Founding Engineer

The Team

_AI Company_ is redefining the future of voice-based interactions by building highly realistic, AI-powered voice agents that enhance customer support, order intake, and lead qualification for businesses across industries.

Founded just a year ago and backed by Y Combinator alongside top investors like Michael Seibel (Twitch), Alexandr Wang (Scale AI), and Suhail Doshi (Mixpanel), _AI Company_ has rapidly gained traction with significant revenue growth. Headquartered in San Francisco, _AI Company_ is focused on building the best agent platform and workflow to make deploying voice AI agents seamless and scalable. With $2.7 million raised after YC and a lean team of two co-founders, the company is positioned for rapid expansion but needs top engineering talent to meet growing customer demand.

The Role

As a Founding Engineer at _AI Company_ , you will play a crucial role in shaping the technical architecture and product direction of the company. You'll work directly with state-of-the-art LLMs and voice systems to develop, evaluate, and deploy advanced conversational AI solutions. This is a unique opportunity to work at the forefront of voice AI technology in an environment that values autonomy, creativity, and customer-centric development. You will be expected to build scalable solutions, interface with key customers, and contribute to the overall strategy as a core team member. If you thrive in high-growth startup settings and are eager to take ownership of cutting-edge voice AI products, Simple AI is the perfect place to make an impact.

Experience

Seniority

• 1 -​ 4 years of experience as a full stack,​ backend,​ or forward deployed engineer

Work experience

• Experience at high quality startups
• Ideal Candidate has 1-​3 YoE at high caliber startup
• Has worked with product design and and customer interaction
• Founder / Founding Engineer Experience

Education

• Technical Degree from top 20 CS school

Hard skills

• Experience with TypeScript,​ React,​ Python,​ Ruby on Rails,​ PostgreSQL,​ AWS
• Previous experience with prompt engineering or working with AI/LLM-​based platforms.​

Soft skills

• Amazing problem solver with enthusiasm for addressing technical challenges
• Self-​motivated and able to work independently

Miscellaneous

• Passion about learning and keeping up with latest AI advancements

_Base salary: $120k - $200k (heavy on equity, 3rd member of lean team with massive growth opportunity)_