Early-stage AI hardware startup building intelligent wearable systems for industrial workers

Founding Engineer

San FranciscoOn-site$150K - $200K1 - 4 years
You'll join a founding team of two as an early engineer building AI-powered wearable systems deployed across industrial, energy, and aerospace sectors. The role combines full-stack development—from embedded systems and vision models to cloud infrastructure—with the opportunity to shape product direction at a critical growth stage. You'll work directly with customers in the field while architecting the backend systems that power real-time inference at scale.

What we're looking for

  • 1–4 years of software engineering experience with Python, TypeScript, or systems languages (C/C++/Rust)
  • Comfort with full-stack development across edge devices, cloud platforms (AWS/GCP), and databases (PostgreSQL)
  • Experience shipping production systems using Docker, REST APIs, and containerization
  • Strong problem-solving mindset and ability to wear multiple hats in a small founding team
  • Interest in AI, hardware integration, or robotics; willingness to learn adjacent domains quickly

Tech stack

PythonTypeScriptAWSGCPPostgreSQLDockerC/C++RustREST API

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