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Meeno · 8 hours ago

Founding Engineering Lead

positionNew York, United States
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
seniorityLead/Staff
money$180K/yr - $220K/yr

Meeno is a company backed by Sequoia Capital and AI Fund, focused on helping individuals build real-world social courage through voice-based practice. The Founding Engineering Lead will own the technical foundation of Meeno, co-design product vision, and build core AI product primitives while mentoring engineers as the company scales.

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Responsibilities

Own the technical foundation of Meeno end-to-end: Web + mobile + backend + data + experimentation
Co-design product vision in close partnership with Meeno’s team
Build core AI product primitives
Architect for speed + iteration
Set the engineering bar
Hire and mentor engineers as we scale

Qualification

AI product developmentVoice interaction designConsumer product shippingAudio/voice pipelinesReal-time systemsMobile performanceMentoring engineersBuilding unconventional projectsInterest in human behavior

Required

Strong builder who has shipped consumer products
Comfortable with ambiguity and moving fast without breaking the soul of the product
Product taste: you care about 'feel,' not just functionality
Excited by voice, interaction design, and behavior change
Can operate like a founder: make tradeoffs, set direction, ship

Preferred

Hyped about social connection, empathy for Gen Z loneliness
Early adopter of AI-driven development
Hungry for rapid career progression and societal impact
Experience with audio/voice pipelines, realtime systems, mobile performance
History of building unconventional projects (creative tech, experiments, indie builds)
Interest in human behavior, social dynamics, and product psychology

Company

Meeno

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Meeno offers an AI relationship mentoring app targeting young adults.
dateFounded in 2023
location
San Francisco, California, USA
people-size2-10 employees
web-link
https://meeno.com

H1B Sponsorship

Meeno has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (1)

Funding

Current Stage
Early Stage
Total Funding
$5M
Key Investors
Sequoia CapitalAI Fund
2023-09-26Seed· $3.9M
2023-04-27Pre Seed· $1.1M

Leadership Team

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Renate Nyborg
Founder & CEO
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Recent News

Fast Company
Renate Nyborg’s Meeno wants to become the Duolingo of dating
2025-04-30
AI FUND
Meeno raises $5 million from Sequoia, AI Fund and NEA to Fight Loneliness
2024-11-25
meeno.com
Press Release: Former Tinder CEO, Apple and Headspace executive Renate Nyborg announces Pre Seed funding round led by Andrew Ng’s AI Fund
2024-11-25
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