Founding Engineer — AI Agents, End-to-End Systems (SF)

Jack; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity (1–2%)

Competitive salary

Job summary

Jack in San Francisco is seeking a Founding Engineer to build AI agents that help everyday Americans navigate government systems and get the benefits they're owed.

You'd be engineer #1, owning everything technical, shipping v1 yourself, and then hiring and leading engineers #2 to #5.

You’ll own end-to-end portals, security for sensitive data, and the core stack, with a base salary between $180k and $250k plus 1–2% equity, and you’d be in the SF office 3–4 days per week.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to build full-stack solutions end-to-end.
• Experience leading early-stage products from zero to one.
• Proven track record shipping secure, production-grade systems.

Responsibilities

• Own all technical aspects of the product as the first engineer.
• Ship v1 and then hire/lead engineers #2–#5.
• Design and secure infrastructure for sensitive credentials and payments.
• Define stack, tooling, architecture, and build-vs-buy decisions.

Skills

Full-stack development

Founding startup experience

Secure production systems

CS degree

Education

CS degree or equivalent

Job description

Jack in San Francisco is seeking a Founding Engineer to build AI agents that help everyday Americans navigate government systems and get the benefits they're owed.

You'd be engineer #1, owning everything technical, shipping v1 yourself, and then hiring and leading engineers #2 to #5.

You’ll own end-to-end portals, security for sensitive data, and the core stack, with a base salary between $180k and $250k plus 1–2% equity, and you’d be in the SF office 3–4 days per week.