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Shiplight AI

Founding AI Engineer

Posted 12 Days Ago
Remote or Hybrid
Hiring Remotely in California, USA
Mid level
Remote or Hybrid
Hiring Remotely in California, USA
Mid level
As a Founding AI Engineer, you will build core intelligent agent systems, prototype features, collaborate with founders, and engage with customers to enhance workflows and solutions.
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About the job

We’re an early-stage AI company backed by top-tier investors and world-class angels, including Pear VC. We’re working with forward-leaning customers who are aggressively adopting AI at scale, building systems at the frontier of what’s possible.

 

Our founding team comes from Google, Facebook, Airbnb, Snap and Roblox — veteran builders who’ve shipped large-scale, high-impact products. We’re now assembling a small, exceptional team to build a category-defining AI company.

 

If you want to build from zero, move fast, learn faster, and take true ownership with founding-level equity, this is one of those once-in-a-decade moments.

 

What You’ll Do

  • Build core systems powering next-generation intelligent agent capabilities
  • Rapidly prototype, iterate, and ship production features used by enterprise customers
  • Work directly with founders to shape product, architecture, and culture
  • Collaborate with customers to deeply understand workflows and pain points
  • Explore emerging techniques in reasoning, orchestration, and multi-agent behavior
  • Operate with extreme autonomy — owning projects end-to-end from idea → value

 

Who You Are

  • 1–7 years of strong engineering experience
  • Fast learner who thrives in ambiguity and loves figuring things out
  • Obsessed with customers — eager to talk to users and ship solutions they rely on
  • Hands-on builder comfortable moving from prototype → production quickly
  • Strong fundamentals across Python, TypeScript, backend systems, or infra
  • Great team player who enjoys collaborating in a high-velocity environment

     

Why This Role Is Rare

  • Backed by elite VCs and top angel operators
  • Selected into one of the most competitive accelerator cohorts globally
  • Founding-level equity and true ownership
  • Strong early traction with high-caliber early customers
  • Small, elite team — your work will define the company
  • Massive whitespace in a rapidly shifting market
  • The chance to build foundational AI systems at the frontier

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