Principal Builder

LandingAI, Inc.; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Long-term incentives

Job summary

LandingAI, Inc. seeks a technically deep individual who can shape ideas, influence founders, and drive AI Fund forward. You will work with elite founders and corporate partners, leading 0-to-1 work and scrappy execution across business and product areas.

You will contribute to long-term incentives and potential carried interest as part of the AI Fund collaboration, while solving unique frontier AI challenges with senior teams.

Qualifications

• Technical ability and hands-on AI coding experience.
• Experience as an engineer, product manager, product designer, or founder.
• Track record of working with elite founders and senior executives, with mutual respect.
• Ability to communicate with rigor, influence, and mature opinions.
• STEM or research degree from a top university or equivalent rigor.

Responsibilities

• Identify, shape, and validate new company ideas with partners and founders.
• Build the business case: market sizing, business model, GTM, and a clear thesis.
• Decide which ideas to bet on based on market opportunity and AI leverage.
• Help recruit the founder and bring on a Build lead.
• Drive AI Fund's co-founding of companies during the Build with guidance on product/user/ GTM.
• Provide investment recommendations and portfolio support after the Build.

Skills

Technical ability

AI coding experience

Engineering/product background

Top-tier talent collaboration

Effective communication

Education

STEM or research degree

Job description

What you'll do

• - Work with commercial partners, including corporates, VCs, and LPs, and with elite founders to identify, shape, and validate new company ideas.
• - Build the business case for ideas that hold up: market sizing, business model, go-to-market plan, and a clear written thesis for the company.
• - Decide which ideas to bet on, based on the size of the market opportunity and how uniquely AI can solve it.
• - Help recruit the founder. Explain the idea to potential founders and Engineers in Residence, and help bring the right person on to lead the Build.
• - Drive AI Fund's co-founding of companies with partners and founders, mainly through product, user, and go-to-market guidance during the 12-week Build.
• - Build the recommendation on whether AI Fund should invest at the end of the Build, then support the AI Fund partner on follow-on investment and portfolio support.

What you need

• - Technical ability, a real understanding of frontier AI, and hands-on experience coding with AI.
• - Experience as an engineer, product manager, product designer, or founder, including scrappy 0-to-1 work.
• - A track record of working with top talent, such as elite founders and senior executives, where both sides earn each other's respect and you make efficient use of their time.
• - The ability to communicate with rigor, persuade through influence, and carry strong opinions with maturity.
• - A STEM or research degree from a top research university, or an equivalent background where you've built the same rigor.

Who this is for

• - A technically deep person whose business judgment is their strongest asset. This role shapes ideas, influences founders, and pushes AI Fund forward.
• - Someone who still builds on weekends, at hackathons or on side projects, and who works well with everyone from elite founders to corporate partners.
• Long-term incentives, including carried interest and virtual shares in AI Fund.