{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"d5f47c815657eb0b31b0935f","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/d5f47c815657eb0b31b0935f","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/d5f47c815657eb0b31b0935f","title":"Founding Full-Stack Engineer - Takt","description":"About Takt Our Vision : A world where factories think.\r\nTakt is building the brains of factories.\r\nFactories have spent the last decade digitizing: adding sensors, software, and\r\ndashboards everywhere. Yet most factories aren't meaningfully smarter. Data is\r\nfragmented across disconnected systems, locked in reports, and dependent on tribal\r\nknowledge living in people's heads.\r\nThe hard problem isn't collecting data, it's turning it into institutional intelligence.\r\nTakt is building the brains of factories. We're closing the loop from data ? information\r\n? insight ? action by orchestrating AI agents with deep operational context across\r\nthe entire manufacturing stack. These systems reason about what's happening, why it's\r\nhappening, and what to do next, acting as a continuous thought partner to factory\r\nleadership across sales, operations, supply chain, and finance.\r\nThis is not a chatbot or another analytics layer. We're pushing the frontier of AI\r\nreasoning and decision-making in real-world, high-stakes environments. Just as Tesla\r\nredefined the car as a software-first system, Takt is redefining manufacturing as a\r\nsoftware-defined industry.\r\nFunding Takt is funded by Pear VC (backed Doordash, Gusto) and is part of the\r\nPearX accelerator program.\r\nWebsite: www.taktconnect.com\r\nFounders Takt was founded by Adhitya Raghavan (CEO) and Will Zunker (CTO).\r\nAdhitya is from a small village in South India and first learned about factories by working\r\nas an operator on his father's shop floor. His journey through squash took him to\r\nPrinceton (Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering), Harvard (MBA, Baker Scholar), and\r\nBain. Now, he's bringing it full circle, building Takt to solve the very pain he experienced\r\nfirsthand in factories and aiming to put a dent in the $8 trillion of waste that occurs in\r\nmanufacturing globally.\r\nWill an MIT PhD has deep experience in optimizing manufacturing processes through\r\nphysics-based modeling and AI, driven by a belief that advanced methods can\r\nfundamentally transform how things are made. Along the way, he built open-source\r\ntools and collaborated with engineers across diverse manufacturing sectors, learning\r\nfirsthand the challenges of waste and inefficiency on the factory floor. Now, at Takt, he's\r\nchanneling that journey into building technology that helps factories run smarter, faster,\r\nand with less waste.\r\nCore Cultural Values Stupid enough to make our dreams a reality: We are dreamers who build a better world. We own our decisions. We have the irrational belief and hunger to work until our dreams are a reality\r\nThe last one standing: Every single person takes ownership of their work with a gritty resourcefulness and dares to fight for it with every ounce of their energy.\r\nInsatiable curiosity: Its always day 1 and we are an empty cup, a dry sponge ready to learn. Approaching every action with humility and scientific rigor and adopting a Kaizen mindset.\r\nThe best F1 team in the stadium: We win together and lose together; every person plays a crucial role to win the race. We have high expectations, trust our teammates and create the environment for everyone to shine. In the path the victory, we celebrate every small professional and personal win cherishing the journey\r\nRole Founding Full Stack Engineer\r\nLocation: San Francisco, in person 4 to 5 days a week. Open to candidates willing to relocate.\r\nHours: 50 to 70 hours per week with space for personal interests\r\nCompensation: 120-180K\r\nEquity: To be discussed (0.5-1%)\r\nPrior experience: 2-3 years minimum\r\nYou will be the first engineering hire and will work directly with the founders to build the\r\ncore intelligence engine that powers modern factories. You will help design, build, and\r\ndeploy systems across the entire stack and influence the earliest product, infrastructure,\r\nand architecture decisions. This role is for someone who wants deep ownership and\r\nreal long-term impact.\r\nCore Technical Requirements Experience deploying and maintain full stack production grade code at scale to support 50-100 enterprise customers with minimal downtime\r\nStrong cloud infrastructure skills (Azure preferred).\r\nDeep experience with data pipelines, especially cleaning messy, inconsistent real-world data AI-native in approach to coding utilizing new-age tools (e.g. Claude Code) to develop with speed.\r\nStrong generalist coding skillset especially on the back-end side.\r\nNice to have Experience shipping production AI/ML or LLM systems end-to-end (not research prototypes).\r\nComfortable owning LLM tool orchestration, chain design, agent delegation, prompt engineering, and evaluation methodology.\r\nHands-on experience integrating with enterprise systems like ERP, MES, and other data historians (Microsoft Business Central/ SAP)\r\nWorking knowledge of relational + SQL databases\r\nFamiliarity with per missioning models, data governance, or SOC2/GDPR.\r\nExperience engaging with IT teams and meeting security requirements for enterprise customers.\r\nMindset & Work Style Strong sense of agency and ownership: comfortable making fast decisions and revising them.\r\nShipping and moving quickly, makes practical choices, and delivers value to customers\r\nWilling to learn and can get things done, even if they don't know it from the get-go\r\nThrives with incomplete information\r\nPassion for the product: speaks their mind, contributes ideas, and pushes for the best solution\r\nLong-term commitment to the mission, we are building foundational systems, not short-lived features. 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Yet most factories aren't meaningfully smarter. Data is\r\nfragmented across disconnected systems, locked in reports, and dependent on tribal\r\nknowledge living in people's heads.\r\nThe hard problem isn't collecting data, it's turning it into institutional intelligence.\r\nTakt is building the brains of factories. We're closing the loop from data ? information\r\n? insight ? action by orchestrating AI agents with deep operational context across\r\nthe entire manufacturing stack. These systems reason about what's happening, why it's\r\nhappening, and what to do next, acting as a continuous thought partner to factory\r\nleadership across sales, operations, supply chain, and finance.\r\nThis is not a chatbot or another analytics layer. We're pushing the frontier of AI\r\nreasoning and decision-making in real-world, high-stakes environments. Just as Tesla\r\nredefined the car as a software-first system, Takt is redefining manufacturing as a\r\nsoftware-defined industry.\r\nFunding Takt is funded by Pear VC (backed Doordash, Gusto) and is part of the\r\nPearX accelerator program.\r\nWebsite: www.taktconnect.com\r\nFounders Takt was founded by Adhitya Raghavan (CEO) and Will Zunker (CTO).\r\nAdhitya is from a small village in South India and first learned about factories by working\r\nas an operator on his father's shop floor. His journey through squash took him to\r\nPrinceton (Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering), Harvard (MBA, Baker Scholar), and\r\nBain. Now, he's bringing it full circle, building Takt to solve the very pain he experienced\r\nfirsthand in factories and aiming to put a dent in the $8 trillion of waste that occurs in\r\nmanufacturing globally.\r\nWill an MIT PhD has deep experience in optimizing manufacturing processes through\r\nphysics-based modeling and AI, driven by a belief that advanced methods can\r\nfundamentally transform how things are made. Along the way, he built open-source\r\ntools and collaborated with engineers across diverse manufacturing sectors, learning\r\nfirsthand the challenges of waste and inefficiency on the factory floor. Now, at Takt, he's\r\nchanneling that journey into building technology that helps factories run smarter, faster,\r\nand with less waste.\r\nCore Cultural Values Stupid enough to make our dreams a reality: We are dreamers who build a better world. We own our decisions. We have the irrational belief and hunger to work until our dreams are a reality\r\nThe last one standing: Every single person takes ownership of their work with a gritty resourcefulness and dares to fight for it with every ounce of their energy.\r\nInsatiable curiosity: Its always day 1 and we are an empty cup, a dry sponge ready to learn. Approaching every action with humility and scientific rigor and adopting a Kaizen mindset.\r\nThe best F1 team in the stadium: We win together and lose together; every person plays a crucial role to win the race. We have high expectations, trust our teammates and create the environment for everyone to shine. In the path the victory, we celebrate every small professional and personal win cherishing the journey\r\nRole Founding Full Stack Engineer\r\nLocation: San Francisco, in person 4 to 5 days a week. Open to candidates willing to relocate.\r\nHours: 50 to 70 hours per week with space for personal interests\r\nCompensation: 120-180K\r\nEquity: To be discussed (0.5-1%)\r\nPrior experience: 2-3 years minimum\r\nYou will be the first engineering hire and will work directly with the founders to build the\r\ncore intelligence engine that powers modern factories. You will help design, build, and\r\ndeploy systems across the entire stack and influence the earliest product, infrastructure,\r\nand architecture decisions. This role is for someone who wants deep ownership and\r\nreal long-term impact.\r\nCore Technical Requirements Experience deploying and maintain full stack production grade code at scale to support 50-100 enterprise customers with minimal downtime\r\nStrong cloud infrastructure skills (Azure preferred).\r\nDeep experience with data pipelines, especially cleaning messy, inconsistent real-world data AI-native in approach to coding utilizing new-age tools (e.g. Claude Code) to develop with speed.\r\nStrong generalist coding skillset especially on the back-end side.\r\nNice to have Experience shipping production AI/ML or LLM systems end-to-end (not research prototypes).\r\nComfortable owning LLM tool orchestration, chain design, agent delegation, prompt engineering, and evaluation methodology.\r\nHands-on experience integrating with enterprise systems like ERP, MES, and other data historians (Microsoft Business Central/ SAP)\r\nWorking knowledge of relational + SQL databases\r\nFamiliarity with per missioning models, data governance, or SOC2/GDPR.\r\nExperience engaging with IT teams and meeting security requirements for enterprise customers.\r\nMindset & Work Style Strong sense of agency and ownership: comfortable making fast decisions and revising them.\r\nShipping and moving quickly, makes practical choices, and delivers value to customers\r\nWilling to learn and can get things done, even if they don't know it from the get-go\r\nThrives with incomplete information\r\nPassion for the product: speaks their mind, contributes ideas, and pushes for the best solution\r\nLong-term commitment to the mission, we are building foundational systems, not short-lived features. 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