Founders Initiatives, AI Agents

FOUNDERS INITIATIVES, AI AGENTS BUILDER

We are hiring a Founders Initiatives, AI Agents builder to design and implement internal and external AI systems that power how Retell hires, sells, operates, and scales. You will be responsible for building production-grade AI workflows, automations, and agent systems that directly impact company operations and customer experience. This role sits at the intersection of applied AI, full-stack engineering, and startup operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Build systems that extract structured signals from resumes (skills, experience, founder traits, domain expertise)

• Develop lead scoring models to predict interview success and role fit

• Design AI recruiter workflows for candidate screening and qualification

• Automate personalized outbound email and candidate engagement workflows

• Build automation systems for customer security workflows (BAAs, DPAs, DocuSign, contract review flows)

• Automate security questionnaire and compliance response generation

• Improve internal tooling for enterprise readiness and audit processes

• Build systems for accounts receivable automation and finance-related email workflows

• Create automated enterprise customer onboarding and account setup tools

• Design internal systems that reduce manual operational overhead across teams

• Integrate with CRM systems such as Salesforce, HubSpot, and GoHighLevel

• Build workflow automation using tools like Zapier, n8n, and Make

• Design LLM-powered systems using OpenAI, Gemini, Claude, and other models

• Own API-based integrations that connect internal systems across the company

• Build HubSpot and Lark automations to improve sales and marketing efficiency

• Develop lifecycle automation systems for customer engagement and retention

• Create targeted website personalization and ad content generation systems

• Build email personalization and outbound automation pipelines at scale

You Might Thrive If You

• Have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a closely related technical field.

• Have 2+ years professional software engineering experience

• Have 1+ year of startup experience and are comfortable with ambiguity and fast iteration.

• Think like a founder and operate with high ownership

• Have strong software engineering skills (backend, full-stack, or systems)

• Have hands-on experience building with LLMs or AI agents in production

• Are comfortable working across product, engineering, and operations

• Move fast, iterate quickly, and are comfortable with ambiguity

• Prefer building systems over working on narrowly defined tasks

• Care deeply about real-world impact over theoretical work

Job Details

• Cash: 200k - 300k

• Equity: Offers Meaningful Equity

• Location: Redwood City, CA, US

• US Visas: Retell AI is open to sponsoring work authorization for qualified candidates, including H-1B, TN, L-1, E-3, F-1 (OPT/CPT), and O-1 visas.

Other Benefits

• 100% coverage for medical, dental, and vision insurance

• $70/day DoorDash credit for unlimited breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks

• $200/month wellness reimbursement (gym, fitness classes, etc.)

• $300/month commuter reimbursement (gas, Caltrain, etc.)

• $75/month phone bill reimbursement

• $50/month internet reimbursement

Compensation Philosophy

• Best Offer Upfront: Choose from three cash-equity balance options; no negotiation needed.

• Top 1% Talent: Above-market pay (top 5 percentile) to attract exceptional builders.

• High Ownership: Small teams, >$1M revenue/employee, and significant equity.

• Performance-Based: Offers tied to interview performance, not experience or past salaries.

Interview Process

1. Intro Call (15-20min): Connect with our talent team to get a deeper look at the team and the work you'd be doing.

2. First Technical Phone Interview (45 min): Practical coding session focused on code fluency and system design (For frontend roles, we will focus on React-specific questions)

3. Technical Phone Interview (45 min): Practical coding session focused on code fluency and focused more heavily on your systems design approach

4. Onsite/Virtual Interviews (2–3 hrs): Hosted in our office if located in the Bay Area or virtual, with three rounds:

   1. Practical Coding: Tackle real-world coding tasks with debugging.

   2. System Design: Architect a production-ready system.

   3. Tools & Automation: Build automations or improve workflows in any basic environment setup like python, java, node.js, etc.