Founding Software Engineer — AI Platform (0→1)

Code Compass ?; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Unknown company in San Francisco is seeking a Founding Engineer to build the platform end-to-end, architect agentic workflows and RAG pipelines for enterprise clients. You will own the data layer, design scalable pipelines, and take products from 0→1 with real autonomy.

Join a senior early-stage team, work alongside a skilled engineering group, and help shape the platform as it scales. Expect ownership across the full stack and direct customer collaboration to turn feedback into rapid

Qualifications

• Commercial software engineering experience with Python.
• Production experience with LLMs, RAG, or agentic AI systems.
• Full-stack experience with React/Next.js/TypeScript.

Responsibilities

• Own data layer, design relational schemas and scalable pipelines; ship end-to-end platform features.
• Take products from 0→1 with autonomy, delivering improvements for enterprise customers.

Tools

Python

React

Next.js

TypeScript

LLMs

RAG Pipelines

SQL

Distributed Systems

APIs

Job description

Unknown company in San Francisco is seeking a Founding Engineer to build the platform end-to-end, architect agentic workflows and RAG pipelines for enterprise clients. You will own the data layer, design scalable pipelines, and take products from 0→1 with real autonomy.

Join a senior early-stage team, work alongside a skilled engineering group, and help shape the platform as it scales. Expect ownership across the full stack and direct customer collaboration to turn feedback into rapid