Founding Engineer — AI Hiring Platform, Equity + Relocation

Needle; San Francisco, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Significant equity

Relocation assistance to San Francisco

Job summary

Needle in San Francisco is seeking an exceptional founding engineer to help build the AI-native ATS from the ground up. You’ll own end-to-end features across the stack (TypeScript, NextJS, React, Python, Google Cloud) and shape the product and engineering culture early.

You’ll thrive on solving real user problems with fast, craft-driven delivery. This early role includes substantial equity and relocation assistance to San Francisco as Needle scales with a world-class team.

Qualifications

Responsibilities

• Build and ship features end-to-end across the stack (TypeScript, NextJS, React, Python, Google Cloud).
• Work on agentic systems: MCP, skills, sandboxing, and agent harnesses as part of the platform.
• Stay close to users and translate real problems into reliable systems.

Job description

Needle in San Francisco is seeking an exceptional founding engineer to help build the AI-native ATS from the ground up. You’ll own end-to-end features across the stack (TypeScript, NextJS, React, Python, Google Cloud) and shape the product and engineering culture early.

You’ll thrive on solving real user problems with fast, craft-driven delivery. This early role includes substantial equity and relocation assistance to San Francisco as Needle scales with a world-class team.