Software Engineer, Agent Delivery; Founding Team

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Software Engineer – Agent Delivery (Founding Team)

San Francisco, CA or New York, NY

Series B (Venture-backed)

Onsite – 5 days per week

$160,000 – $240,000 base salary + competitive equity

Our client is a fast-growing, venture-backed AI company building next-generation automation products for the logistics and supply chain industry. Backed by top-tier investors and trusted by large enterprise customers, the company is developing AI-powered agents that automate complex, high-volume operational workflows inside real-world systems.

This is an opportunity to join a high-caliber founding team working at the intersection of AI, software engineering, and real customer impact—solving meaningful problems in a massive, global industry.

• Act as a hands-on software engineer responsible for delivering production-grade AI systems for enterprise customers
• Own customer deployments end to end, from initial scoping and system design through live production rollout
• Build and maintain integrations with external systems, APIs, and internal tools—often working with limited documentation
• Partner closely with internal operations, product, and engineering teams to ensure reliable, scalable deployments
• Debug and improve live production systems by diagnosing issues across integrations, data flows, and AI behavior
• Use insights from real customer usage to influence product improvements, platform capabilities, and tooling
• Remain actively involved post-launch to enhance performance, reliability, and functionality over time

This is a highly ownership-driven role with exposure to real-world constraints, customer environments, and production systems at scale.

• 1–4 years of experience in software engineering roles with direct exposure to customers or external stakeholders
• Experience building, deploying, and operating end-to-end production systems
• Strong fundamentals in backend engineering, including APIs, authentication, data modeling, and system integrations
• Comfortable working in ambiguous environments and taking ownership of outcomes
• Strong communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Experience in high-growth SaaS, AI-driven products, or early-stage startups is a strong plus

• Experience working with modern JavaScript/Type Script backend stacks
• Familiarity with event-driven systems, message queues, or workflow automation
• Exposure to cloud environments (GCP, AWS, or similar) and production monitoring tools
• Interest in applied AI systems and working closely with real customer data and workflows
• Willingness to travel occasionally (up to ~25%) for customer engagements

• Base salary range: $160,000 – $240,000
  , depending on experience
• Competitive equity package
• Full-time, permanent role
• Work onsite in either San Francisco or New York
• Opportunity to join early and make a foundational impact on product, customers, and company direction
• Collaborative environment with experienced engineers, operators, and leaders from top technology companies