing, and security, transforming a traditionally manual...Suggested
- A leading tech startup in San Francisco is seeking a Founding AI Engineer to design and optimize AI systems. You will work hands-on to ship production-ready systems and shape core technologies in an early-stage environment. The ideal candidate has extensive AI/ML engineering...Suggested
- UniversalAGI is looking for an experienced AI Product Engineer to own our customer-facing product across... ...San Francisco. This role focuses on building and managing the end-to-end platform... ..., collaborating closely with the founding team to enhance product scalability and...
- Bravi is hiring an engineer to own the full lifecycle of AI features, from ideation to deployment. You will work at the intersection of software engineering, AI, and product design, building AI-powered experiences that have real-world impact. As one of the first hires in...
$190k - $250k
An innovative AI-native startup in San Francisco seeks a Founding Engineer to build AI-native products from scratch. This role requires 5-6+ years of experience in web application development, focusing on both backend and frontend, particularly with Python and React. The...- Gravity Engineering Services Pvt Ltd. is looking for a founding engineer to join its mission-driven team in San... ...Francisco. This role involves building core systems for AI agents that will automate... ...quality assurance and improve productivity across teams. The ideal candidate...
- Hightouch is seeking a Staff AI Productivity Engineer to accelerate AI tooling across our codebase. You will build infrastructure, tooling, and documentation to make AI agents dramatically more effective; own cloud development environments, MCP integrations, and internal...
$190k - $260k
A leading recruiting platform is seeking a Senior or Staff AI/ML Engineer in San Francisco. The role entails designing and shipping AI features... ...should have experience in AI/ML, particularly within production, and skills in retrieval and search systems. The position offers...Work at office3 days per week$160k - $270k
Glean is seeking a founding member for their forward-deployed team in San Francisco. This role involves discovering and building next-generation AI products, engaging closely with executives, and leading opportunity discovery. Ideal candidates have a track record in production...- A tech startup in San Francisco is seeking a founding engineer who is passionate about building and scaling an AI-powered platform. You will own projects from conception to delivery and work closely with the founders. The ideal candidate has 2-6 years of experience, a strong...
$150k - $220k
Optimized, Inc. is looking for a Founding AI Engineer to architect the agent platform for AI-driven... ...Fortune 500 firms. This role involves owning the development lifecycle, enhancing... ...candidate has over 4 years of experience in production software, particularly in distributed...$180k - $250k
We’re hiring a Founding AI Systems Engineer to build the intelligence layer for the leading AI companion for language learning. You’ll own the core AI systems powering personalized conversations... ..., talent‑dense team obsessed with product quality and engineering rigor....$60k - $180k
Join to apply for the Founding AI Engineer role at Rebolt (YC W25) Join to apply... ...- $180,000.00/yr Rebolt is building the platform that empowers... ...size-fits-all SaaS with their own internal tools. As a... ...ideas will directly shape the product and architecture. In this role...Full timeFreelanceInternshipRemote work- We're building AI agents that design building-systems (fire, HVAC, plumbing... .... What You’ll Work On As a founding engineer, you’ll work directly with the founders to own and build systems such as:... ...Care about building reliable, production-grade AI systems Want to be early...
$150k - $250k
...Memory & Context Layer for AI Agents. AI agents are... ...’s workspace data and building a personalized memory... ...About the Role As our founding ML engineer, your mission is to... ...autonomy role where you’ll own problems end‑to‑end:... ..., to shipping production systems that handle millions...- ...of the fastest-growing AI observability platforms... ...and experienced AI/ML founding engineer to join our team. You'll play a key role in building AI on our observability... ...observability platform. Own the AI/ML Pipeline: Take... ...: Partner with product, backend, and DevOps teams...
$180k - $280k
..., CA - On-site Are you an AI Engineer with a deep focus on agentic... ...metrics within months of founding. The team is building an agentic AI platform... ...that sit at the core of the product. The founders have previously... ...workflows Design and own evaluation frameworks to ensure...RelocationFlexible hours$150k - $220k
Optimized deploys AI agents into the operations that run the physical... ...a system that runs reliably in production is the hardest part, and we need a founding engineer to own it. As a Founding AI Engineer,... ...that make agents fast to build and safe to ship. Make agents...- Kastle is building an AI operating system for consumer lending, starting with mortgage. We are hiring a Founding Applied AI Engineer to lay the technical foundation of our platform... ...-stage startup, you will own critical components, ship AI products used by leading lenders,...Relocation package
$120k - $200k
...Recruitment Consultant, building out and scaling top start... ...Flexible PTO Are you an AI engineer who wants to build and own the core agentic systems... ...benefiting from full autonomy and founding‑level equity? This is a... .... This includes building production‑grade agent workflows...Full timeImmediate startFlexible hours- Harrison Clarke is seeking an experienced software engineer to join a venture-backed AI startup focused on building an AI-native B2B platform. The role involves designing product features, developing intelligent agents, and making impactful technical decisions collaboratively...
$500 per month
...cracks. We believe AI should do more. Thorin is building proactive, long-... ...are looking for a founding member of the technical... ...with founders, engineers, and customers to solve... ...problems and ship products that matter. You will... ...to production. Own outcomes, not just...Full timeWork at office$150k
...Solutions in San Francisco is seeking skilled engineers across various tracks, including founding, forward-deployed, AI/ML core, and full-stack product engineers. The ideal candidates will have a proven track record of building and owning projects in production, with...Remote work$130k - $208k
...observability, and AI workloads. The company... ...! Join us in building the AI layer for Observability... ...replays unified so engineers can find root... ...We’re hiring an AI Product Engineer to build... ...starting from scratch. Own the agent stack end... ...Statement can be found on the company...Local areaRemote workHome officeFlexible hours- ...Role UniversalAGI is hiring an AI Product Engineerto own our customer-facing product... ...stack. In this role, you will build and own the end-to-end platform that engineers use to train and host physics... ...work closely with the CEO and founding team to turn research into repeatable...
- kadence is seeking a Software Engineer in San Francisco to build AI-powered infrastructure for EMS agencies. This role involves full-stack development... ...background, and a passion for using AI to enhance productivity. This is a hybrid position with opportunities for leadership...
- A VC-backed SaaS company in San Francisco is seeking an AI Software Engineer to design and build AI-powered features for their core product. The ideal candidate has strong software engineering fundamentals, experience in integrating APIs, and is comfortable taking ownership...
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