Founding AI Engineer — Build End-to-End Systems

Fig AI

San Francisco (CA)

On-site

USD 180,000 - 240,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Fig AI is assembling a founding engineering team in San Francisco to build the core AI platform that automates data ingestion, document processing, and agent-based workflows for ingredient manufacturers. You will work directly with the founders on critical architectural decisions and hands-on product delivery.

Ideal candidates have shipped products, enjoy operating with limited resources, and thrive when exploring unknown territory.

Qualifications

  • Experience delivering shipped products with real user impact (preferably in AI or data-intensive apps).
  • Strong problem-solving and written/oral communication skills.
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced founding-team environment.

Responsibilities

  • Join the founding engineering team and work directly with the founders on core platform decisions.
  • Build backend systems to ingest hundreds of PDFs from ERPs and inboxes.
  • Develop an agent that can complete a 100-page食品 safety document and other complex tasks.

Skills

System design
Frontend development
Backend development
Problem solving

Tools

Kotlin
Spring Boot
React
NextJS
Postgres
GCP
Gemini
Anthropic

Job description

Fig AI is assembling a founding engineering team in San Francisco to build the core AI platform that automates data ingestion, document processing, and agent-based workflows for ingredient manufacturers. You will work directly with the founders on critical architectural decisions and hands-on product delivery.

Ideal candidates have shipped products, enjoy operating with limited resources, and thrive when exploring unknown territory.

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