222 founding engineer jobs at 121 companies in San Bruno, CA

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San Francisco, California, United States
$160k-$270k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Clera
Clera: AI-powered talent agent matching candidates to startup roles.
3+ YOE3+ years of engineering experience, strong computer science fundamentals, Rust or Go proficiency, and production experience designing distributed systems, databases, or storage infrastructure.
Rust, Go
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San Francisco, California, United States
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Origamics
Origamics: Builds physics-informed AI models that generate fabrication-ready circuit boards for hardware engineers.
Experience building systems from zero to one, making storage, compute, architecture, build-versus-buy, and maintenance trade-offs, with interest or experience in agentic systems and foundational models.
CI, agentic systems, dedicated containers, multi-agent orchestration
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Founding Software Engineer
San Francisco, California, United States
$150k-$250k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Tamarind Bio
Tamarind Bio: AI-powered drug-discovery platform providing web and API access to computational biology tools for biotech and biopharma scientists.
Founding software engineer with full-stack expertise; strong AWS, Docker, CUDA, TensorFlow/PyTorch; React; onsite in SF; equity.
Python, React, AWS, Docker, CUDA, Conda, TensorFlow, PyTorch, Slurm, Bash, APIs, Web apps
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San Francisco, California, United States
$120k-$160k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Aurorin CAD
Aurorin CAD: AI-native CAD software for mechanical engineers and hardware teams, built to speed up computer-aided design.
Strong systems programming/native app background, experience with Swift and C++, GPU programming experience preferred, proactive and high-responsibility engineer.
Swift, C++
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San Francisco or Lausanne
HybridFull Time
Compresr
Compresr: LLM context compression for better accuracy
Experienced full-stack engineer with strong backend fundamentals, concurrency/distributed systems, AWS production deployment, Python and light frontend skills, and excellent communication.
Python, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, Supabase, Redis, AWS, Next.js, React, TypeScript, GitHub, Docker, Sentry, GitHub Actions, Claude Code
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San Francisco, California, United States
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Double Blind Bio
Double Blind Bio: Private health-tech startup building AI agents that automate clinical-trial workflows for research sites and life-science sponsors.
Strong full-stack engineering with deep AI/ML expertise; evals, observability, production LLMs; product-minded; healthcare familiarity; fast-paced, autonomous work.
LangSmith, Braintrust, Weights & Biases, Honeyhive
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San Francisco, California, United States
$140k-$220k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Syntro
Syntro: Private AI procurement platform helping hardware manufacturers discover, select, and manage component suppliers.
Exceptional engineer with zero-to-one complex systems experience, full-stack ability, strong judgment, and expertise in reliability, data correctness, observability, and ambiguous problem-solving.
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Founding Engineer
Palo Alto or California
$140k-$200k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Pear VC
Pear VC: Private seed-stage venture capital firm investing in pre-seed and seed technology companies and supporting founders.
Experienced full-stack engineer with production experience in TypeScript/React/Next.js, backend APIs and Postgres, desktop/web (Electron or Tauri), LLM features in production, CI/CD, testing, observability, and customer-facing product work.
TypeScript, React, Next.js, Postgres, Electron, Tauri, Claude Code, Codex, CI/CD, GitHub, LLM
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Founding Engineer - LLM Infra & Platform
San Francisco, California, United States
$130k-$220k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Pax Historia
Pax Historia: AI-powered alternate-history game platform serving players and creators who build and share interactive scenarios.
Strong software engineering fundamentals, fast learning ability, attention to detail, data orientation, and rigorous verification mindset. Experience with this exact role is not required.
LLM, AI
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Founding AI Engineer
San Francisco, California, United States
$120k-$180k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Bild AI
Bild AI: AI construction software that reads blueprints and estimates material costs for builders.
Applied CV/ML experience; 0-to-1 builder; growth mindset; strong communication.
Computer Vision, Large Language Models, Multimodal AI, Production ML
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San Francisco, California, United States
$150k-$200k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Andreessen Horowitz
Andreessen Horowitz: Private venture capital firm investing in startups from seed through growth stages and helping founders build companies.
3+ YOE3+ years building and shipping consumer iOS software; strong Swift, SwiftUI, AVFoundation, and iOS expertise; end-to-end app experience; full-stack, product metrics, privacy, and 0-to-1 development experience.
iOS, Swift, SwiftUI, AVFoundation, App Store, CoreBluetooth, BLE, Core ML, Claude Code, Codex, Supabase
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Founding Engineer
Burlingame, California, United States
$140k-$180k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Ember AI
Ember AI: AI-powered revenue integrity platform helping specialty physician practices and health systems prevent denials and improve reimbursement.
Bachelor's or master's degree in a technical field; proficiency in TypeScript, React, Node.js, and Python; experience with LLM applications and containerized deployments; strong collaboration and problem-solving skills.
TypeScript, React, Node.js, Python, LLM, Docker, Kubernetes, Azure, GCP, AWS, FHIR, HL7
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San Francisco, California, United States
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Chief AI
Chief AI: Private software building AI-native command-center tools for government officials, CEOs, and executive teams.
4+ YOERequires 4+ years shipping full-stack production products, early-stage startup experience, AWS, Python, React, AI-native product experience, strong product instincts, customer focus, and U.S. citizenship.
AWS, Python, React, LLMs, AWS GovCloud, FedRAMP, SOC2, voice-to-text
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Founding Engineer
San Francisco or Manila or Mexico City
$160k-$220k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Kita
Kita: Private AI credit-assessment platform helping lenders underwrite borrowers from messy financial documents.
Production experience with LLM-based systems, strong backend fundamentals, and Python or TypeScript experience. No years-of-experience requirement; regulated-industry experience is preferred.
WhatsApp, Viber, SMS, Python, TypeScript
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Founding Engineer (AI)
San Francisco, California, United States
$150k-$220k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Momentic
Momentic: AI-powered end-to-end testing platform for software engineering teams across web, iOS, and Android.
3+ YOERequires 3+ years of experience, LLM performance tuning, evaluations, observability, application integration, fine-tuning, evaluation dataset engineering, and proficiency with modern software technologies.
Python, TypeScript, React, Next.js, Node.js, PostgreSQL, Google Cloud, Kubernetes, Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, Together AI, Baseten
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Infinite.dev - Founding Engineer
San Francisco, California, United States
OnsiteFull Time
deCircle
deCircle: Boutique recruitment partner for high-tech and Web3 organizations.
2+ YOE2–5+ years software engineering experience; proficiency in two of Next.js, TypeScript, C#, Go, or Python; experience with event-driven architectures, full-stack ownership, and AI-assisted development tools.
Next.js, TypeScript, C#, Go, Python, Cursor, windsurf
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Founding Engineer, ML + Full-Stack
San Francisco, California, United States
OnsiteFull Time
Autostep
Autostep: Software startup that maps knowledge work, measures costs, and builds AI agents for businesses.
Demonstrated shipped work and real outcomes; strong Python; ability to learn quickly, work across ML and full-stack systems, communicate with customers, and investigate problems. Degrees optional.
Python, Jupyter, TypeScript, React, Next.js, AWS, Supabase, Postgres, Electron, Rust, Vercel, GitHub, Linear, Windows, macOS
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Founding Software Engineer - Backend
San Francisco, California, United States
$125k-$300k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Hypercubic
Hypercubic: AI-native mainframe modernization platform serving enterprises and governments with tools to understand, operate, and transform COBOL systems.
0+ YOEFounding backend engineer with strong engineering and design taste; ownership over architecture and engineering culture. Experience with AI-powered systems and legacy modernization is a plus.
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Staff Founding Engineer
San Francisco, California, United States
$250k-$300k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Foam
Foam: AI production-error debugging platform for businesses and engineering teams.
Hands-on software builder with a demonstrable history of operating between H5 and H6 and experience using modern coding agents.
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Founding Engineer - SF
San Francisco, California, United States
$175k-$250k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Corridor
Corridor: AI-native health insurance brokerage helping small businesses choose, enroll in, and manage employee benefits.
Demonstrated technical ownership, high-stakes systems judgment, product decision-making, curiosity about AI agents, fast high-quality delivery, and strong Python and TypeScript proficiency.
Python, TypeScript, React, MCP, LLM