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Founding Engineer

$160k - $230k

AI Talent Now

Job Description
AI Talent Now job # ZR 93

Company Overview :

Enterprise agents

built for procurement

AI that monitors your supplier data, surfaces insights your team would miss, and executes procurement workflows autonomously. Ask it a question or let it run on its own

We're building a small, talent-dense team to deploy AI agents into the most critical supply chains in the world. We need end-to-end engineers who can go from a customer's factory floor to shipping production code in the same week.

What you'll do

  • Deploy forward with customers and embed with procurement and supply chain teams to understand their hardest operational problems firsthand
  • Translate real-world insights into product and infrastructure features that meaningfully improve the platform
  • Own entire workstreams end-to-end, from scoping through deployment
  • Work closely with the founders to define the technical and strategic direction of the company
  • Set the standards for what agentic supply chain software looks like
  • Optimize manufacturing processes using AI to modernize outdated systems.
  • Backed by Foundation Capital, working with billion-dollar manufacturers.

Role Details
  • Founding Engineering role with end-to-end responsibility, closely working with founders.
  • Focus on deploying solutions in customer environments, involving travel.
Candidate Requirements
  • Strong engineering fundamentals, proficiency in Python and React; backend experience required.
  • Experience with AI tools like LangChain is a plus but not mandatory.
Team Structure
  • Current team of four, including two co-founders and two founding engineers.
  • Looking to hire 2-3 more engineers.
Work Arrangement
  • Role requires travel, approximately once a month, often in small teams.
  • Primarily onsite work with some customer-facing responsibilities.
Ideal Candidate Profile
  • Someone with stakeholder management experience, possibly with forward-deploy experience.
  • Strong problem-solving abilities and a proactive approach to engineering challenges.
Compensation and Logistics
  • Salary range: $160k-$230k with 0.5%-1% equity.
  • Open to visa sponsorship, depending on visa type.
Interview Process
  • Four-stage process: Intro chat, deep dive on experience, technical interview, onsite assessment.
  • Onsite interviews are physically in person.l
Vacancy posted 3 days ago
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