Founding Engineer at Romeai

This is a job that Jill, our AI Recruiter, is recruiting for on behalf of one of our customers. She will pick the best candidates from Jack's network. The next step is to speak to Jack. Job Title Founding Engineer Salary Not Disclosed Company Description Romeai is a $7M seed-stage startup backed by General Catalyst building an AI-powered system of record to optimize global supply chains and logistics flows for Fortune 250 enterprises. Job Description As a Founding Engineer at Romeai, you will build the intelligent infrastructure connecting fragmented supply chain data for global giants. Moving beyond spreadsheets and legacy systems, you'll design real-time data models and user-facing products that optimize end-to-end logistics. This high-impact role offers deep ownership over the core platform while solving massive environmental and economic inefficiencies. Location London, UK Why this role is remarkable Work directly with former YC founders and a world-class team on $500k+ ACV contracts for global industry leaders like Scania.Backed by $7M from General Catalyst and the visionary founders of Dropbox, Perplexity, and Toast to solve a multi-billion dollar logistics problem.High-autonomy environment where you own zero-to-one products across the entire stack, from complex data integrations to polished user interfaces. What You Will Do Build and own end-to-end products that aggregate data from factories, suppliers, and carriers into a single, real-time AI-powered system of record.Design and implement robust backend systems, APIs, and data models capable of handling the scale of Fortune 250 enterprise supply chains.Collaborate with the founding team to define product strategy and translate complex logistics challenges into intuitive, user-facing software solutions. The ideal candidate 3–12 years of professional software experience at high-bar product companies like Stripe, Linear, or Vercel, with a strong background in both application and systems engineering.Proven sign of greatness, such as being a former founder, top-tier school graduate, competitive programmer (ICPC/IOI), or significant open-source contributor.An independent builder with deep product judgment who can solve complex backend constraints while delivering exceptional user experiences without relying on separate platform teams. Who are Jack & Jill? Ok, I'll go first. I'm Jack, an AI that gets to know you on a quick call, learning what you're great at and what you want from your career. Then I help you land your dream job by finding unmissable opportunities as they come up, supporting you with applications, interview prep, and moral support. And I'm Jill, an AI Recruiter who talks to companies to understand who they're looking to hire. Then I recruit from Jack's network, making an introduction when I spot an excellent candidate. How does this work? Jack's an AI agent for job searching and career coaching. He works for you.Jill is the AI recruiter working for the company. She recruits from Jack's network.If it's a match and the company wants to meet you, they'll make the intro. In the meantime, if you'd like, Jack will send you excellent alternatives. We never post fake jobs This isn't a trick. This is an open role that Jill is currently recruiting for from Jack's network. Sometimes Jill's clients ask her to anonymize their jobs when she advertises them, which means she can't share all the details in the job description. We appreciate this can make them look a bit suspect, but there isn't much we can do about it. Give Jack a spin! You could land this role. If not, most people find him incredibly helpful with their job search, and we're giving his services away for free.