🕒 August 11
Founding engineer building Ember AI’s enterprise intelligence workspace from meetings, email, documents, Slack, and operational systems. Developing agents, connectors, workflows, and scalable platform primitives.
🇺🇸 United States – Remote
⏰ Full Time
🟢 Junior
🟡 Mid-level
🤖 AI Engineer
🚫👨🎓 No degree required
👻 Ghost score 13%
🕒 August 7
Founding Engineer building Shaper Capital portfolio companies from zero to one. Owning architecture, first product delivery, and engineering culture alongside founding CEOs.
🇺🇸 United States – Remote
⏰ Full Time
🟡 Mid-level
🟠 Senior
🖥 Software Engineer
🦅 H1B Visa Sponsor
👻 Ghost score 12%
🕒 July 29
Founding Product Engineer leading core product lifecycle management for a tech company building financial infrastructure. Focus on customer interaction and full-stack engineering.
🏄 California – Remote
💵 $150k - $200k / year
⏰ Full Time
🟡 Mid-level
🟠 Senior
🧑💻 Full-stack Engineer
👻 Ghost score 11%
🕒 July 28
First Founding Engineer at Athena, building AI-native personalized education software. Collaborating closely with the founder on product and technical strategies.
🏄 California – Remote
💰 Seed Round - Superset on 2021-01
⏰ Full Time
🟡 Mid-level
🟠 Senior
🖥 Software Engineer
👻 Ghost score 12%
🕒 July 28
Founding Engineer working with Tsenta to build AI job application tools. Collaborating closely with founders on product development and engineering culture.
🕒 July 28
Founding Engineer designing user experiences on Next.js and backend systems for a blockchain startup. Join early-stage team with a high-performance culture in New York or remote.
🗽 New York – Remote
💵 $200k - $300k / year
⏰ Full Time
🟡 Mid-level
🟠 Senior
🧑💻 Full-stack Engineer
👻 Ghost score 0%
🕒 July 27
Founding Engineer developing AI candidate screening platform at Ref. Collaborating on new features and defining technical roadmap.
🕒 June 29
Founding Product Engineer building product workflows for an innovative AI company in accounting automation. Collaborating across product, design, and engineering to create durable product solutions.
🏄 California, Colorado, +3 more states – Remote
💵 $150k - $225k / year
⏰ Full Time
🟡 Mid-level
🟠 Senior
🧑💻 Full-stack Engineer
🦅 H1B Visa Sponsor
👻 Ghost score 5%
🕒 May 18
Protocol Engineer at an AI/ML organization developing decentralized computing platforms. Designing and managing blockchain protocols and smart contracts to revolutionize AI training.
🕒 April 7
Founding Product Engineer building core product for K–12 education platform. Collaborating with founder to define, build, and scale product with high ownership and influence.
🇺🇸 United States – Remote
💵 $150k - $180k / year
⏰ Full Time
🟡 Mid-level
🟠 Senior
🧑💻 Full-stack Engineer
👻 Ghost score 54%
🕒 April 3
Likely ghost job
Founding Engineer creating software solutions for Tuyo, shaping the future of finance with crypto technology. Collaborate with team to innovate, maintain, and deploy software while mentoring new members.
🕒 April 1
Founding Engineer working closely with the CTO on industry-leading construction software development. Delivering innovative solutions while collaborating within all parts of the software stack.
🕒 April 1
Founding Product Engineer developing and growing AI tools for healthcare optimization. Join us to shape the future of patient care through technology.
🏄 California – Remote
💵 $120k - $210k / year
⏰ Full Time
🟡 Mid-level
🟠 Senior
🧑💻 Full-stack Engineer
👻 Ghost score 41%
🕒 April 1
Founding engineer leading development of ResearchHub's web application and Ethereum smart contracts. Responsibilities include building an engineering team and enhancing scientific research community.
Likely ghost job
🕒 March 28
Likely ghost job
Founding Engineer driving full stack development for Sailor Health's AI-first product. Collaborating with co-founders to deliver impactful mental health solutions for older adults.
🕒 March 28
Likely ghost job
Founding Software Engineer at ThirdLaw focusing on AI control systems and backend architecture. Collaborate on complex distributed systems, ensuring safety and performance in AI deployments.
🕒 March 10
Founding engineer designing the ad delivery engine for consumer AI applications. Work on core infrastructure for ad serving and related systems.
🏄 California – Remote
💵 $170k - $220k / year
⏰ Full Time
🟡 Mid-level
🟠 Senior
🖥 Software Engineer
👻 Ghost score 17%
🕒 January 5
Founding Engineer developing AI systems for senior mental health solutions. Leading technical decisions and engineering culture at a rapidly growing startup.
🇺🇸 United States – Remote
💵 $125k - $175k / year
⏰ Full Time
🟡 Mid-level
🟠 Senior
🖥 Software Engineer
👻 Ghost score 55%
🕒 December 25, 2025
Founding Software Engineer developing crisis-intervention software for government welfare startup. Joining a small team to influence technical direction and product development.
🏄 California, New York – Remote
⏰ Full Time
🟡 Mid-level
🟠 Senior
🧑💻 Full-stack Engineer
👻 Ghost score 38%
🕒 December 25, 2025
Developing an AI interviewer that transforms conversations into quantitative insights at Listen Labs. Collaborating on technical challenges with state-of-the-art language models.
🏄 California – Remote
💵 $150k - $200k / year
⏰ Full Time
🟡 Mid-level
🟠 Senior
🧑💻 Full-stack Engineer
👻 Ghost score 28%
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