AI Product Engineer | Founding Team | $250K Base + Equity (San Francisco)
Founding AI Engineer / Product EngineerLocation: San Francisco (5 days p/w in office)Compensation: Highly competitive base + meaningful equityWe're partnering with a well-funded, high-growth AI startup building a category-defining product at the intersection of software automation, intelligence, and workflow transformation. Backed by top-tier investors, the company is already seeing strong traction and is now hiring a Full-stack Product Engineer with experience building AI powered applications to help shape the next phase of product development.This is a true high-ownership opportunity for someone who wants to operate as a founding-level engineer - shipping quickly, working directly with leadership, and building AI-native product experiences from the ground up.What you'll be doingDesigning and shipping core product features end-to-end across backend, APIs, and AI workflowsBuilding AI-native user experiences using LLMs, agents, orchestration frameworks, and modern product infrastructureWorking closely with founders, product, and design to turn ambiguous ideas into shipped productOwning architecture decisions and helping shape engineering best practices as the team scalesRapid experimentation, iteration, and deployment in a fast-moving product environmentHelping define what "great" engineering looks like in an AI-first companyWhat we're looking forStrong software engineering fundamentals with experience building production productsProven ability to ship quickly in startup or high-velocity environmentsExperience with modern backend engineering (Python, TypeScript, Go, or similar)Hands-on exposure to AI/LLM products, agentic workflows, inference pipelines, or applied ML products (LangGraph, LangChain, CrewAI)Product-minded engineer who enjoys solving user problems, not just writing codeComfortable operating with ambiguity and high autonomyStrong communication and ownership mentalityNice to haveExperience building internal tools, workflow automation, or AI copilotsBackground at high-growth startups or founding/early engineering teamsExperience with retrieval systems, prompt engineering, evaluation frameworks, or model integrationsExposure to scalable infrastructure / cloud-native systemsWhy this role?Opportunity to join early and materially shape product + engineering directionWork directly with an ambitious, high-calibre founding teamHighly competitive salary up to $250K base + meaningful equity upsideFast execution environment with genuine product ownershipBuild at the forefront of applied AI rather than incremental feature workIf you're an engineer who loves shipping product, thrives in ambiguity, and wants outsized ownership in an AI-native business, let's chat.