Founding Engineering Leader

Samson Rose is exclusively engaged with a consumer-focused AI-powered Robotics startup to help find their Founding Engineering Leader. This is the most critical role they will ever hire, so we are tasked with finding the best person possible. This person will lead the development of ambitious voice agents that bring characters to life while helping people live better lives. The company is tackling complex problems in voice, text, and embodied AI. You will build and iterate the consciousness and controller (back end) and the chat user interface (front end). You will also build a team of talented engineers to scale the product to serve more customers and use cases.If you believe AI's best use case is to support humans towards a vibrant future, then this company is for you!A bit about the company:Hugely impactful initial product. Large-scale vision that will positively affect generations to come. Recently raised capital for critical hires and to scale.Mission-driven at their core. If you want to align to a purpose and positive impact, then this is for you!They have a bias for action, they put truth first, they deeply understand their customers, and they have the 95th percentile philosophy.MVP built and in the market getting real world use and feedback.Small, lean team that you will be instrumental in growing.The person they are looking for:Is an engineer who regularly gets excellent work done in 1/3 the time others think is reasonable.Is experienced with applied AI, and wants to spend their life moving forward state-of-the-art, real-world applications that improve society.Is able to grow a strong engineering team that includes people they have previously worked with.Wants to spend most of their time coding. Is excited to work in a creative startup environment to deliver meaningful outcomes to users every week. A staff-level software engineer who uses AI extensively.Has built systems from "˜0 to 1' that scaled, understanding speed vs scalability architecture trade-offsHas built real-time consumer web applications, both front-end and back-endIf this role is of interest or you'd like to learn more, please apply with your most recent resume.

Created: 2025-01-26