Operator Laboratory · 11 hours ago
Founding Engineer / Technical Co-Founder (AI + SaaS)
San Diego, CA
Part-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$100K/yr - $100K/yrOperator Laboratory is building Operator Labs AI, a persistent AI operating system designed for founders focused on distribution and scaling. They are seeking a founding engineer who will own the entire technical stack and be responsible for building the core AI and SaaS platform end-to-end, shaping product direction, and ensuring the system learns from real business results.
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Responsibilities
Building the core AI + SaaS platform end-to-end
Designing the memory + state machine
Implementing LLM orchestration + context injection
Shipping a production MVP fast
Owning infra, data pipelines, and deployments
Building the training + feedback loop
Shaping product direction alongside me
Qualification
Required
Has shipped real products to paying users
Can work independently and move fast
Has hands-on LLM + SaaS experience
Thinks in systems, not features
Is comfortable owning ambiguity
Wants real ownership, not just a paycheck
Preferred
Been a founder before
Built AI-first products
Run production systems solo
Worked on retention-driven SaaS
Benefits
Meaningful equity (co-founder level, negotiable)
Company
Operator Laboratory
Multi-exit founder who has spent the last nine years building and scaling companies across proptech, healthtech, biomed, and multifamily.
0-1 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageCompany data provided by crunchbase