Founder's Engineer: Build the Agent OS

Manykind

San Francisco (CA)

Hybrid

USD 180,000 - 300,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Early equity
Competitive salary

Job summary

Manykind in San Francisco is seeking a Founder's Engineer who will build the operating system for business agents. You will ship TypeScript-based agents, run them on our platform, and own end-to-end product experiences from recruiting to operations.

This is a hands-on engineering seat with a broad scope and deep impact. The role rewards speed and ownership, with a path toward significant equity as the startup scales.

Qualifications

  • Fluent in TypeScript/JavaScript and able to read/debug AI tooling code.
  • Experience shipping end-to-end software or agents in a startup or fast-paced environment.
  • Comfortable with ambiguity and taking initiative without explicit directions.

Responsibilities

  • Build agents on the platform using TypeScript and run in sandboxed environments.
  • Design and implement end-to-end workflows: sourcing, enrichment, screening, routing as agents.
  • Collaborate with founders and design partners to shape platform features.
  • Ship production-grade code and own the outcomes and quality.

Skills

TypeScript
JavaScript
APIs
Data pipelines
LLM tooling
Production software

Job description

Manykind in San Francisco is seeking a Founder's Engineer who will build the operating system for business agents. You will ship TypeScript-based agents, run them on our platform, and own end-to-end product experiences from recruiting to operations.

This is a hands-on engineering seat with a broad scope and deep impact. The role rewards speed and ownership, with a path toward significant equity as the startup scales.

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