Hands-On Backend/Infra Tech Lead for 0-to-1 AI Platform

Greylock Partners; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 240,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Greylock Partners is seeking a technically hands-on engineering leader for a seed-stage startup in San Francisco, building vertical AI for physical science R&D. The ideal candidate is a TLM/EM who remains highly technical and is ready for a significant increase in scope, including architectural work and production coding.

You will architect and ship core product and infrastructure, build data ingestion and agentic workflows, and guide the engineering org as it scales.

Qualifications

• Experience leading technically-focused engineering teams.
• Hands-on backend/infrastructure/product development.
• Proven ability to architect scalable systems.
• Startup or fast-growth environment experience.

Responsibilities

• Architecting and building core product and infrastructure foundations.
• Shipping 0-to-1 product capabilities alongside the team.
• Building data ingestion, retrieval, evaluation, and agentic workflow systems.
• Technical direction and architectural decision-making.
• Engineering execution and delivery.
• Hiring, mentoring, and developing exceptional engineers.
• Lightweight engineering processes that improve execution without slowing the team down.
• Building systems and teams that scale together.

Skills

Backend systems

Distributed systems

AI platforms

Engineering leadership

Job description

Greylock Partners is seeking a technically hands-on engineering leader for a seed-stage startup in San Francisco, building vertical AI for physical science R&D. The ideal candidate is a TLM/EM who remains highly technical and is ready for a significant increase in scope, including architectural work and production coding.

You will architect and ship core product and infrastructure, build data ingestion and agentic workflows, and guide the engineering org as it scales.