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Founding Engineer

San Francisco

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Seniority
Mid level
Stated salary
$160,000 – $200,000 per year
Country
US
Work mode
On-site / unstated
First seen by hirly
11 Oct 2026

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About the Role

Join an early engineering team building AI-powered software for industrial ingredient manufacturers. You will work closely with the founding team, take ownership across the product, and help automate complex document-heavy workflows in a traditionally underserved industry.

What You'll Do

Build backend systems that ingest and process real-world documents from customer systems and inboxes.

Develop AI agents that complete complex compliance and food safety documents.

Own product features end to end, from backend services and data models through to the user interface.

Ship quickly, gather feedback from users, and improve the product based on what you learn.

Work across application development, infrastructure, and AI as the needs of the team evolve.

What We're Looking For

Experience can range from 1 to 10+ years. We value shipped work, ownership, and increasing scope over a specific degree or career length.

Prior experience as a founder, founding engineer, or one of the first engineers at an early-stage startup.

A track record of building and launching production products or major features that real users rely on.

Strong full-stack skills, including the ability to work across backend services, frontend interfaces, and infrastructure.

Experience with AI or LLM products, agents, retrieval, or automation, ideally in production.

Relevant technologies include Kotlin, Spring Boot, React, Next.js, Postgres, GCP, and commercial LLM providers. Experience with equivalent tools is welcome.

Backend experience processing documents or unstructured data and designing relational schemas is valuable.

Interest in industrial software, supply chains, food manufacturing, or other traditional industries is a plus.

Compensation & Benefits

Base salary is $160,000 to $200,000 annually, plus 0.5% to 2% equity. Visa sponsorship is not available.

Location

This is an on-site role in San Francisco, California.

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