Founding Platform Lead for AI Agents

MexicoDev

San Francisco (CA)

On-site

USD 200,000 - 280,000

Full time

2 days ago
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Job summary

Pond AI is seeking a hands-on Head of Engineering (founding-level) in San Francisco to own the platform end-to-end and ship AI agents in production. You will lead a small, ambitious engineering team and drive architecture, tooling, and delivery for scalable agent-based workflows.

The role requires deep full-stack capabilities, experience with TypeScript and Python, and a passion for building production-grade AI systems in an early-stage startup environment.

Qualifications

  • Proven ability to own a platform end-to-end in a fast-moving environment.
  • Experience building and shipping AI agents in production.

Responsibilities

  • Own the platform end-to-end, including architecture, delivery and reliability.
  • Lead a founding-level engineering team in a high-growth startup.
  • Collaborate with product and security to scale AI agents across customer workflows.

Skills

Full-stack development
AI agents production
Leadership
Tool integration

Tools

TypeScript
Python
LLMs

Job description

Pond AI is seeking a hands-on Head of Engineering (founding-level) in San Francisco to own the platform end-to-end and ship AI agents in production. You will lead a small, ambitious engineering team and drive architecture, tooling, and delivery for scalable agent-based workflows.

The role requires deep full-stack capabilities, experience with TypeScript and Python, and a passion for building production-grade AI systems in an early-stage startup environment.

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