Founding Software Engineer

Founding Software Engineer | AI Startup | Sydney | Base + founding equity

A Sydney AI company has built a product that went from launch to seven-figure quickly!

They want one kind of engineer, someone who learned the craft in a professional role before AI could write code, and has spent the last year shipping with agents as the way they work every day.

They expect you to be running several streams of work at once, moving quickly, and owning what gets shipped. Founder experience counts for a lot, even if what you built didn't work out, because of what it shows about your drive and product thinking.

A thin team means each person's contribution matters, and the equity reflects that.

They're a small but high-performing team, recently raising from investors with the next version of the product already in progress.

The role

• You'll take loose product goals and turn them into finished features that customers use the next day.
• Most of your week goes into building new things, with some bugs and support work mixed in.
• You decide how things get built, and you'll run AI coding agents in parallel as a normal part of your work, not as an experiment.
• As the team grows, you'll be expected to take on technical leadership of the engineers who join after you.

What they're looking for

• Solid engineering fundamentals, built in a professional role before AI agents could write most of your code
• A record of shipping quickly, whether at an early-stage startup, through your own product, or with a side project people used
• An AI-driven workflow you already use every day, and something ambitious you've built with agents that you can walk us through
• Strong product instincts, plus an eye for interfaces that look good as well as work

What's on offer

You'll get meaningful equity in a small team, regular international travel with the founders, and meals and gym included. The pace is high, the expectations are high, and so is the upside.

To apply , send your CV plus a DM with why this fits you - if you can, please include a link or short video showing something you built with AI agents.