Job Description
Job Description
San Francisco, CA · On-site · Full-time Compensation: $150,000–$300,000 + 0.1%–1% equity
About the Company
Our client converts complex documents into LLM-ready data. Production-grade APIs ingest, parse, structure, and split documents across formats like PDF, PPT, and Excel into clean Markdown and JSON that AI agents and LLMs can reliably work with from day one — preserving document structure and hierarchy while capturing the domain-specific context critical for high-stakes workflows across finance, legal, and healthcare.
Founded 2024 · 1–10 people (Seed) · Industry: AI Tools
The Role
A Founding Software Engineer based in San Francisco, building toward a small, talent-dense team. The role is backend- and infrastructure-heavy: own production systems end to end and turn research prototypes into production-grade, scalable systems alongside the founders and research team.
Tech stack: Python (required); C++/Rust (plus); distributed systems (microservices, queues, Redis); cloud (AWS/GCP/Azure); Docker, Kubernetes, Helm; Terraform / Pulumi.
Requirements
- 2–5 years of experience
- Able to work in person at the San Francisco office
- Hands-on experience building backend infrastructure
Nice to Haves
- A top-tier school background (e.g., IIT Bombay, Stanford)
- Very early-stage startup experience (first 1–3 engineers)
- Experience at companies with strong technical DNA
- Research experience
Why Join
- A founding technical seat: this role defines the engineering archetype and sets the technical ceiling for the team
- End-to-end ownership: own the full stack from core backend architecture and infrastructure through deployment, reliability, and developer experience
- Real enterprise traction: already deploying production AI for enterprise customers across high-stakes verticals
Details
- Location — San Francisco, CA
- Work policy — On-site
- Compensation — $150,000–$300,000 + 0.1%–1% equity
- Visa sponsorship — Available (H-1B, O-1, OPT)
- Employment type — Full-time