Founding Engineer (AI-Native)
AI Fund - Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
Hiring: Founding Engineer (AI-Native) Company: AI Fund Location: Los Angeles Metropolitan Area Job Posted Time: 2026-09-02 17:59:19 Employment Type: Full-time Target Skills & Keywords: AI Agents, LLMs, React, TypeScript, Supabase, PostgreSQL, Full-Stack Development, Automation Workflows, Compliance Tech, Clean Energy, Startup Engineering Experience: - First engineering hire and technical backbone of the company - Make architectural decisions, set engineering standards, own the codebase - Build AI-powered workflows for a compliance engine - Work directly alongside a technical CEO with significant autonomy - Use AI coding tools and agents as force multipliers - Path to becoming future engineering leader as the company scales Required Skills: - Architect, build, and ship full-stack features across React/TypeScript frontend and Supabase/PostgreSQL backend - Write production-quality code at startup speed using AI coding tools - Make and defend architectural decisions: data modeling, API design, security, performance, scalability - Maintain code quality, testing standards, and documentation - Design and implement AI agents and multi-step automation pipelines (document ingestion, payroll validation, issue detection, remediation workflows) - Work with LLMs (Google Gemini and Claude) for intelligent extraction, classification, and validation systems - Build robust, observable, production-grade AI workflows with error handling, retry logic, audit trails, and human-in-the-loop checkpoints - Stay current on the evolving AI engineering landscape - Establish scalable engineering patterns and practices - Own security rigorously: data handling (PII, SSNs, payroll data), authentication, authorization, audit logging - Instrument systems: logging, monitoring, error tracking, performance - Eventually recruit, mentor, and lead additional engineers Qualifications: - Genuinely A (truncated in source) Compensation: Not specified in the provided job text. Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don’t miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!