About the role
About the Role
Join an early-stage AI infrastructure startup as its first engineer. You will work directly with the founder to evolve a functioning product into scalable infrastructure for AI-powered service businesses, with broad ownership across the product and its technical direction.
What You'll Do
* Develop the architecture and infrastructure needed to scale the product to a large user base.
* Build and operate the agent runtime, including orchestration, memory, verification, and supporting systems.
* Take projects end to end across backend, infrastructure, frontend, and AI agents.
* Set technical standards and guide how the engineering team builds as it grows.
* Ship improvements regularly to users operating real businesses.
What We're Looking For
* At least 2 years of experience shipping production software, or an equivalent record as a founder, solo builder, or exceptional early-career engineer.
* Experience building and running LLM or AI agent systems in production, with real users relying on them.
* Full-stack range, including the ability to work across backend, infrastructure, and user interfaces.
* Experience turning prototypes into dependable systems through sound architecture, data models, runtime design, and orchestration.
* Evidence of owning technical decisions and delivering quickly in an early-stage or independent environment.
* Strong generalist engineering skills and practical experience with agent workflows, memory, evaluations, or verification are valuable.
* Based in Europe and willing to relocate to San Francisco within the first year.
Compensation & Benefits
Base salary is €80,000 to €140,000 annually. Visa sponsorship and relocation support are available for a move to San Francisco.
Location
Remote within Europe, with relocation to San Francisco expected within the first year.
Originally posted on Himalayas