🚀🚀 Founding Engineer (AI Systems)

🚀 Founding Engineer (Full Stack) (AI Systems / Developer Tools)📍 San Francisco, CA (On-site) 💼 Full-Time 💰 $250,000–$400,000 + Significant Equity 🤖 AI x Developer InfrastructureAbout the OpportunityA fast-growing, venture-backed AI startup is building systems that fundamentally change how engineering teams detect, diagnose, and resolve production issues.Instead of adding more dashboards and alerts, the platform uses AI-driven systems to automatically identify root causes, reconstruct system behaviour across logs and telemetry, and help engineers resolve incidents faster — often before users are impacted.The company is backed by leading investors and is already working with high-growth technology teams. They are now hiring a Founding Engineer to help shape both the product and technical direction from the ground up.This is a high-ownership role in a deeply technical environment where speed, curiosity, and execution matter more than process or hierarchy.🚀 What You’ll Work On🔹 Building AI systems that detect and diagnose production incidents 🔹 Designing multi-agent reasoning workflows over complex system telemetry 🔹 Reconstructing system behaviour across logs, traces, deployments, and infrastructure events 🔹 Developing observability and instrumentation systems for modern software platforms 🔹 Creating automation that helps engineers identify root causes and fix issues faster 🔹 Solving entirely new technical problems with no predefined playbook 🔹 Contributing across product, infrastructure, and AI systems end-to-end🎯 What We’re Looking For✅ Strong ability to operate independently in ambiguous, high-ownership environments ✅ Experience using AI to solve complex, real-world technical problems ✅ Excellent communication skills — able to simplify complex systems clearly ✅ Proven track record of building, shipping, or contributing to meaningful technical work ✅ Strong bias toward action, curiosity, and hands-on problem solving ✅ Based in San Francisco or willing to relocate⭐ You’ll Likely Thrive Here If YouPrefer building and shipping over managing or coordinating teamsEnjoy solving unclear, first-principles engineering problemsTake initiative and proactively explore technical challengesAre highly curious and enjoy hands-on experimentationOperate well in fast-paced, high-autonomy environments⭐ Relevant Background (Helpful, Not Required)➕ Experience in developer tooling, observability, infrastructure, or production systems ➕ Exposure to AI systems, agents, or distributed systems ➕ Experience with TypeScript, Node.js, Next.js, or modern cloud environments ➕ Early-stage startup or founding engineer experience ➕ Strong independent technical projects, open-source work, or research contributionsWhy Join?💰 Competitive compensation: $250K–$400K 📈 Significant equity with early-stage upside 🚀 True ownership from day one in a founding engineering role 🤖 Opportunity to build category-defining AI infrastructure 👥 Work with a highly technical, builder-first team 🌍 Relocation support provided