- Dryft (San Francisco, CA)
- …ran the physical world for half a century. Dryft is powering the next. THE ROLE As Founding Design Engineer , you'll work directly with our CEO, CTO, and ... to act with confidence and speed. YOU Are an engineer turned designer, or vice versa, or always have...and enjoy working directly with customers You obsess over design , pay attention to details and are always the… more
- Carnot (San Francisco, CA)
- …flows Ability to simplify dense functionality without dumbing it down Strong Signals Design engineer or founding designer roles at early-stage startups ... About the Role Design engineer who owns the full...About the Role Design engineer who owns the full visual and interactive...production code alongside the engineering team. This is a founding design role for someone who wants… more
- Carnot (San Francisco, CA)
- A rapidly growing tech company in San Francisco seeks a design engineer . You will own the visual and interactive experience of its platform, shaping how ... enterprise users interact with AI-native software. Responsibilities include building design systems, motion design , and collaborating with engineering. Ideal… more
- Capy (San Francisco, CA)
- …we're building the future of Software Development Capy is the world's first AI Software Engineer that lives natively in the cloud. As a growing team backed by tier-1 ... us in our mission. The Role: As our first design hire, you'll own everything from product UX to...edge AI products Requirements: Minimum of 1 year full-time design /engineering experience Proficiency with Figma and design … more
- Twenty Labs (San Mateo, CA)
- …but can provide immigration assistance for exceptional cases. Member of Technical Staff - Founding Design Engineer Compensation: Base salary of $150,000 - ... on YouTube . You'll be joining a highly technical founding team, including leading researchers and engineers from Google...San Mateo, CA Your role We're seeking an exceptional design engineer who combines world-class design… more
- Twenty Labs (San Mateo, CA)
- A leading technology company in San Mateo is seeking an exceptional founding design engineer to create intuitive product experiences. The role requires ... AI technologies into high-quality products. Candidates should have a strong design sensibility and experience shipping products used by millions. This opportunity… more
- Datawizz (San Francisco, CA)
- A tech startup focused on efficient AI is seeking a founding ML engineer to design the core intelligence layer of their platform in San Francisco. This role ... involves working on model evaluation, routing, and production systems. Candidates should have experience in training ML models, building evaluation frameworks, and deploying in cloud environments. Competitive salary ranging from $50,000 to $500,000 is offered… more
- Blueberry Social (San Francisco, CA)
- Founding Engineer About Us Blueberry is...fastest growing brands in the world. Collaborate deeply with design . Partner with our Founding Designer to ... to authentically engage their customers at scale. As our Founding Engineer , you'll be a co-architect of...who share the above traits. Nice-to-Haves Prior startup or founding team experience. Visual and content design … more
- Recruiting From Scratch (San Francisco, CA)
- …motivation to continually improve as an engineer Preferred Experience as a founding engineer , early startup employee, or founder Background at a top-tier ... to drive long-term success for both clients and candidates. https://www.recruitingfromscratch.com/ Founding Product Engineer Location: San Francisco, CA Company… more
- Fabrion (San Francisco, CA)
- Founding Engineer (Full Stack) Location: San Francisco Bay Area Type: Full-Time Compensation: Competitive salary + meaningful equity ( founding tier) Backed ... the stack: data pipelines, agents, web UIs, deployment systems. Design and implement internal tooling, testing frameworks, and CI/CD...startups or autonomous roles; prior experience as a founder, founding engineer , or a 0‑1 pre‑seed startup… more
- Fabrion (San Francisco, CA)
- Frontend Engineer (with familiarity of full stack) ( Founding Team) Location: San Francisco Bay Area Type: Full-Time Compensation: Competitive salary + meaningful ... engineer who's excited to bring clarity to ambiguity, design to complexity, and elegant user experiences to industrial-grade...interact with complex data and intelligent agents Join a founding team that values design as a… more
- Clearpath (San Francisco, CA)
- …political campaigns, or government systems. Background in early-stage startups or as a founding engineer . Strong product and UX instincts. Curiosity about using ... isn't revenue-it's policy outcomes. We're now looking for a Founding Software Engineer to build the core...Tech as leverage. LLMs, modern SaaS, and smart product design can massively accelerate how civic leaders plug into… more
- Plaud (San Francisco, CA)
- …work atmosphere. About the Role We\'re hiring a highly motivated and entrepreneurial Founding Backend Engineer to lead the technical execution of our "Plaud ... backend systems while partnering with global teams spanning product, design , research, hardware, and go-to-market functions. Together, you\'ll transform ambitious… more
- Jack & Jill/External ATS (San Francisco, CA)
- …Company Description: VC-backed developer tools startup Job Description: Join as a founding engineer to build a world‑class firmware development platform from ... Founding Senior Software Engineer Salary: $200k-$325k...agentic flows for hardware engineering. What you will do: Design and implement full‑stack features across desktop applications and… more
- Recruiting From Scratch (San Francisco, CA)
- …the right roles to drive long-term success for both clients and candidates. Role: Founding Data Engineer Location: San Francisco, CA (Hybrid - 4 days/week ... ripe for disruption. What You Will Do As the Founding Data Engineer , you'll be the...company's entire data function from the ground up. You'll design scalable data infrastructure, pipelines, and analytics tools that… more
- Fabrion (San Francisco, CA)
- ML/AI Research Engineer - Agentic AI Lab ( Founding Team) Location: San Francisco Bay Area Type: Full-Time Compensation: Competitive salary + meaningful equity ( ... founding tier) Backed by 8VC, we're building a world‑class...and multi‑tenant governance. We're looking for an ML/AI Research Engineer to join our AI Lab and lead the… more
- Fabrion (San Francisco, CA)
- Overview DevOps Engineer ( Founding Team) Location: San Francisco Bay Area Type: Full-Time Compensation: Competitive salary + meaningful equity ( founding ... and supporting mission-critical ML infrastructure at scale. We're looking for a DevOps engineer who can own infrastructure from Day 1 - automating everything from… more
- Willow, Inc. (San Francisco, CA)
- Overview We're looking for a founding engineer with deep experience in building iOS apps to help us deliver a world‑class Willow experience on iOS. Willow is a ... and security Talk to users, understand their needs, and design solutions Work with our founding team and designers to build a high-quality product Stay… more
- Datawizz (San Francisco, CA)
- …best model - significantly reducing costs and improving accuracy. The Role As a founding ML engineer , you'll build the core intelligence layer of our platform. ... include opportunities for publishable research alongside product work. You will: Design and build our model evaluation framework for measuring accuracy, latency,… more
- Loophq (San Francisco, CA)
- …power the future of digital‑first restaurants. About the Role We are looking for a Founding Engineer with 4+ years of backend engineering experience to join our ... has a strong sense of ownership , and can design , build, and scale backend systems from the ground...challenges in the food‑tech space. Key Responsibilities System Architecture: Design and implement scalable backend system architecture to support… more
