Founding Engineer
Core
First engineering hire at an early-stage AI infrastructure startup, transforming a proven agentic system into production-grade infrastructure for up to a million users.
Role type
Founding Engineer (IC with CTO trajectory)
Builds
Production AI agent runtime, orchestration, memory, verification, and full-stack infrastructure
Domain
AI Infrastructure / Agentic Systems
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
LLM/AI agent system production experience, full-stack development, architecture design, system scaling, technical leadership, founder mindset
Preferred skills
Agent orchestration, multi-agent workflows, recruiting/agency business experience, prior founder/co-founder experience
Technologies
LLM frameworks, agent orchestration tools, cloud infrastructure
Responsibilities
Redesign and scale existing agentic system, architect and operate agent runtime, own end-to-end technical initiatives, establish engineering standards and stack, make high-impact architectural decisions, deliver features to customers, shape future engineering organization
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with strategic ownership