Founding Software Engineer

Posted 4 Days Ago
San Francisco, CA
In-Office
150K-280K Annually
Mid level
Artificial Intelligence • Information Technology • Software
The Role
Simple AI seeks a founding software engineer to develop voice AI systems and tools. Responsibilities include creating LLM and voice systems with customer focus and problem-solving skills.
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About Simple

Simple AI is building state of the art voice AI agents for enterprise. Our realistic agents help iconic businesses like Doordash, xAI, and Omaha Steaks handle all kinds of phone operations, from customer support to order intake to lead qualifications. We are growing revenue like crazy and looking to hire a couple founding software engineers to help us stay afloat of current customer demand and also build out systems for the future. We are very excited about the potential for AI to change the world, and work out of our SF based office 5 days a week.

Simple AI is backed by world-class investors and operators like Y Combinator, Massive Tech Ventures, Michael Seibel (co-founder of Twitch), Jared Friedman (Scribd), Alexandr Wang (Scale AI), Matt Van Horn (June Oven and Lyft), Suhail Doshi (Mixpanel), JJ Fliegelman (WayUp) and Scott Wu (Cognition).

The Team

We have a tiny, talented team of 6. The founders (Catheryn and Zach) met while running software teams at YC, where they shipped tons of new products for YC founders, including YC’s co-founder matching site. Cat previously worked at Instagram and Facebook and earned degrees in math and computer science at MIT. Zach previously studied computer science and statistics at UChicago and led a software team at PEAK6.

What We Offer
  • Competitive salary & meaningful equity

  • Employee-friendly equity terms

  • An office located in SF

  • Health, dental & vision insurance

  • Free lunch & dinner at the office

  • Free Ubers home after 8:30pm

  • Regular team events & offsites

We're looking to hire a versatile backend or full-stack engineer to join us in-person at our SF office as a founding engineer. This is your chance to work at the forefront of voice AI technology with a massive market opportunity.

You’ll work on developing, evaluating, and deploying state-of-the-art LLM and voice systems that push the limits of conversational AI. You’ll also build tools that make it easier to create such agents.

As a founding software engineer, you should be self-motivated and passionate about joining an early-stage startup tackling a massive market. We’re looking for people who want to have large ownership and work closely with customers to build products they'll love.

What You'll Need
  • 4+ years of relevant work experience.

  • Strong problem-solving skills and enthusiasm for addressing technical challenges.

  • A customer-first mindset with strong communication skills and interest in product design and prioritization.

  • Self-motivated and able to work independently.

  • Passion about learning and keeping up with latest AI advancements.

Nice To Have
  • Previous experience with prompt engineering or working with AI/LLM-based platforms.

  • Experience as an early-stage startup engineer or founder.

  • Experience with TypeScript, React, Python, Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, AWS.

If you’re excited about pushing the limits of voice AI and want to make an impact at an early stage startup, we’d love to chat.

Top Skills

AWS
Postgres
Python
React
Ruby On Rails
Typescript
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The Company
HQ: San Francisco, California
9 Employees
Year Founded: 2024

What We Do

Simple AI - AI phone agents made Simple. We help enterprises build and deploy AI phone agents in days, not weeks.

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