About the Role
We're a Y Combinator-backed GovTech AI startup building AI-powered voice agents for local government departments — helping civil servants automate routine constituent inquiries, improve service responsiveness, and free up staff to focus on higher-value work. Our product handles calls 24/7 across dozens of languages and integrates with existing government technology stacks.
We're hiring a Founding Engineer to join our small, early team and help shape the technical foundation of the product. This is a high-ownership, high-impact role where you'll work directly with the founding team — making architecture decisions, shipping production features end-to-end, and helping define how we build as the company scales. Visa sponsorship is not available for this role.
What You'll Do
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Design and implement core product features across the full stack — frontend, backend, and infrastructure.
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Own architecture and infrastructure decisions to support scalable, reliable production systems.
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Ship production-quality code quickly and iterate based on real user and customer feedback.
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Build and maintain APIs, services, and data models that power the product.
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Establish DevOps practices including CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, observability, and reliability standards.
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Collaborate closely with founders and cross-functional partners on product direction and priorities.
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Participate in customer conversations to translate needs into technical solutions.
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Help mentor and recruit early engineering hires as the team grows.
What We're Looking For
Must-haves:
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3+ years of professional software engineering experience building and shipping production web applications.
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Proven experience shipping end-to-end features at an early-stage or small startup.
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Experience deploying and maintaining cloud-based services with CI/CD pipelines.
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Proficiency in at least one core backend language (e.g., Node.js, Python, or Go).
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Experience designing and consuming RESTful APIs with proper versioning and security considerations.
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Experience building MVPs and iterating quickly based on user feedback.
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Experience designing and working with relational and/or NoSQL databases, including data modeling.
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Full-stack development experience — backend APIs and frontend UI.
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Strong fundamentals in software design, algorithms, and system architecture.
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Excellent communication skills and a collaborative, product-minded approach.
Nice-to-haves:
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Frontend development experience with modern frameworks such as React or Vue, including responsive UI design.
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Experience with containerization and cloud-native architectures (Docker, Kubernetes).
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Experience with observability, monitoring, and error reporting tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Sentry).
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Background working on software for government, public sector, or similarly regulated domains.
Compensation & Benefits
Compensation details were not specified for this role. Equity participation is expected given the founding-team nature of the position. Specific package details will be discussed during the interview process.
Location
This is an on-site role based in Los Angeles, CA. Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States — visa sponsorship is not available.
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