Founding Full-Stack Engineer
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Job Location: San Francisco, CA (Onsite)
Job Type: Full-Time Permanent
Job Overview
As a Founding Full-Stack Engineer in our YC-backed content platform located in San Francisco, you will have the unique opportunity to build and scale core product features for our persona-driven content AI. Your expertise in backend engineering using Node, Python, Go, or similar technologies will be crucial as you design, develop, and deploy backend services and AI pipelines. You will collaborate closely with the product and leadership teams to refine the product direction, ensuring high performance and reliability in our production systems. We value rapid iteration based on customer feedback, and you will play a key role in implementing changes swiftly and effectively. A strong command of deploying scalable cloud infrastructure on platforms like AWS, GCP, or Azure, coupled with familiarity in long language models (LLMs) and AI integration, will drive your success in this dynamic environment. Our technical stack includes Nextjs, TailwindCSS, Typescript, Vercel, Supabase, LangGraph, Python, and Git, and proficiency in these technologies is expected. The ideal candidate has experience building full stack applications from 0 to 1, with proven capabilities in designing scalable systems in a startup setting. You must be comfortable owning the entire product lifecycle, from customer conversations to feature implementation. This role demands a problem-solving mindset and a natural bias toward execution, requiring you to write clean, maintainable code and exhibit a keen taste for great UI design.
Responsibilities
- Build and scale core product features for persona driven content AI
- Design, develop, and deploy backend services and AI pipelines
- Collaborate with product and leadership to refine product direction
- Ensure high-performance and reliability in production systems
- Iterate quickly based on customer feedback and internal research
Requirements
- Strong expertise in backend engineering (Node/Python/Go or similar)
- Comfortable with deploying scalable cloud infrastructure (AWS / GCP / Azure)
- Familiarity with LLMs and AI integration
- Problem-solving focus with a bias toward execution
- Experience building AI-SaaS products
Nice-to-Haves
- Prior startup or YC experience
- Familiarity with data pipelines or content automation
- Tech stack
- Nextjs, TailwindCSS, Typescript, Vercel, Supabase, LangGraph, Python, Git
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $120,000.00 - $200,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
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