Founding Engineer

Tryproduck — United States · Posted ~11 hours ago

Lead Full-time

Skills

AI agents agent architectures software engineering product integrations user-AI alignment AI

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Summary ✨ AI‑Generated

An early-stage technology company is seeking a founding engineer to design and build AI-powered applications. The role involves developing intelligent agent systems, collaborating with users and engineers, and creating scalable product features.

Highlights

Opportunity to build cutting-edge AI systems, work closely with customers and engineering teams, and influence early-stage product direction.

Description

Who we are looking for? We are looking for AI pilled builders working at the frontier of agent architectures. As such we care a lot about user-AI alignment thus we have a comprehensive test called PRDuck which scores how well your agents understand you and we use this to filter our initial set of candidates. Application process: Get a report from: https://prduck.tryproduck.com/Share your report with usFill out the form in the next step Company Description: Produck helps you build self-improving applications powered by user intelligence, enabling products to evolve based on real-world usage. The platform allows top users to provide in-context feedback directly within the product experience, turning qualitative insights into actionable improvement. Role Description: As a Founding Engineer (Agents) at Produck, you will work closely with customers and the core engineering team to design, implement, and support product integrations and features. You will be responsible for building and maintaining back-end services, writing clean and reliable code, and contributing to technical solutions that help customers capture and act on user feedback. Salary range: 150K - 200K Responsibilites: Day-to-day activities include collaborating with product and design, debugging and troubleshooting customer issues, implementing APIs, and improving performance and reliability of existing systems. You will also help translate customer needs into technical requirements and contribute to documentation and best practices. Qualifications Top 15th percentile in an axis category on PRDuck (85/100), grab a report here (https://prduck.tryproduck.com/)Strong foundation in Computer Science, including data structures, algorithms, and software engineering principles.Skills in Back-End Web Development and Software Development, with experience building and maintaining web services or APIs.Proficiency in Programming and Object-Oriented Programming (OOP), using at least one modern language (e.g., Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Java, or similar).Ability to work collaboratively with technical and non-technical stakeholders, translating user needs into technical solutions.Comfort with remote work, including clear written communication, effective time management, and ownership of tasks.Familiarity with version control (e.g., Git) and basic debugging practices; experience with cloud platforms or databases is a plus.Currently pursuing or recently completed a degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.