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Tightrope AI, Inc.

Tightrope AI, Inc.

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San Francisco, United States$160k-$250k + Equity

Founding Engineer at $7M Seed AI Automation Startup

Join a elite four-person team backed by $7M from Amplify Partners to disrupt the $38B intelligent automation market. Founded by early leaders from Merge, Stytch, and Coinbase, this startup is replacing brittle RPA services with an AI-native browser platform that makes computer-use reliable for high-stakes enterprise workflows. If you are a systems-leaning engineer ready to tackle anti-bot detection and self-healing UIs while owning the product roadmap, this is your chance to put your fingerprints on a category-defining company from day one in San Francisco.

Overview

Role overview

You will build a deterministic computer-use AI platform that replaces the $38B manual services layer in intelligent automation. By eliminating the need for offshore developers to maintain brittle RPA scripts, you'll enable ops teams to ship self-healing, reliable workflows across complex, API-less enterprise portals using plain language and recording.

Company

Tightrope AI, Inc.

Tightrope AI, Inc.

Software4–10+ employees

$7M seed-stage AI-native browser automation startup backed by Amplify Partners

Responsibilities

What you will do

  • Architect and scale the core platform using Python and React to handle complex auth flows and deterministic execution.
  • Collaborate directly with founders and customers to shape product direction without the friction of traditional PM layers.
  • Ship production-grade features daily that solve critical workflow bottlenecks for healthcare, logistics, and finance enterprises.

Candidate profile

Who this is a fit for

  • Proven experience building robust backend systems at fast-paced, early-stage B2B startups with a strong bias for action.
  • Product-minded engineer who asks sharp business questions and iterates rapidly based on direct customer feedback and needs.
  • Expertise in navigating complex web environments, including anti-bot mitigation, CAPTCHAs, and non-standard authentication protocols.

What makes it remarkable

Why this role is remarkable

  • Join a high-caliber founding team from Merge, Stytch, and Coinbase as one of the first five employees with meaningful equity.
  • Backed by $7M from Amplify Partners, investors in category-defining companies like LangChain, Modal, and Hightouch.
  • Tackle deep systems engineering challenges in anti-bot detection, 2FA credential management, and adaptive UI self-healing for high-stakes industries.

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