Lead AI Engineer

1st10 is a boutique recruiting firm that builds early engineering teams. Our team formerly built early Robinhood, Pinterest, Airbnb, Stripe and many more.About our clientElite AI development team. The team solve hard AI-driven problems that their customers don't have the resources or know-how to staff themselves - cutting through jargon and flashy demos to get AI into production, fast.Impressive seed round from top investorsRevenue generating, active customers10-person engineering teamBased in SF, engineering-centric office cultureAbout the roleJoining as one of the team's first engineers and play a leading role in building and shipping AI applications for inaugural customers - from understanding customer needs to deploying solutions in their environments - all while shaping the Engineering and Company culture for the next 100+ engineers.What you bring to the table:You write exceptional code + deeply care about the craft of coding: you build elegant, production-ready code; you have strong proficiency across multiple programming languagesYou are excited about AI: you are AI-curious, follow along with new launches, and experiment with new frameworks (like LangChain); to be clear, this is a generalist full-stack engineering role in the context of developing AI-driven applicationsYou love solving hard, new problems: you are comfortable self-teaching, asking "why?," and experimenting to solve problems you haven't seen beforeYou are "˜start-up ready': you jump in without instruction, embrace a "˜no job too big, no job too small' mindset, and want to shape strategy and cultureYou are comfortable talking with users: you deeply care about the user and skillfully navigate user conversations to ensure what we're building meets their needsYou are a great teammate: you are comfortable helping others (and asking for help), you champion integrity in everything, and want to build a one-in-a-career culture of personal growthYou will:Design and develop custom AI solutions tailored to the unique needs of our customers, ensuring seamless integration and scalabilityPartner with a high-caliber team across the full project lifestyle, from requirements gathering, to prototyping, system design, coding, testing, deployment, and supportActively shape our Engineering and broader company culture - from how we learn, to how we hire, to how we celebrate - you'll shape how we make our team a place we all love working

Created: 2025-01-24