Software Engineer
- $150,000-$300,000
- Bay Area, CA
- Permanent
About the job
Founding Software Engineer — Backend / Platform (AI + LLMs)
💡 What if your next role let you build the backend and AI systems that preserve an organization’s memory — capturing decisions, context, and intent so teams never lose knowledge as they scale?
🚀 Our client — a seed-stage AI startup building an organizational memory layer — is hiring a Founding Software Engineer (Backend/Platform) (San Francisco, Hybrid).
They’re building an AI teammate that understands company context, decisions, and goals, surfacing the right information at the right time using LLMs, agents, and large-scale data systems.
The role:
🔧 Build and ship scalable backend & platform systems in a fast-moving startup
🧠 Develop LLM-powered agents integrated with large datasets and APIs
⚙️ Design robust APIs, data models, and cloud infrastructure
🚀 Own features end-to-end with high autonomy and accountability
📈 Iterate quickly in an ambiguous environment with real user feedback
🤝 Work closely with founders to shape core product and architecture
Why join?
🌎 Small, elite team with real ownership and long runway
💰 $150k–$300k base + meaningful equity (0.5–0.8%)
⚙️ Deep exposure to LLMs, agentic systems, and platform engineering
🤝 High-impact role building foundational product from day one
📩 Interested? Apply now!