Founding Engineer
Unbound, San Francisco, California
- Pay
- $110K–$180K / year
- Work type
- Not stated
- Level
- Not stated
- Area
- Software engineering
- Posted
- Oct 4, 2024
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About the role
What You Will Be Doing
- Engage in Hands-On Coding: You will dedicate most of your time to hands-on coding, developing, and owning features across the entire product stack from conception to deployment. We have async systems to promote development without being bogged down in meetings all day!
- Build Systems and Cloud Infrastructure: You will design, build, and scale robust systems and cloud infrastructure to support our applications and enable secure, efficient interactions with major AI platforms.
- Define Technical Strategy and Culture: You will collaborate closely with the founding team to shape technical strategies, influence product development, and establish our engineering culture and best practices.
- Proactive Problem Solving: You will drive success by proactively contributing wherever you can, without waiting for established processes.
- Embrace Fast-Paced Development: You thrive in a fast-paced environment, iterating and testing in line with lean startup best practices, always eager to learn.
- Demonstrate Quality and Foresight: You meticulously analyze potential outcomes and demonstrate foresight in considering various situations, ensuring high-quality results in all aspects of your work.
What are we looking for
- You've either been a founder before, or would like to become one pretty soon
- Excellent AI augmented coding skills - while still being in control
- Experience building complex Systems from Scratch
- Experience with Cloud Infrastructure
- Experience building in the AI stack (Nice to Have; or a hunger to learn)
Our Tech Stack
- Basic: Python, Node js, Next.js
- AI: Open AI, anthropic, Google Vertex AI
- Infra: Azure, K8s
Our Values
- Owner Mentality: We take pride in our work, treat the company as our own, and proactively take initiative to drive success.
- Obsession with Building and Deploying: We are highly obsessed with building and deploying exceptional products, relentlessly striving to enhance the customer experience.
- Continuous Learning: Like AI models, we grow from our experiences, constantly improving ourselves and our work.
- Continuous Iteration: We embrace the power of refinement, welcoming feedback to iteratively enhance our products and processes.
- Collaborative: We are a team of high achievers; we enjoy each other's company and collaborate effectively.
- Humility: We have strong opinions but hold them loosely, collaborating without ego and valuing diverse perspectives.
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