Founding Engineer — Real-Time AI Hiring, Equity

Alex AI

San Francisco (CA)

On-site

USD 150,000 - 230,000

Full time

21 hours ago
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Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance
Equity
Unlimited PTO

Job summary

Alex AI is hiring an engineer who can sit at the intersection of product and engineering, talking to users, identifying high-leverage problems, and shipping the solutions themselves. You will own end-to-end features from ideation to deployment and work daily with the founding team in a fast-moving startup.

You will need strong product instincts, a technical depth beyond pure implementation, and a bias for ownership. This in-person SF role emphasizes speed, real outcomes, and user-focused design.

Qualifications

  • Own features from concept to shipping with minimal hand-holding.
  • Deep technical background while prioritizing user experience.
  • Thrive in fast iterations and shipping tangible results.

Responsibilities

  • Own live interview experiences with sub-200ms latency targets.
  • Build enterprise hiring dashboards for quick visibility of results.
  • Tune AI components to reduce hallucinations and improve humanity.
  • Define and ship new product bets end-to-end with users.
  • Integrate with customer ATS and HRIS systems across modules.

Skills

Product instincts
Ownership
Fast learning

Job description

Alex AI is hiring an engineer who can sit at the intersection of product and engineering, talking to users, identifying high-leverage problems, and shipping the solutions themselves. You will own end-to-end features from ideation to deployment and work daily with the founding team in a fast-moving startup.

You will need strong product instincts, a technical depth beyond pure implementation, and a bias for ownership. This in-person SF role emphasizes speed, real outcomes, and user-focused design.

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