Founding Engineer

Rockstar is recruiting for a cutting-edge AI platform company that accelerates hardware innovation at scale. Our client is building an AI-enabled platform that helps hardware companies build more reliable products faster, shaving months off their schedules and millions of dollars off their budgets. They have recently raised a $2.6M pre-seed and have onboarded some of the world's largest and most respected hardware companies as paying customers. About the Company The company's mission is to accelerate hardware innovation at scale. They are building an AI-enabled platform that helps hardware companies build more reliable products faster, shaving months off their schedules and millions of dollars off their budgets. Long term, they aim to revolutionize how physical products are built. They have recently raised a $2.6M pre-seed and have since onboarded some of the world's largest and most respected hardware companies as paying customers. Role The role is exactly what you think it is. The candidate will: Write and ship clean code, working across the company's stack Be able to wear the product hat at times Wear whatever other hats they want! It's a startup What They Value A candidate might be a great fit if they: Enjoy the freedom to make their own decisions instead of being told what to do Understand that they can both write clean code and build quickly, and often well-structured code is what enables teams to ship fast Are curious about AI and intrigued by its possibilities Tech Stack Frontend : React, TypeScript, NextJS, Apollo Backend : Django, Postgres, Strawberry AI : OpenAI API, instructor, pgvector On the AI front, they have built a RAG platform that hardware teams are using and are building agents on top of it. Note that the ground is shifting under everyone's feet, so they are constantly trying new things. Job Details Salary Range : $150-180k The company is part of Start-Up New York, which means full-time employees are exempt from city and state income tax (We know... crazy, right? You can probably pay ~half your rent with the tax savings) Equity Range : 0.5-1% Excellent health/dental insurance Snacks, a generous tech budget, unlimited vacation, and company outings (Brooklyn Nets games, the Hamptons, etc.) A culture of celebrating wins and encouraging trying new things Five days a week in-person in Downtown Brooklyn, easily accessible by the 2, 3, 4, 5, A, C, F, R trains Why? In-person collaboration helps them make decisions quicker It's easier to turn around and talk to someone about something than waiting for them to respond on Slack It's way more fun Also, they're not sticklers about it and let people use their judgment about when they need to work remotely

Created: 2024-11-16