Alpha Associates Recruitment · 3 hours ago
Founding Engineer
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$160K/yr - $225K/yr
2+ years expAlpha Associates Recruitment is seeking a Founding Engineer to help take a hypergrowth startup from early pilots to full enterprise deployments. This hands-on role involves shipping high-quality code, designing scalable ML and AI systems, and shaping technical strategy to transform the global food supply chain.
Staffing & Recruiting
Hiring Manager
Rick McGhee
Responsibilities
Ship high-quality code and own end-to-end projects, including LLM orchestration pipelines, real-time ERP integrations, workflow automation, and user-facing tools
Work onsite with customers (warehouses, offices, factories) to understand workflows and build empathy-driven solutions
Design and optimize scalable ML and AI systems for production
Shape technical strategy and infrastructure for a startup transforming the $9T+ global food supply chain
Qualification
Required
2–5 years' experience in hypergrowth startups (Seed to Series B)
Experience building production-grade AI agents and workflow systems
Proficiency in Python, data science libraries, and Next.js for frontend
Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, Azure) and GPU optimization
Familiarity with LLM orchestration frameworks (LangChain, LlamaIndex)
Preferred
previous founder experience or exceptional extracurricular achievements
Company
Alpha Associates Recruitment
Alpha Associates Recruitment are specialists in Technology recruitment.
2-10 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageCompany data provided by crunchbase