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Founding AI Engineer

Harnham
Full-time
On-site
New York
$180,000 - $220,000 USD yearly
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$180,000.00/yr - $220,000.00/yr Senior Recruitment Consultant at Harnham, New York City

Technology New York, NY (Onsite) $180,000 - 220,000 + Equity The Company: We’re a stealth-stage startup backed by top-tier pre-seed investors, building an AI-driven productivity and wellbeing partner for high performers, founders, C-suite execs, pro athletes, and creators. Rather than a traditional screen-first product, the platform delivers agentic support through voice, text, smartwatch, email, and phone, prioritizing a seamless, proactive, and deeply integrated user experience. The Role: As a Founding Software Engineer (Engineer #2), you’ll help architect and build the backend systems powering our AI agents, integrate multi-modal inputs, and scale GPU-enabled model infrastructure. This is a backend-heavy, high-ownership role focused on AI infrastructure, agentic capabilities, and rapid prototyping. You’ll collaborate closely with product and engineering leadership to ship features quickly and define the technical direction of the company. Requirements: Strong experience with cloud platforms (AWS or GCP), GPU hosting, and modern DevOps practices Proficient in Python, Node.js, or Golang Experience or strong interest in AI/LLM infrastructure and agentic systems Data science or ML engineering background preferred Builder-first mindset with a startup or founder-like mentality Comfortable working in a lean, fast-iteration environment and spending time in-person in NYC The Benefits: $180,000 - $220,000 base salary + equity. Includes 401(k), health, dental, vision, PTO, and more. How to Apply: Please send your resume to Jacob Bisson via the Apply link on this page. Key Words: Founding Engineer, Stealth Startup, AI Infrastructure, Agentic Systems, Backend, Productivity Tools, LLMs, Python, FastAPI, AWS, NYC, Voice Interfaces, LangChain, LangSmith, n8n, GPU Hosting, Startup

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