Founding Engineer - Generalist

Founding Engineer - Generalist

Location San Francisco, CA

Work Type In-person

Employment Full-Time

Experience 3+ Years

Job Description

Must-Have

1 3 or more years of engineering experience at real companies, with a track record of building and shipping

production systems at high velocity

2 Full-stack generalist ability: comfortable owning both backend systems and frontend surfaces, and moving

between layers as the scope demands

3 High agency and outcome orientation: operates without a defined scope or playbook, identifies what needs to be

built, and executes end-to-end

4 Fluency with the current AI and software stack: native to modern tooling and not dependent on legacy patterns

5 Willingness to work in-person at the San Francisco office at startup intensity

6 Willingness to work the stated schedule: Startup intensity, in-person culture; expect demanding hours consistent

with an early-stage founding team.

Nice-to-Have

GIS or geospatial engineering background: experience with spatial data formats, GIS tooling, or location-based

systems

Applied AI research background: a paper, project, or production system that goes beyond standard ML pipeline

work

Experience at a high-velocity startup (such as Mercur, Databricks, Cognition, or similar) where you built real

systems under pressure

Competitive programming signal: IOI, ICPC, or equivalent demonstrates deep algorithmic thinking

Prior founding or early-employee experience at a startup where you operated without structure

Benefits & Perks

In-office meals included

Competitive equity (founding-stage)

Interview Process

1 Pending Approval

2 Intro call with founder

3 Take-home project

4 Technical debrief call

5 Call with co-founder or advisor

6 Work trial (for candidates between roles)

7 Offer Extended

8 Hired