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Software EngineeringFull-time$150,000 – $300,000

Founding Engineer

San Francisco, CA (On-site) · Posted October 4, 2026

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Job description

Be one of the first engineers at a venture-backed, AI-native supply chain company that uses LLMs to buy and sell inventory as an AI-powered distributor. You will own entire problem domains and set the engineering bar.

What you'll do

  • Own full problem domains end to end, such as the purchase order lifecycle, entity resolution, and agentic search
  • Build core AI infrastructure: entity matching, product substitution via RAG, pricing discovery, and a durable-execution agent platform on distributed systems
  • Get on the phone with customers and turn messy real-world problems into shipped solutions
  • Work with large-scale supply chain data that today runs on email, PDFs, and tribal knowledge
  • Set engineering culture and standards as a founding engineer

Compensation

$150,000 to $300,000 base plus founding equity.

Location

On-site in San Francisco, five days a week. Relocation support available. Open to visa transfers and new sponsorship.

Requirements

  • 2 to 15 years as a software engineer, founding engineer, or systems architect
  • Strength in complex system design, distributed systems, durable execution, or large datasets
  • Node, Python, or TypeScript
  • Customer-facing experience
  • Able to work on-site in San Francisco five days a week
  • Commercial sense and product judgment

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