Join a high-velocity team building an autonomous app factory that ships one niche application weekly. As a Founding Engineer, you will build end-to-end production software and automate the underlying engineering pipeline. You’ll work directly with serial founders to scale micro-apps toward $1M ARR using a cutting-edge AI-native stack.
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San Francisco, United States$180K – $225K + Equity
Founding Engineer at a16z-backed autonomous AI app factory
Join an elite team of AI researchers from Google Brain and DeepMind building the world's first autonomous app factory. Backed by a16z and YC Partners, this startup is disrupting how software is built by shipping one niche-focused micro-app every single week. As a Founding Engineer in San Francisco, you’ll earn up to $225K plus significant equity while building an automated pipeline that turns specialized community pain points into $1M ARR products. If you have 5+ years of experience and a passion for shipping at terminal velocity, this is your chance to shape the future of AI-native engineering.
Overview
Role overview
Company
Kiloforge
a16z-backed autonomous AI app factory founded by Google Brain and DeepMind researchers
Responsibilities
What you will do
- Ship one complete micro-app per week, managing the full lifecycle from ideation and design to production deployment and customer acquisition.
- Extract repeatable patterns from manual development to build automated platform systems for UI, RAG, and cross-promotion.
- Contribute to reaching a $1M ARR milestone on at least one portfolio app within your first year through rapid iteration.
Candidate profile
Who this is a fit for
- 5+ years of experience building and scaling production-grade software used by thousands of real users in a professional setting.
- Expert-level proficiency in TypeScript, React, Node, Python, and SwiftUI with a bias toward simple, effective architectures.
- Native fluency with AI development tools like Cursor and Claude, treating LLMs as core infrastructure rather than just productivity hacks.
What makes it remarkable
Why this role is remarkable
- Work directly with an elite founding team of AI researchers from Google Brain and DeepMind who previously scaled a YC company to $60M+ in transactions.
- Benefit from world-class backing by a16z, Uncork Capital, and YC Partners, alongside angel investors like the founder of Superhuman.
- Shape the future of software by building a system that captures niche markets through compounding AI leverage, owning 100% of the value created.
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