Founding Engineer, Europe to San Francisco
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The Posting
ABOUT THE ROLE
Join an early-stage AI company building infrastructure for businesses that coordinate AI agents and human teams. As a founding engineer, you will help shape and build the product from the ground up, working closely with users and shipping production features early.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
- Identify user needs and define product outcomes, then design, build, and ship solutions end to end.
- Build and improve a new AI platform, with responsibility for decisions across the product and engineering lifecycle.
- Ship code to production, monitor how it performs, and diagnose and fix issues based on real-world use.
- Use AI coding tools as a regular part of your development workflow.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
- At least 3 years of professional software engineering experience.
- A track record of shipping a product to real users and explaining what broke and how you fixed it.
- Experience as an end-to-end product engineer who speaks with users, defines outcomes, and delivers working products.
- Heavy daily use of AI coding tools.
- Relevant background through early engineering work at a leading AI or high-growth startup, founding or technical leadership experience, production-grade systems work, or strong technical training.
- Willingness to relocate from Europe to San Francisco by January 2027.
COMPENSATION & BENEFITS
San Francisco base salary is $150,000 to $250,000 annually, with salary adjusted to the San Francisco level upon relocation. Meaningful early-stage equity is available. Visa sponsorship and relocation support are provided.
LOCATION
On-site in Europe initially, then on-site in San Francisco, United States, following relocation by January 2027.
Facts
- Source
- Ashby
- External id
- f5abe0e6-7eb3-44ce-bc2d-9c0fabe7ee33
- Location
- San Francisco, CA, United States
- Remote
- On-site, from the posting
- Employment
- Full time
- Pay
- $150,000 to $250,000, read from the text
- Posted
- 29 Oct 2026, 17:14
- First seen
- 29 Oct 2026, 18:03
- Last seen
- 2 Nov 2026, 06:03
- Status
- Not yet added
- Posting id
- 0691f32a-8805-5cde-aea6-36ee5ccc9661
