Senior Founding Engineer (AI/ML)
- San Francisco, United States
Posted 24 days ago
About the role
About the role
Join a bootstrap, early-stage AI-powered recruiting startup as a founding engineer focused on building the intelligence layer that connects candidates with startup opportunities. You’ll own recommendation systems, ranking algorithms, and LLM-powered matching to surface high-impact opportunities and drive outcomes for candidates and employers.
What you'll do
- Own the AI/ML stack, including recommendation systems and ranking algorithms.
- Develop LLM-powered matching to improve candidate-role alignment.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate product goals into production-ready features.
- Deliver end-to-end features with ownership and rapid shipping to production.
- Design and maintain production-grade data pipelines and services integrated with the stack.
What we're looking for
- Strong computer science fundamentals and a track record of delivering end-to-end product features in a fast-paced startup environment.
- Experience with Cursor, Supabase, Prisma, Typesense, LLM APIs, and trigger.dev in production-grade projects.
- Proficiency with TypeScript and React.
- Willingness to work in entrepreneurial, hacky environments and in a dedicated coworking/hackerhouse setup.
- Open to a 6-day-per-week schedule and ready to contribute in a high-autonomy, early-stage context.
- Demonstrates something outstanding about their profile (e.g., strong projects, active GitHub).
Compensation & benefits
- Salary range: 130,000 – 170,000 USD annually.
- Visa sponsorship available.
- Notes: compensation and benefits reflect an early-stage, high-growth environment.
Location
Primary location: San Francisco, CA, United States. On-site with a flexible, startup-friendly structure. Remote work policy: on-site