About the Role
Join a pre-seed Applied AI startup in San Francisco as a Founding Full-Stack Engineer, working directly alongside the founders to ship across the entire product. This is a high-ownership, high-impact role at a small team building at the intersection of generative AI, creative intelligence, and social media — with ambitions to reach hundreds of millions of users.
You'll touch everything: web, mobile, backend, infrastructure, AI integrations, and video processing pipelines. If you thrive in fast-moving, founder-led environments and want your work to matter from day one, this role is for you.
What You'll Do
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Build across the full product surface: web app (Next.js), mobile app (React Native), admin tools, pricing flows, and dashboards.
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Ship real features fast — multi-agent orchestration, FFmpeg video stitching, Remotion pipelines, and LLM/VLM integrations.
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Architect systems designed to scale to one million users per day.
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Collaborate directly with founders on product decisions, UX flows, and technical direction.
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Dive into whatever moves the product forward — UI, backend, infra, orchestration, computer vision, ML, or DevOps.
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Own problems end-to-end without waiting for permission or detailed instructions.
What We're Looking For
Required (dealbreakers):
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Strong proficiency with Next.js and React Native for building web and mobile interfaces.
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Hands-on, end-to-end full-stack experience across UI, backend, and infrastructure.
Strongly preferred:
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Experience integrating and deploying AI systems, including large language models (LLMs) and vision language models (VLMs).
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Practical experience with video processing and media pipelines using FFmpeg and Remotion.
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1–3 years of relevant experience in a fast-paced, multi-disciplinary environment.
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Ownership mindset — you ship fast, communicate clearly, and flag issues early rather than going quiet.
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Experience building consumer-facing applications at high user volumes.
Compensation & Benefits
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Salary: Up to $300,000 USD annually (commensurate with experience).
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Early-stage equity in a pre-seed company with strong investor backing.
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Visa sponsorship: Not available.
Location
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On-site in San Francisco, CA, United States.
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This is an in-person role; remote work is not available.
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