Founding Engineer (AI agents startup)Founding Engineer (AI agents startup)

We're recruiting a Founding Engineer for a well-funded stealth startup in San Francisco building AI agents that help everyday Americans navigate government systems and get the benefits they're owed. You'd be engineer #1. You own everything technical, ship v1 yourself, and then hire and lead engineers #2 to #5. What you'd own: • AI agents that get through real government portals end to end: logins, MFA, sessions, fragile multi-step flows • Getting the first product into real users' hands • Trust and security infrastructure for sensitive credentials, personal info and payment methods • Every core technical call: stack, tooling, architecture, build vs buy Stack: Python, React, Node.js, PostgreSQL, AWS/GCP, Playwright/Puppeteer, LLM agents. You're probably a fit if you have: • 5+ years of engineering with real full-stack range (frontend, backend and infra, on your own) • Founding or early startup experience, or you led a 0-to-1 product end to end • Built secure production systems somewhere high stakes: fintech, payments, health, government, payroll or identity • A CS degree or similar • Bonus: production browser automation, scrapers or web agents, and some hiring or mentoring Who this isn't for: • Directors or managers who'd be stepping back into IC work. This is hands-on. • Big-company specialists who haven't built something from zero • Prototype-only builders who haven't run secure infrastructure • A lot of short stints in the last few years • Anyone who can't be in the SF office 3-4 days a week Pay: $180K to $250K base plus 1% to 2% equity. Visa: H-1B transfers are OK. They can't sponsor a new visa. This role is recruited by Jack. Apply and we'll set up a quick 15 minute call.