San Francisco (Onsite Preferred)
$250k – $350k Base Equity
Soda is partnered with an ambitious AI driven start-up that are building the AI layer for enterprise customer support. This is not an idea stage company, they’re live, growing fast and have real traction with high value contracts and global brand recognition.
They’re now hiring a Founding Engineer to help shape the future of their core platform. If you’re a strong full stack engineer with a backend focus, excited by voice/chat AI and want to help architect systems used by millions, this could be a game changer.
As a Founding Engineer, you'll:
- Build and scale AI powered chat and voice products
- Take full ownership of features from concept to deployment
- Contribute across the stack (Python, React/Next.js), with opportunities to lead product lines
- Influence technical architecture, infra, and long term product vision
- Help shape a rapidly scaling product used across multiple enterprise sectors
Ideal Profile:
- 3 years of hands on software engineering experience
- Strong backend skills in Python (bonus for Django)
- Frontend experience with React and/or Next.js
- Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS or GCP)
- Start-up experience (0→1 or 1→10 preferred)
- Excellent communication and product ownership mindset
- Bachelor’s or higher from a top 40 U.S. university
Bonus Experience:
- Experience building or scaling LLM based or AI driven products
- Familiarity with Kubernetes, Docker, or large scale infra
- Prior integration work with enterprise clients
Why This Role?
- Join a real business with real revenue and a proven product already live in production
- Work directly with elite founders and battle tested engineers
- Tackle hard technical problems in AI, infra and product at scale
- Be a founding team member with outsized ownership and equity
- Help shape the future of AI in enterprise customer support in one of the hottest spaces right now
- Work with clients ranging from fast growth tech to global platforms
