Hyperscale · 2 weeks ago
Founding Senior Software Engineer
San Francisco
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
5+ years expHyperscale is building the AI-native intelligence layer for physical operations, starting with trucking carriers. The Founding Senior Software Engineer will help build the core product infrastructure for the company's agentic AI platform, working on applied AI challenges and owning significant parts of the product.
Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
Responsibilities
Build and own core product features end-to-end, from data models to user interfaces (including conversational/agentic UX)
Design scalable backend systems that power our AI agents in production environments, including agent orchestration, memory systems, and tool execution pipelines
Work on real-time communication infrastructure handling thousands of customer interactions
Ship features that directly impact customer outcomes and business metrics
Build robust, observable systems that handle enterprise-scale workloads with autonomous agents in the loop
Own deployment pipelines, monitoring, and incident response
Make pragmatic technical decisions that balance velocity with quality and maintainability
Establish engineering practices and patterns that will scale with the team
Work closely with founders, customers, and go-to-market teams to understand requirements and iterate quickly
Translate customer problems into elegant technical solutions, including designing agentic workflows and interaction patterns
Participate in technical discussions and architecture decisions
Help evaluate and integrate new technologies and tools across the rapidly evolving AI landscape
Set the bar for code quality, system design, and engineering excellence
Mentor and collaborate with engineers as the team grows
Shape our engineering culture, processes, and technical standards
Contribute to hiring and building out the engineering team
Qualification
Required
5+ years of software engineering experience, with demonstrated ability to build and ship full-stack applications
Strong fundamentals in backend systems, databases, APIs, and web applications
Comfortable working across the stack and learning new technologies quickly
Track record of owning complex features or systems from design through deployment
Experience building production systems at scale with attention to reliability and performance
Strong judgment about technical tradeoffs and when to optimize for speed vs. robustness
Excellent communicator who can explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
Preferred
Experience with real-time communication systems, voice applications, or telephony
Background in AI/ML product development, agentic systems, or integrating LLMs into production systems
Prior work in logistics, operations, or enterprise SaaS
Experience at an early-stage startup or as a founding engineer
Open source contributions or side projects that demonstrate your craft
Benefits
Real product in production with major US fleets
Clear ROI and strong metrics already working in the wild
Work on the frontier of practical AI engineering - agentic systems, real-time voice, and enterprise infrastructure
Define the technical foundation for a category-defining product
Build the engineering team and culture from day one, with a path to technical leadership as we scale
Backed by top VCs and growing quickly - doubling the team in the first half of the year
Company
Hyperscale
Hyperscale Systems pioneers voice‑first AI agents that automate complex trucking workflows from driver check‑ins to appointment scheduling.
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageCompany data provided by crunchbase