Founding Engineer AI

Job Description

Founding Engineer (AI / Full Stack)

San Francisco USA (Relocation Visa Sponsorship)

$130000 $160000 Equity

Revive Recruitment are proud to be partnered with an early-stage AI / HR Tech start-up backed by pre-seed funding building next-generation AI agents to transform how companies connect with talent.

This is a high-impact founding-level hire working directly with the founders to build and scale core systems from the ground up.

This is a unique high-impact opportunity suited to engineers who enjoy fast-paced startup environments are open to relocating to San Francisco and comfortable working in an office-first highly collaborative setup.

What Youll Do

Own and build core product systems including candidate data infrastructure AI-driven conversation systems and real-time matching engines
Ship full-stack features into production daily with end-to-end ownership (TypeScript / React)
Design scalable pipelines for resume parsing skill extraction and high-volume outbound messaging (10K daily)
Build and optimise LLM-powered agents for candidate engagement scheduling and Q&A
Improve performance of matching systems with sub-100ms query response times
Work directly with founders on architecture product direction and scaling strategy
Ensure reliability monitoring and rapid iteration across the platform

What Youll Have

Strong full-stack engineering experience (frontend backend)
Experience building and shipping production systems under real-world load
Hands-on experience with LLMs beyond prompting (e.g. embeddings RAG agent-based systems)
Proven ability to operate in fast-paced startup environments (01 builds high ownership)
Fluent English German citizenship
Willingness to relocate to San Francisco (visa sponsored)
Comfortable living and working in a hacker-house / office-first environment

Tech stack (experience helpful but not essential):
TypeScript React Supabase Prisma OpenAI/Claude APIs Typesense

Whats In It For You

Founding-level opportunity with meaningful equity (0.3 1%)
Relocation to San Francisco with full visa sponsorship
Direct mentorship from experienced founders
Build and ship real AI products daily with real-world impact
High ownership and autonomy from day one
Health insurance learning & development support
Be part of a true 01 journey in a high-growth startup

Interested

If youre a top-tier engineer looking for a founding role in Silicon Valley apply or reach out directly for a confidential discussion.