As a founding engineer, you will design and implement the core AI systems that automate complex hardware engineering workflows. You will develop novel agents that interpret and manipulate design data, integrating them into production environments for enterprise customers. This high-impact role offers the chance to build foundational infrastructure for world-changing industries from the ground up.
Founding Software Engineer at well-funded industrial AI startup
Join a high-growth AI startup as a Founding Software Engineer and build the automation engine for the hardware engineering world. This is a rare chance to design agentic workflows from scratch, working on complex design data interpretation and mission-critical infrastructure. If you thrive in fast-paced environments and want to lead the development of AI systems that impact global enterprise industries, this is your opportunity to shape a company's technical foundation and culture from day one.
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Location
San Francisco, United States
Compensation
Not Disclosed
Company
Confidential company
Role overview
About the company
Well-funded industrial AI startup
What you will do
- Design and implement intelligent context management and novel indexing approaches for hardware engineering agents.
- Build and post-train ML models capable of reasoning over complex geometric and engineering design data.
- Collaborate directly with enterprise customers to ensure AI-powered workflows are reliable and trusted in production.
Who this is a fit for
- Holds a degree in Computer Science or Machine Learning with strong proficiency in LLM architectures and agent research.
- Proven track record of building and shipping production-grade ML systems using PyTorch or Hugging Face.
- Exceptional programming skills with practical experience in search, information retrieval, or geometric data processing.
Why this role is remarkable
- Rare opportunity to join a top-tier VC-backed startup as one of the first technical hires with significant ownership.
- You will work at the cutting edge of AI, building agents that solve physical-world engineering challenges rather than just digital tasks.
- The role offers direct influence over the engineering culture, technical architecture, and long-term product roadmap of the company.
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