Founding Software Engineer

Mira; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

MIRA is building the most proactive AI to replace the phone with lightweight AI glasses in San Francisco. The founding team seeks a Software Engineer to help advance human-computer interaction, shipping production systems rapidly.

This full-time, in-person role sits with a small team solving real-time AI challenges across software and hardware. Ideal candidates bring 3+ years of experience and strong CS fundamentals in TS, Python, C/C++, APIs, databases, and distributed systems, plus a track

Qualifications

• 3+ years of software engineering experience.
• Strong CS fundamentals across TS, Python, C/C++, mobile, backend infra, APIs, databases, and distributed systems.
• Experience building complex technical products end-to-end across software, AI and hardware.
• Strong product intuition and ability to make pragmatic engineering tradeoffs.
• Comfortable owning ambiguous problems, moving across the stack, and shipping production systems.

Responsibilities

• Help build the next evolution of human-computer interaction as a Founding Software Engineer.
• Contribute to end-to-end development across software, AI, and wearable hardware boundaries.
• Own design and delivery of production systems under rapid iteration.
• Collaborate with a small in-person San Francisco team to ship impactful features.

Skills

3+ years experience

TypeScript

Python

C/C++

Mobile development

Backend infrastructure

APIs

Databases

Distributed systems

Job description

MIRA is building the most proactive AI to replace the phone: lightweight AI glasses that remember every conversation, answer any question in under a second, translate 60+ languages, and surface the right context exactly when you need it.

We recently sold out and shipped our first batch of units, and we're moving fast. MIRA has raised over $6M from General Catalyst, Naval Ravikant, Pillar VC, and more.

We're a small team of engineers and builders in San Francisco solving the hardest problems in consumer AI and wearable hardware: real-time responses, ambient context understanding, all-day wearable design, and more.

Our website link if you want to learn more/see the glasses in action: trymira.com

Responsibilities

MIRA is looking for a talented Founding Software Engineer to help build the next evolution of human-computer interaction. This role is full-time, in-person, in San Francisco.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of software engineering experience.
• Strong computer science and systems fundamentals across areas such as TypeScript, Python, C/C++, mobile, backend infrastructure, APIs, databases, and distributed systems.
• Experience building complex technical products end-to-end, ideally across software, AI, and hardware boundaries.
• Strong product intuition and ability to make pragmatic engineering tradeoffs in fast-moving environments.
• Comfortable owning ambiguous problems, moving across the stack, and shipping production systems under tight iteration cycles.

These might make you a great fit:

• Experience with real-time audio, low-latency systems, LLM or AI infrastructure, mobile apps, device connectivity, or embedded systems is a major plus.
• Prior experience at an early-stage startup, ideally as a Founding or early engineer, is a strong plus.
• Prior experience building consumer products is a strong plus.