Founding Engineer

GitMax
San Francisco
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Entrepreneurship & Venture BuildingExperience: 3-5 yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["AI","LLM","Copilot","Product development","Full stack","Backend","Systems"]

Founding Engineer role at a fast-scaling AI-driven consumer product company. You’ll shape the product, architecture, and growth strategy from the ground up, building core systems, prototyping features, applying AI research to the product, and collaborating cross-functionally with founders and early teammates to define roadmap and culture.

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GitMax
GitMax
3 months ago

Founding Engineer

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Job Summary

Founding Engineer role at a fast-scaling AI-driven consumer product company. You’ll shape the product, architecture, and growth strategy from the ground up, building core systems, prototyping features, applying AI research to the product, and collaborating cross-functionally with founders and early teammates to define roadmap and culture.
Location: San Francisco
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Entrepreneurship & Venture Building

Key Responsibilities

  • •Build and scale core systems for a highly interactive, AI-powered consumer product
  • •Prototype and deploy new features, experiments, and interactions at rapid speed
  • •Apply the latest LLM and AI research directly to the product
  • •Identify technical bottlenecks and create elegant, scalable solutions
  • •Dive into growth efforts—growth hacking, retention loops, user behavior experiments

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s or higher degree in Computer Science (top-tier programs strongly preferred)
  • •3–5 years of hands-on engineering experience (backend, full stack, or systems)
  • •Demonstrated obsession with building great user-facing products
  • •Track record of fast learning, scrappy execution, and problem-solving under ambiguity
  • •Passion for AI, human-computer interaction, gaming, or virtual experiences
Experience:3-5 yearsAIStartupConsumer tech
Education:Bachelor's in Computer ScienceTop-tier programs preferred
Skills:AILLMCopilotProduct developmentFull stackBackendSystems
Tech Stack:LLMAICopilotBackendFull stackSystems

Company Brief

GitMax
Offers Git-based code hosting and developer collaboration tools, including repository management, pull request workflows, and CI/CD integrations to streamline software development and team workflows.
Industry: Developer Tools
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