Founding AI-Native Architect

Embedding VC; Milpitas (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options/equity

Health, dental, vision

Visa sponsorship & green card support

Meals & team events

Job summary

RoboForce is hiring a Founding AI Native Lead in Milpitas to turn AI experiments into company-wide leverage. You will build workflows, agents, automations, and internal systems that make RoboForce faster, sharper, and more scalable, reporting directly to the co-founders.

You will collaborate with world-class AI and robotics experts, shaping the AI-native operating system and governance while driving rapid iteration and adoption across teams.

Qualifications

• 5-8+ years across product, engineering, AI workflows, founder office, or Chief of Staff roles.
• Daily AI power user with hands-on experience using Claude Code, Codex, OpenClaw, Hermes Agent, or equivalent tools.
• Technical fluency with APIs, scripting, LLM tools, agent frameworks, integrations, and internal automation.
• Strong cross-functional execution across technical and non-technical teams.
• Builder mindset: vague problem -> working prototype -> real adoption.
• Sharp product judgment on when to use a prompt, bot, script, SOP, workflow, dashboard, or no tool.
• High judgment with sensitive company context, ambiguity, and fast-moving priorities.

Responsibilities

• Build RoboForce AI-native operating system with agents, automations, workflows, templates, and internal tools from prototype to production.
• Identify 3x leverage opportunities across the company; prototype, measure, scale, and sunset what doesn’t work.
• Drive AI agent adoption across AI, software, hardware, marketing, operations, recruiting, BD, and more.
• Lead cross-functional AI Champion network to codify best AI-native practices.
• Define company-wide standards for tools, cost, security, model routing, context management, and approvals.
• Partner with engineering and IT on connectors, local model hosting, monitoring, and secure deployment.
• Turn ambiguous AI-native priorities into clear systems, owners, workflows, and rhythms.
• Work in-office 5 days a week to enable high-bandwidth collaboration.

Skills

Leadership

AI workflows

Founder/officer experience

Cross-functional

Prototyping to production

Product judgment

Tools

Claude Code

Codex

OpenClaw

Hermes Agent

Local model hosting

Job description

RoboForce is hiring a Founding AI Native Lead in Milpitas to turn AI experiments into company-wide leverage. You will build workflows, agents, automations, and internal systems that make RoboForce faster, sharper, and more scalable, reporting directly to the co-founders.

You will collaborate with world-class AI and robotics experts, shaping the AI-native operating system and governance while driving rapid iteration and adoption across teams.