Staff Software Engineer

(Founding) Staff Software Engineer | AI-Native Platform | Austin, TX | Competitive Salary + Equity

Relocation to Austin, Texas required & supported!

I'm working with the creators of an AI-native platform, backed by a well-known venture fund.

We're seeking a hire to own the core product roadmap end to end, from shaping what it is through to shipping, monitoring, and iterating on it in production.

What the role actually involves

There are no requirements yet. That is the point. The questions the team is working through include how to capture what someone is doing without harvesting passwords or API keys alongside the useful signals, how to extract structured meaning from unstructured activity, where the captured data lives and how it stays trustworthy, and how it gets organised so someone would actually want to show it to an employer.

The right engineer will walk in with opinions on how to start breaking this down.

Who they are looking for

• Someone who has built products from zero to one and owned them all the way through. Not just the initial ship but what breaks in production and what gets rebuilt.
• Strong product judgment and the ability to sequence ruthlessly under ambiguity.
• Genuinely full stack. Confident enough to challenge founders with well-reasoned opinions.
• Mature AI-assisted engineering with real judgment about when to trust the output.
• Experience with privacy-sensitive or local-first architecture is a strong plus given the nature of what they are building.

This is not right for you if

• You have only executed well-defined work inside large teams.
• You need a spec before you can start.
• You are not open to fully on-site in Austin five days a week.

The details

Full benefits. Relocation covered from other US states or internationally.

US work rights required. TN and E-3 visas can be sponsored for Canadian, Mexican, and Australian nationals.

If interested, please apply with your most up-to-date resume & I'll be in touch.