Founding Engineer | Agentic AI | Warsaw

C&D Talent Advisory - Academy; Warszawa; On-site; PLN 372,000 - 446,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity 1-2%

Job summary

C&D Talent Advisory - Academy in Warsaw is seeking a Founding Engineer to build and scale production-grade agentic AI systems. This on-site role offers $100,000–$120,000 per year plus 1–2% equity and significant autonomy in architecture decisions.

You will design scalable AI infrastructure, improve observability and performance, and own core product experiences as an early team member.

Qualifications

• Proven experience shipping AI agents to production.
• Experience building B2C products used by real customers.
• Strong system-design and software-engineering fundamentals.
• Comfortable with modern TypeScript, cloud infrastructure, and AI tooling.
• Fluent Polish and English.

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

Polish (Fluent)

English (Fluent)

Experience shipping AI agents to prod

System design fundamentals

TypeScript & Cloud Infra

Tools

AI tooling

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