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Founding Engineer - Build Scalable AI Agent Pipelines

StartX.

Upriver is seeking a founding engineer to help construct a data-driven platform that translates cross-web signals into a structured context graph for agents and AI apps. You will work closely with the founding team to design scalable pipelines and robust APIs while exploring frontier data processing techniques in production systems.

The role is full-time and in-person in San Francisco, with equity and visa eligibility.

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Vacancy posted 4 days ago
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