Senior Software Engineer(AI products) with Early Stage/ Startup/Founder Exp

Job Description

Job Description

Salary - $180,000 - $230,000

No big tech background please - Only experience from startups that are raising funds or have successfully launched and doing well.

What You'll Own

Build and iterate on AI-powered creator tools alongside AI PMs and ML engineers

Build products that get millions of page views per day and scale them toward billions

Lead frontend development with delightful UI/UX

Create systems and see how all the moving pieces interact

Reach for AI tools as your default starting point: scoping, planning, spec-writing, code generation, debugging, and code review

Have a concrete point of view on what AI can and can't do in product

Requirements

Must-Have

5+ years of full-stack engineering experience

AI-native work style as a hard requirement. AI tools are your default starting point. You can speak concretely about how they've changed your output or pace in the last 6 months.

Real production usage of AI coding assistants (Cursor, Copilot, Claude Code, or comparable). Opinions on where they help and where they don't.

Comfort using LLMs beyond code generation: planning, spec-writing, debugging, code review

Proficient in TypeScript to power frontend React applications

Strong Python skills for backend development

Familiarity with SQL and Postgres

Customer-centric mindset with strong empathy for creators

Comfort thriving in ambiguity and scoping solutions with teammates

Based in or willing to relocate to SF or NY. Hybrid, Tuesdays to Thursdays in the office.

Nice-to-Have

Firebase experience

Flask experience

Prior experience at small, fast-paced startups

Experience with high-scale products (millions of page views per day or comparable)

Prior collaboration with AI PMs or ML engineers on AI-powered product features