AI Lead Engineer

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Are you excited by the opportunity to join a badass team building the future of agentic AI infrastructure?

Do you thrive on solving hard problems (individually and collectively), yet are humble and hungry to learn and grow within a team on your path to greatness?

Do you desire to join a close-knit pack led by SV startup veterans who can accelerate your growth 10X (compared to the corporate trajectory/culture)?

If you've answered with 3 resounding "yeses," we want to meet you!

We are looking for a hands-on Lead AI Engineer who is driven and passionate about rapidly launching real-world AI solutions with impact while shaping the future of agentic AI systems. Specifically, we're not building LLM wrappers — rather, cutting-edge AI solutions with tuned models in areas such as computer vision and NLP while scaling out our inference platform for sovereign AI agents.

We value builders with strong product intuition, a deep understanding of modern AI workflows, and a bias toward action. This is a highly technical and strategic role: you’ll move fast, work closely with founders, and help shape our approach to real-time, privacy-preserving inference systems.

• Innovation: Rapidly prototype and implement AI solutions across various use cases, including computer vision, NLP, and time-series — to accelerate time-to-market with real-time inference.
• Infrastructure Development: Design and maintain dynamic data indexing systems and encrypted, per-tenant data pipelines within sovereign data vaults.
• Agent Orchestration: Extend our goal-directed multi-agent orchestration platform that coordinates AI agents with secure, permissioned data compute and full data lineage.
• Collaboration: Engage with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration of AI solutions, participating in both on-site and off-site events to foster teamwork and innovation.
• Communication: Proactively strategize on data onboarding and processing methodologies to enhance system performance and security.

• Experience: Proven track record of launching solutions from concept to scale, with tangible revenue generation.
• Technical Proficiency: Extensive experience with data solutions aimed at building robust, distributed platforms serving millions of users.
• Entrepreneurial Mindset: Background in closely collaborating with founders or small, dedicated teams to drive innovation; prior entrepreneurial experience is a plus.
• AI Integration Insight: Alignment with the philosophy that agile data onboarding and dynamic indexing are foundational to AI workflows.
• Prototyping Skills: Ability to swiftly develop cutting-edge AI prototypes across diverse domains to reduce time-to-market.
• Knowledge Sharing: Value practical, hard-earned knowledge and demonstrate a commitment to continuous learning.
• Team Engagement: Willingness to participate in team-building activities and events to strengthen collaboration and innovation.

• Real Equity & Fair Pay: We believe in true partnership. You will get a competitive salary and meaningful equity so your personal upside is tied directly to the company's success.
• Ownership, Not Just Tasks: You won't be lost in a big machine here. You will take full ownership of your projects and help define the future of our Web3 stack.
• Direct Access to Leadership: You are part of the core conversation. You will work side by side with the CEO and founders every day to solve hard problems and set the strategy.
• Inventing the Future: We are building the infrastructure for autonomous AI agents that doesn't exist yet. This is the place for you if you want to do original work instead of maintaining legacy systems.
• Builders Decide: We hate red tape as much as you do. We stay lean and let the people building the product make the decisions that drive the roadmap.
• Remote with Connection: We are remote first but value real face time. We meet monthly in SF and Europe to build momentum together because we know results matter more than counting hours.

Our Hiring Process

We move fast, stay transparent, and focus on real collaboration. Here’s what the process looks like:

1. Intro Call – A quick chat to align on expectations, interests, and team fit.
2. Technical Deep Dive – A focused conversation with our Engineering Manager to explore your technical thinking and past work.
3. CEO Interview – A strategic discussion around vision, mindset, and long-term alignment.
4. Reference Collection – We’ll speak with a few people you’ve worked closely with.
5. Paid Trial (~5 Days) – A short, real-world engagement so we can see how we work together — happening in parallel with offer and terms discussion.

Please note:

• As a startup, you can expect a fast-paced environment where extreme ownership is required.
• If you are seeking a traditional corporate 9-to-5 role, this may not be the right fit.

"It's not 10,000 hours, it's 10,000 iterations”; “Work like a lion” - Naval Ravikant