Save Job Back to Search Job Description Summary Similar JobsFounding Engineer role for 2-8 yr startup buildersBuild agentic AI for modern team collaborationAbout Our ClientOur client is a stealth AI startup building a platform focused on improving how teams coordinate and execute work. While most productivity tools today optimize for individual efficiency, the company's core thesis is that the real bottleneck inside organizations lies in team collaboration and execution.The company is developing an AI-native system that combines conversational AI, contextual reasoning, and agentic workflows to help teams capture and act on important signals emerging from everyday communication across tools such as Slack, email, and documents. Over time, the platform aims to orchestrate intelligent agents that can help teams automatically manage and close work loops.The company has raised $4M in seed funding from leading investors including General Catalyst, Nexus Venture Partners, DeVC, Peercheque, and prominent angel investors from the Indian startup ecosystem.The founding team consists of senior leaders who previously held key product, engineering, and design roles at one of India's most well-known consumer technology companies, where they built and scaled high-quality digital products used by millions of users. They are now bringing that experience to build a new AI-first product company from the ground up.The company currently has a small, high-caliber team of engineers and designers, with engineering based in India and go-to-market being built in San Francisco, targeting fast-moving teams across the US and European markets.Job DescriptionIn this role, you will build systems that understand conversations across tools such as Slack, Gmail, and documents, extract context from messy unstructured communication, and orchestrate AI-driven workflows that help teams manage and execute work more effectively.This role sits at the intersection of backend engineering, applied AI, and systems design, and involves solving challenging problems around high-quality reasoning, low latency, and precision over unstructured data.Key responsibilities include:Building the core intelligence layer that powers the productDesigning systems that reason over unstructured communication dataDeveloping architectures that deliver low latency with high precisionBuilding infrastructure for context-aware AI agentsWorking closely with the founders to shape product and technical directionHelping build the early engineering culture and technical foundationsThe Successful ApplicantThe ideal candidate has 2-8 years of experience in software engineering and has ideally worked in early-stage startups, potentially as an early or founding engineer.You are someone who enjoys working on hard technical problems, building products from the ground up, and operating in environments with high ownership.You may have experience in:Backend engineering, distributed systems, or applied AIBuilding systems that process large volumes of unstructured dataDeveloping low-latency, high-reliability architecturesWorking with LLMs or AI-driven productsShipping products in early-stage startup environmentsPrior experience as a founding or early engineer in a startup will be a strong advantage.What's on OfferOpportunity to join as a Founding Engineer in a well-funded AI startupWork on challenging problems involving AI reasoning and agentic workflowsBacking from leading global venture capital firmsHigh ownership and direct collaboration with experienced foundersOpportunity to shape the product, architecture, and engineering culture from the ground upQuote job refJN-022026-6959506Job summaryFunctionInformation TechnologySub SectorSystems EngineerWhat is your area of specialisation?Technology & TelecomsLocationBangalore UrbanJob TypePermanentJob ReferenceJN-022026-6959506
