Founding Engineer at VC-backed AI manufacturing startup

San Francisco, CA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 15 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

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Founding Engineer

Company Description: VC-backed AI manufacturing startup

Job Description:
You will build the intelligence layer for the $6 trillion chemicals and process industries. As a founding engineer you will own the development of production-grade AI agents that automate complex industrial workflows from quoting to procurement. This zero-to-one role involves direct customer exposure and shaping the core architecture of a high-impact platform.

Location: San Francisco USA

Why this role is remarkable:

Direct impact on global manufacturing and decarbonization by modernizing one of the worlds least digitized sectors.
Significant ownership and equity in a founding-stage team with direct collaboration with experienced founders.
Rapid iteration cycle with real-world deployments in Fortune 100 industrial companies and manufacturing plants.

What you will do:

Design and deploy end-to-end AI agents capable of reasoning over complex industrial data for scheduling and inventory management.
Build and maintain full-stack features using TypeScript React and modern LLM frameworks on AWS infrastructure.
Integrate agentic systems with legacy enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems and industrial operational software.

The ideal candidate:

Strong full-stack engineering ability with a bias for action and the ability to navigate ambiguous product environments.
Excellent communication skills to interface with both technical teams and non-technical industrial plant operators.
Based in or willing to relocate to San Francisco for high-velocity in-person collaboration.

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