Founding Firmware Engineer

Overview👋 Hi, I’m Nik. I’m looking for a world-class founding firmware engineer to build Omi with me.Omi is AI for your real life.Think: wearable memory, voice-first interface, the reverse iPhone.In the past 10 months, we’ve:Grown to 300K software usersHit 100M+ organic video viewsBuilt 3 working hardware devicesNow I’m ready to go deeper — and I need you. About Me26 y.o.🇷🇺 Born on an island in the Pacific (Russia), now in SF🧠 Thiel Fellow💰 Sold 2 startups — scaled the last to $4M ARR, $3M raised, acquired by Toptal💻 Built the first Omi prototypes (hardware, mobile)💸 Raised $7M+ total🧲 Managed teams across 3 continents📈 Drove 100M+ organic impressions for OmiCheck me out at nikshevchenko.com What You’ll DoAs the first firmware engineer, you’ll:Own firmware for omi devicesHack other devices to integrate them with omi ecosystem (i.e. apple watch, meta glasses, etc...)Help shape product direction, technical stack, and even cultureWork directly with me every day — we’ll build and launch togetherThis is not a “here’s what to do” job — this is “what should we do next?” What I’m Looking ForSomeone who’s built and shipped something impressive. For example:Wrote firmware for 1k+ devicesOr Built a product used by 1M+ peopleOr built something with >$1M revenueOr raised >$1M as a founder / solo builderOr deeply technical + insanely fast — even if early in your journeyYou don’t need to check every box — but one really strong signal is enough. Tech Stack (so far)Flutter (might move to React soon)Python / FlaskFirmware: C, Nordic chipsBLE Why This Might Be the OneYou’ll get lots of equity and full ownership over technical directionWork on actual AI hardware, not just appsBuild something that people already love — and want more ofHelp people think and live better with ambient, embodied AILet’s make humans 1000x smarter with AI by 2026. Let’s make robots help in every apartment by 2028. Let's create the metaverseII personally check every candidate! If I didn’t respond, something was off. 🥲 #J-18808-Ljbffr