Founding AI Engineer — Equity, Fast Shipping, Leadership

ProFound People Pty Ltd; Sydney; On-site; AUD 170,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity in small team

International travel with founders

Meals and gym included

Job summary

ProFound People Pty Ltd is seeking a Founding Software Engineer in Sydney to transform loose product goals into customer-ready features the next day. You will build rapidly, ship often, and lead growth as the team expands. Expect to drive an AI-powered workflow with agents working in parallel as a core routine.

You’ll receive meaningful equity in a small, high-performing team, plus international travel with the founders, meals, and gym access. The pace and upside are both high.

Qualifications

• Solid engineering fundamentals developed in professional roles before AI could write most of your code.
• Track record of shipping quickly in startups, own product, or side projects that others used.
• Experience building with AI agents and a strong, ambitious project you can walk us through.

Responsibilities

• Convert loose product goals into finished features used by customers the next day.
• Build new features primarily, with occasional bug fixes and support tasks.
• Run AI coding agents in parallel as a standard part of your workflow.
• As the team grows, provide technical leadership to new engineers joining after you.

Skills

Solid engineering fundamentals

Shipping quickly

AI-driven workflow

Product instincts

Job description

ProFound People Pty Ltd is seeking a Founding Software Engineer in Sydney to transform loose product goals into customer-ready features the next day. You will build rapidly, ship often, and lead growth as the team expands. Expect to drive an AI-powered workflow with agents working in parallel as a core routine.

You’ll receive meaningful equity in a small, high-performing team, plus international travel with the founders, meals, and gym access. The pace and upside are both high.