Founding AI Engineer - Hands-on Builder, Own From Day 1

Fuel Talent LLC; San Francisco, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 200,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Fuel Talent LLC in San Francisco is seeking a Founding Engineer to own core technical decisions from day one, building backend systems to ingest PDFs and develop AI agents for compliance workflows.

You will ship across frontend, backend, infrastructure and AI, using Kotlin/Spring Boot, React/Next.js, Postgres on GCP, and Terraform, shaping a zero-to-one startup in a rapidly evolving AI-driven space.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to ship products used by real customers.
• Demonstrated ownership and rapid decision-making from day one.
• Strong bias to shipping, with pragmatic tech choices.
• Experience with reliable, production-grade tech stacks.

Responsibilities

• Build backend systems ingesting and processing hundreds of PDFs from ERP/CRM sources.
• Develop AI agents that auto-complete complex, multi-page compliance documents.
• Ship across frontend, backend, infrastructure, and AI systems.

Skills

Builder mentality

Owner from day zero

Bias to action

Pragmatic engineer

Tools

Kotlin

Spring Boot

React

Next.js

Postgres

GCP

Terraform

Gemini

Anthropic

Job description

Fuel Talent LLC in San Francisco is seeking a Founding Engineer to own core technical decisions from day one, building backend systems to ingest PDFs and develop AI agents for compliance workflows.

You will ship across frontend, backend, infrastructure and AI, using Kotlin/Spring Boot, React/Next.js, Postgres on GCP, and Terraform, shaping a zero-to-one startup in a rapidly evolving AI-driven space.