AI Agent Tech Lead

Embedding VC; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Lingopal is developing an AI agent platform and is seeking an AI Agent Tech Lead to own core backend/full-stack systems for a pilot with enterprise customers. You’ll work directly with the founders, shipping features quickly while shaping technical direction.

The role emphasizes hands-on execution, with responsibility to grow into a leadership position, mentoring others and defining architecture as the team scales. Expect a fast-paced startup environment.

Qualifications

• 1–5 years of software engineering experience, hands-on builder
• AI agent background preferred (agent frameworks, LLM-powered products, voice AI a plus)
• Backend/full-stack strength
• Startup mindset with bias toward shipping over perfection
• Wants to grow into a leadership role

Responsibilities

• Build the core of a new AI agent product end-to-end — backend and full-stack from prototype to pilot.
• Turn rough product direction into shipped features fast, iterating with real pilot customers.
• Make early technical decisions and set engineering bar as the team scales.
• Grow into technical leadership — mentoring, hiring, and owning architecture as we scale.
• Work hands-on with modern AI tooling (LLMs, agents, voice AI) daily.

Skills

Software engineering

Backend / full-stack

AI / LLMs

Startup mindset

Leadership potential

Tools

LLM tooling

Agent frameworks

Voice AI

Job description

About Lingopal

Lingopal builds real-time AI language technology, with a live translation product used in production today. We're now building our next product — an AI agent platform aimed at enterprises with heavy customer-support needs (hospitality, airlines, travel) and fast-scaling AI-agent companies.

About Lingopal

Lingopal builds real-time AI language technology, with a live translation product used in production today. We're now building our next product — an AI agent platform aimed at enterprises with heavy customer-support needs (hospitality, airlines, travel) and fast-scaling AI-agent companies.

About The Role

We're looking for a AI Agent Tech Lead to be an early, hands-on builder for our new AI agent product — and to grow into technical leadership as the team scales. You'll work directly with the founders, own core backend/full-stack systems, and move fast: we're testing with pilot customers in Q4 2026, and the direction will sharpen based on what we learn. Speed and adaptability matter more here than infrastructure depth or performance optimization — we need someone who ships.

What You'll Do

• Build the core of a new AI agent product end-to-end — backend and full-stack, from prototype to pilot.
• Turn rough product direction into shipped features fast, iterating with real pilot customers.
• Make the early, high-leverage technical decisions and set the engineering bar as the team grows.
• Grow into technical leadership — mentoring, hiring, and owning architecture as we scale.
• Work hands-on with modern AI tooling (LLMs, agents, voice AI) as a daily part of the job.

What We're Looking For

• 1–5 years of software engineering experience — strong hands-on builder, comfortable owning things end-to-end.
• AI agent background preferred (agent frameworks, LLM-powered products, voice AI a plus).
• Backend / full-stack strength.
• Startup mindset — we lean toward startup/YC-caliber builders over Big Tech pedigree; rapid feature development over performance tuning.
• Comfortable with ambiguity and evolving priorities; high ownership and a bias toward shipping.
• Wants to grow into a leadership role.