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Founding Engineer

David Joseph & Company San Francisco, CA

San Francisco, CA

1mo ago Closed

$180k - $225k/yr Full time Backend Developer Automation Engineering

This position is no longer accepting applications (closed Jul 16, 2026).

Job Description

This onsite opportunity in San Francisco offers a competitive annual package with USD 180,000 - 225,000, plus relocation support and visa sponsorship. You will join a well-funded AI startup backed by a16z and YC, building from the ground up as a generalist full‑stack engineer, delivering weekly micro apps to real users and encoding workflows into automation, reporting directly to the founder and CEO.

Benefits

Fully onsite role in San Francisco (SoMa) with 5 days per week
Relocation support available
Visa sponsorship available

About the Company

Founded in 2026, the confidential AI startup is backed by a16z and other top-tier investors with 5.5 million dollars in backing. The company is pursuing a new paradigm for software creation by using AI agents to autonomously create and operate specialized software products at scale. The founding engineering team will comprise roughly 5 to 7 engineers, and the leadership team has previously scaled companies to 20 million dollars in ARR.

Responsibilities

Build and ship weekly micro applications with real users, turning processes into automated workflows
Collaborate closely with the founding team
Run rapid experiments and decisively double down on effective approaches while pruning what doesn’t work

Requirements

1–5 years of software engineering experience building AI driven products
Experience shipping products or features from ideation to real users with meaningful traction
Proficiency in agentic development — designing and building orchestration pipelines across multiple agents, tools, and services
Full stack proficiency with a backend focus
Active user of modern AI tooling such as Claude Code, Cursor, or similar
At least one clear signal of excellence — hackathon wins, notable side projects, impressive fellowships, YC founder background, etc.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field
Based in or willing to relocate to San Francisco

Technologies

Python
JavaScript
Kotlin
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