Past Founder with Track Record and Experience

Sauna by Wordware; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Sauna By Wordware in San Francisco (Presidio) is seeking a senior contributor who can own and shape product direction from day one. This is a full-time, in-person role based in the Bay Area, with relocation supported if needed.

We want candidates who have raised significant capital, shipped products to ARR milestones, or led standout products at larger companies. Tell us where you’re strongest and we’ll define the scope around you, including a concrete 90-day plan.

Qualifications

• Raised more than $5M as a founder.
• Shipped a product to at least $500k ARR.
• Led a standout product at a larger company and drove its shipping.

Responsibilities

• Define and own product scope around your strongest area.
• Describe and commit to a concrete 90‑day plan.
• Collaborate with engineering, product, and growth teams as needed.

Skills

Fundraising

Product shipping

Startup experience

Job description

• This is a full-time, in-person role based in San Francisco (Presidio) - we work from the office 5 days a week.
• You must be based in the Bay Area or willing to relocate before starting.
• We require US work authorisation , but are open to O-1 or J-1 visa sponsorship for exceptional candidates.

About Sauna By Wordware

Most AI products hand you a coworker on day one and hope you trust it. Sauna is the coworker you raise: it starts by learning how you work, earns autonomy task by task, and ends up running hours of work on its own while you keep taste, review, and the final say. Wordware is the ~20-person team behind it, backed by Spark Capital, Felicis, and Y Combinator with a $30M seed, the largest in YC history. We build from a San Francisco office in the shadow of the Golden Gate Bridge, and we work absurdly hard because we can see and feel the outcome every day.

Who We\'re Looking For

We want people who walk in with enough context that onboarding takes days, not months. Specifically, if one of these is true, we want to talk:

• You raised more than $5M as a founder
• You got a product to $500k ARR or more
• You were the main person responsible for a standout product at a bigger company (think: the person the team credits with actually shipping it)

What You\'d Actually Do

Shape is flexible. We\'ve hired past founders into engineering, product, and growth roles. Tell us where you\'re strongest and we\'ll build the scope around you. If you can describe the thing you\'d own in your first 90 days, we can probably make it real.

The Process

We keep our process simple. Exceptional candidates go from first touch to offer within 2 weeks.