Founding Engineering Lead

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New York, NY, USA
In-Office
180K-220K Annually
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Financial Services
The Role
Lead the technical foundation for Meeno's AI-driven social platform, focusing on web, mobile, backend, and experimentation while mentoring engineers and ensuring high-quality product delivery.
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About Meeno

Backed by Sequoia Capital, AI Fund & NEA, and founded by the former CEO of Tinder, Meeno helps people build real-world social courage through voice-based practice: 1-minute scenes, instant scoring, and personalized feedback.

Not a dating app. Not a companion. Not therapy. IRL reps to help Gen Z meet people IRL.

What You'll Do

  • Own the technical foundation of Meeno end-to-end: Web + mobile + backend + data + experimentation
  • Co-design product vision in close partnership with Meeno’s team:
  • Renate Nyborg, founder/CEO (former Tinder CEO, ex Apple/Headspace)
  • Josh Knox, product lead (founder of Outright, brand and content expert)
  • Andrew Ng, Chairman (AI Fund, founder of Coursera/Google Brain)
  • Build core AI product primitives:
  • Voice capture/playbackLow-latency interactions
  • Scene framework (content + branching + scoring hooks)
  • Feedback loops and user progression
  • Personalization
  • Architect for speed + iteration (weekly experiments, not quarterly releases).
    Set the engineering bar:
  • Quality, reliability, security/privacy, and shipping culture.
  • Hire and mentor engineers as we scale:
  • Focus on quality over quantity, leveraging AI and talent to scale while staying lean.

What We're Looking For

  • Strong builder who has shipped consumer products.
  • Comfortable with ambiguity and moving fast without breaking the soul of the product.
  • Product taste: you care about “feel,” not just functionality.
  • Excited by voice, interaction design, and behavior change.
  • Can operate like a founder: make tradeoffs, set direction, ship.

Green flags (not requirements)

  • Hyped about social connection, empathy for Gen Z loneliness.
  • Early adopter of AI-driven development.
  • Hungry for rapid career progression and societal impact.
  • Experience with audio/voice pipelines, realtime systems, mobile performance.
  • History of building unconventional projects (creative tech, experiments, indie builds).
  • Interest in human behavior, social dynamics, and product psychology.

You won't pass the vibe check if...

  • You are not passionate about our mission.
  • You only want to manage, not build.
  • You need perfect specs to move.
  • You optimize for process over product feel.
  • You are not fun.

What success looks like (first 6 months)

  • Meeno has a stable foundation, and we can run rapid experiments.
  • Our product feels fast, human, and culturally sharp.
  • We have a pipeline of world-class engineering talent.
  • We are well-positioned to raise Series A with clear signal on north star metrics.
  • We are having fun.

Skills Required

  • Experience in building consumer products
  • Ability to work in ambiguities and fast-paced environments
  • Skills in interaction design and product aesthetics
  • Experience with audio and voice pipelines
  • Familiarity with AI-driven development

AI Fund Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about AI Fund and has not been reviewed or approved by AI Fund.

  • Healthcare Strength Health coverage is portrayed as strong with great healthcare and dental coverage, plus vision insurance, long-term disability, and life insurance. Feedback suggests this aligns with tech-standard benefits for US roles at a small venture studio.
  • Retirement Support Retirement benefits include a 401(k) plan with employer match for US employees. Feedback suggests this forms part of a competitive total package for fund roles.
  • Parental & Family Support Family support includes fully paid parental leave for applicable roles. Feedback suggests this is a standout benefit for an organization of this size.

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The Company
HQ: Palo Alto, CA
34 Employees
Year Founded: 2017

What We Do

Who is AI Fund? We are a team of AI pioneers, proven entrepreneurs, seasoned operators, and venture capitalists that collaborates with leading entrepreneurs to solve big challenges using artificial intelligence. Founded in 2017 by Dr. Andrew Ng, AI Fund is backed with $176 million in capital by some of the leading VC firms and investors, including NEA, Sequoia, and Greylock. How Are We Different? We work with entrepreneurs during their startup’s most critical and risky phase, from 0 to 1. At the earliest stages, your company strategy is still being formed, and you’re still on the path to demonstrating your idea’s full potential – this is a reality we understand. This is the period when decisions on product strategy, market fit, and team are most critical, moving fast and fixing parts of your business when you have limited resources is a challenge. We believe the best way to help entrepreneurs is by providing our time, expertise, and resources to help flesh out these key strategic decisions. Making the right decisions at the right time can often make the difference. We are here to improve these dynamics, at a time when the help matters the most. Why Work With AI Fund? Getting a startup from idea to Series A funding is not easy. We’ve been there and understand the challenges you must overcome. Whether you desire limited help and just want access to our unique ecosystems of AI experts and entrepreneurs or you would like our full support, we are interested in the opportunity to help in your success. We are flexible in how we work with companies, but ultimately, we are here to maximize your chance of success and accelerate getting your company to market. We provide the capital, expertise, and resources to accelerate the work required to minimize risks in your startup, help you rise above the noise, and make your company more attractive to new investors.

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