Founding AI Engineer - Hands-on Builder, Own From Day 1
Fuel Talent LLC
Fuel Talent LLC in San Francisco is seeking a Founding Engineer to own core technical decisions from day one, building backend systems to ingest PDFs and develop AI agents for compliance workflows. You will ship across frontend, backend, infrastructure and AI, using Kotlin/Spring Boot, React/Next.js, Postgres on GCP, and Terraform, shaping a zero-to-one startup in a rapidly evolving AI-driven space. #J-18808-Ljbffr Fuel Talent LLC
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