Founding Full-Stack Engineer - AI-Driven Manufacturing Ops

Dex; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Dex in San Francisco seeks a Founding Full-Stack Engineer to design core algorithms and architecture for AI agents that drive strategic manufacturing decisions. You will own backend and infrastructure, with enough frontend to deliver complete solutions, and ship features end-to-end.

You will work directly with manufacturing customers, build scalable, data‑driven systems using Postgres and Redis, and lay the groundwork for a rapidly growing engineering team.

Qualifications

• You have shipped production code end-to-end, with a strong background in backend and infrastructure, and are comfortable building frontend features.
• Experience building data-intensive, multi-tenant production systems using Postgres, Redis, and an orchestration framework.
• You possess strong product sense and are eager to engage directly with customers daily.
• You are within roughly five years of graduating university, ready to take on foundational engineering challenges.
• Willingness to work onsite in San Francisco on a demanding schedule; relocation and visa support are available.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement the core algorithms and architecture for AI agents making strategic operational decisions.
• Build and own end-to-end features, from backend infrastructure to customer-facing interfaces, without product manager abstraction.
• Develop scalable, interpretable, data-driven agents across the full stack: algorithms, architecture, and infrastructure.
• Work directly with manufacturing customers to understand their needs and deploy solutions that save them millions.
• Lay the foundational systems and infrastructure that will support a rapidly growing engineering team.

Skills

Backend development

Infrastructure

Frontend features

Postgres

Redis

Data-intensive systems

Customer engagement

Tools

Postgres

Redis

Job description

Dex in San Francisco seeks a Founding Full-Stack Engineer to design core algorithms and architecture for AI agents that drive strategic manufacturing decisions. You will own backend and infrastructure, with enough frontend to deliver complete solutions, and ship features end-to-end.

You will work directly with manufacturing customers, build scalable, data‑driven systems using Postgres and Redis, and lay the groundwork for a rapidly growing engineering team.