Founding Engineer | Agentic AI | Warsaw

C&D Talent Advisory - Academy; Kraków; On-site; PLN 369,000 - 443,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity 1-2%

Job summary

C&D Talent Advisory - Academy in Warsaw, Poland invites a Founding Engineer to help build the core AI platform. You will own critical architectures, ship production-grade agentic AI systems, and shape the technical direction with significant autonomy in a fast-moving startup environment.

Join as an early team member with equity upside and the chance to influence product, platform, and strategy while scaling AI infrastructure for real-world customers.

Qualifications

• Proven experience shipping AI agents to production.
• Experience building large-scale AI systems used by customers.
• Strong system-design and software-engineering fundamentals.
• Fluent Polish and English.
• Based in Warsaw or willing to relocate.
• Comfortable in a fast-paced, ownership-driven startup environment.

Responsibilities

• Build and scale production-grade agentic AI systems.
• Design infrastructure for reliable AI-agent execution at scale.
• Develop agent observability, evaluation, and benchmarking systems.
• Improve reliability, latency, and cost efficiency across large-scale LLM workflows.
• Build state-of-the-art agentic product experiences.
• Create and maintain integrations with third-party platforms and tools.
• Make architectural and product decisions with significant autonomy.
• Shape engineering standards and technical direction as an early team member.

Skills

Agentic AI production

System design

TypeScript

Cloud infrastructure

AI tooling

Polish language

English language

Tools

Kubernetes

Cloud platforms (AWS/GCP)

Observability tools

Job description

Founding Engineer | Agentic AI | Warsaw

• Location: Warsaw, Poland


• Work model: On-site


• Employment: Full-time


• Compensation: $100,000–$120,000/year + 1–2% equity


• Level: Mid-Senior / Senior

What You'll Work On

• Build and scale production-grade agentic AI systems


• Design infrastructure for reliable AI-agent execution at scale


• Develop agent observability, evaluation, and benchmarking systems


• Improve reliability, latency, and cost efficiency across large-scale LLM workflows


• Build state-of-the-art agentic product experiences


• Create and maintain integrations with third-party platforms and tools


• Make architectural and product decisions with significant autonomy


• Shape engineering standards and technical direction as an early team member

What We're Looking For

• Proven experience shipping AI agents to production, not just prototypes


• Experience building B2C products used by real customers


• Strong understanding of agent observability, evaluation, reliability, and cost management


• Previous experience as a founder, founding engineer, or early engineer at a fast-moving startup


• Strong system-design and software-engineering fundamentals


• Comfortable working with modern TypeScript, cloud infrastructure, and AI tooling


• Fluent Polish and English


• Based in Warsaw or genuinely willing to relocate


• Comfortable with a highly ambitious, fast-paced, ownership-driven startup environment

Strong advantages

• Previous experience founding a technology company


• International study or work experience


• Combination of top-tier technology-company and early-stage startup experience


• Experience scaling AI products to significant user volumes


• Strong product instincts alongside technical depth

Why consider this opportunity?

• Join at the founding-engineer stage


• Build core AI technology from the ground up


• Significant influence over product and architecture


• 1–2% meaningful equity ownership


• Work directly with an experienced founding team


• Opportunity to grow into technical leadership as the company scales