Omi
Founding Engineer
San Francisco office
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- 1 Sept 2026
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👋 Hi, I’m Nik. I’m looking for a world-class founding engineer to build Omi with me.
Omi is AI for your real life.
Think: wearable memory, voice-first interface, the reverse iPhone.
In the past 10 months, we’ve:
Grown to 300K software users
Hit 100M+ organic video views
Built 3 working hardware devices
Now I’m ready to go deeper — and I need you.
About Me
25 y.o.
🇷🇺 Born on an island in the Pacific (Russia), now in SF
🧠 Thiel Fellow
💰 Sold 2 startups — scaled the last to $4M ARR, $3M raised, acquired by Toptal
💻 Built the first Omi prototypes (hardware, mobile)
💸 Raised $5M+ total
🧲 Managed teams across 3 continents
📈 Drove 100M+ organic impressions for Omi
Check me out at nikshevchenko.com
What You’ll Do
As the first engineer , you’ll:
Own the full stack (Flutter/React Native, Python, firmware, BLE, backend, etc — depending on what you’re best at)
Architect the next version of Omi SDK / platform / hardware control
Build prototypes that feel like magic and scale into products
Help shape product direction, technical stack, and even culture
Work directly with me every day — we’ll build and launch together
This is not a “here’s what to do” job — this is “what should we do next?”
What I’m Looking For
Someone who’s built and shipped something impressive. For example:
Built a product used by 1M+ people or 10K+ devices shipped
Or built something with >$1M revenue
Or raised >$1M as a founder / solo builder
Or deeply technical + insanely fast — even if early in your journey
You don’t need to check every box — but one really strong signal is enough.
Tech Stack (so far)
Flutter (might move to React soon)
Python / Flask
Firmware: C
BLE
Omi DevKit (custom hardware)
Why This Might Be the One
You’ll get lots of equity and full ownership over technical direction
Work on actual AI hardware , not just apps
Build something that people already love — and want more of
Help people think and live better with ambient, embodied AI
- Let’s make humans 1000x smarter with AI by 2026.
- Let’s make robots help in every apartment by 2028.
- Let's create the metaverse
- II personally check every candidate!
- If I didn’t respond, something was off. 🥲
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