Hiring: Founding Software Engineer Company: Actual AI Location: Greater Seattle Area Job Posted Time: 2026-09-09 17:59:14 Employment Type: Full-time, On-site (Monday–Friday in Seattle, WA) Target Skills & Keywords: TypeScript, Go, Rust, Python, Backend APIs, Event Pipelines, OAuth2, PATs, Webhooks, Rate-limit Back-off, Kubernetes, Helm, Docker, GitHub Enterprise, GitLab CE, Jira, Slack, Integration SDK, Observability, Reliability, Developer Experience, AI Systems, Air-gapped/On-prem, Open-source SDK, Dev-tools Experience: - 4+ years building backend APIs or event pipelines in TypeScript/Go/Rust/Python - Have shipped a GitHub or Jira integration in production - Bonus: Built at a fast-growing startup and dealt with growing pains firsthand - Bonus: Air-gapped/on-prem expertise, open-source SDK work, relentless love of dev-tools Required Skills: - Fluent in OAuth2, PATs, webhooks, and rate-limit back-off - Ability to containerise a service and debug it in Kubernetes - Obsession over observability, reliability, and elegant developer experience - Design & own an Integration SDK that turns "write a new connector" into copy-paste-run - Build and maintain production-ready adapters for GitHub Enterprise, GitLab CE, Jira, Slack - Shape event streams & data models for AI agents to reason over code-workflow events in real time - Ship and operate services on Kubernetes (Helm) in cloud SaaS and air-gapped on-prem installs Qualifications: - AI-first engineer mindset — building AI systems that build the systems - Comfortable working shoulder-to-shoulder with founders and customers - Highly opinionated about engineering manager agent design - Comfortable with a 5-day, in-office schedule in Seattle, WA Compensation: - $140–$180k salary - Large founding-engineer equity - Full benefits - Relocation assistance - Brand-new hardware - Truly unlimited AI-tooling budget 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!