Traditional industrial manufacturing systems were built for predictability. Supply chains no longer are. Today, real-time data is buried in legacy tools that weren't designed for constant disruption. By the time an issue surfaces, it has already snowballed, sending everyone into firefighting mode. Pelico exists to close the gap between production plans and the daily reality on the factory floor.
We've built the manufacturing orchestration platform trusted by the world's most complex industrial operations : companies like Airbus, Boeing, Safran, Eaton, and Cartier. Our AI connects fragmented supply chain, production, and quality data into a single live operational picture — then puts AI agents to work anticipating disruptions, simulating recovery options, and keeping every team aligned before small problems become expensive ones.
Founded in 2019 and backed by General Catalyst, 83North, and Serena, we've raised $72M and are growing fast — 300% year-over-year revenue growth, deployed in 15+ countries, and supporting factories worldwide. We're headquartered in Paris, with offices in Miami, London and Amsterdam, and we're just getting started.
This is a rare chance to join a company that's redefining an industry that hasn't been disrupted in decades — from the inside.
About the Role
Companies have multiple founding moments and Pelico is going through a new one.
You would be one of the founding engineers of our new agentic platform, building alongside a small, super talented, high-bar team. This is a hands-on seat from day one: you write the code that manufacturers and their own AI teams build on, close to real customers and real factory data.
You benefit from company assets (data, events dependency graphs, simulation engine, next best action algorithms) and the reach that comes from Pelico running the operational data of multiple leading manufacturers.
What You'll Do
Ship agent capabilities end to end. Build real features from the tool/MCP and orchestration backend through to the React console, live for users - not demos.
Harden the runtime. Durable execution, retries, scheduling, and human-in-the-loop approvals on agent actions that carry real consequences.
Make agents trustworthy. Grow the eval harness (scenario evals, LLM-as-judge) so we catch regressions in agent behavior before they ship.
Build a console people believe. Real-time streaming of agent events, tool calls, and approvals - clear, fast, and reliable enough that a controller trusts it.
Set a craft bar. Write specs others build against, keep the frontend/backend contract honest, and leave reusable patterns the team adopts.
About You
We care about how good you are and how far you can go, and we calibrate to the experience you bring. This seat is built for exceptional people - whether you are just out of a top program or already have a few years of serious building behind you.
An excellent engineer who ships. You write excellent code and have built real things, full-stack across a Python backend and a React frontend - or you are clearly able to get there fast.
Hungry and driven. You want a hard problem to own, not a comfortable seat, and you have the ceiling to grow into far more.
Rigorous with non-deterministic systems. You spec and eval before shipping, trust evidence over vibes, and own what goes out - including AI-assisted code - following problems into production.
AI-native and curious. You understand how agent frameworks, tools, and evals actually work under the hood, and you build with AI coding tools every day.
Calm in fast-moving ambiguity. You stay effective on a stack where this quarter's best practice changes next quarter, turning uncertainty into a workable plan.
Nice to have: real AI/agent product experience (MCP, agent frameworks, evals); durable workflow engines (e.g. Temporal); streaming UIs; observability (OpenTelemetry); spec-driven development; multi-tenant SaaS, or aerospace/defense/discrete-manufacturing context.
Why Pelico
If you want to build something hard from the ground up, with real ownership from day one, this is the seat. What comes with it:
A founding team and a real mandate. You help build Condor from its early days, with genuine ownership of what you ship and room to grow fast.
The highest-stakes work you could take on. You build for some of the largest manufacturers, at the scale of their global operations, on a moat competitors cannot copy: we own both the factory simulation and the scoreboard that says whether an agent actually helped.
A small, elite, AI-native team. Be challenged by strong peers, learn quickly, and ship fast.
Competitive salary benchmarked to your market, plus health, dental, and vision coverage and a learning budget.
Pelico is an equal opportunity employer. We're committed to building a diverse team and an inclusive environment where everyone can do their best work.
Skills Required
- Excellent software engineer who ships production software
- Full-stack development experience with Python backends and React frontends, or the ability to develop those skills quickly
- Ability to build and understand AI agent frameworks, tools, and evaluation systems
- Rigorous approach to specifying, evaluating, and maintaining non-deterministic systems
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-moving, ambiguous environment
- Motivation to own difficult problems and grow into greater responsibility
- Experience with AI or agent products, MCP, agent frameworks, or evaluation systems
- Experience with durable workflow engines such as Temporal
- Experience building streaming user interfaces
- Experience with observability and OpenTelemetry
- Experience with spec-driven development
- Experience with multi-tenant SaaS or aerospace, defense, or discrete manufacturing
What We Do
In today’s world, supply chain disruptions are inevitable, but the impact on your bottom line doesn’t have to be. Pelico is a supply chain orchestration platform built for the complexities of global manufacturing. Our platform eliminates fragmentation by connecting and enriching your supply chain operations data, providing teams and executives with real-time upstream and downstream visibility of disruption impacts across every part of your operation, from procurement to production to customer support. With Pelico’s AI-powered operations, teams are able to anticipate and respond to disruptions before they become problems. With AI-generated recommendations and the ability to simulate scenarios on real-time data, teams can collaborate effectively and optimize their workflows to keep the line running. Our precision insights provide executives with real-time answers to critical questions, like what is blocking progress, and what are my team’s blindspot, so they can make better decisions and optimize operations on the fly. The result is a more agile, resilient supply chain that keeps production on track, minimizes costs, and delivers on time, every time. Within 10 weeks of having implemented Pelico, global, market-leading companies like Airbus, Safran, Eaton and Daikin have reduced their parts shortage by 37%, increased their on-time deliveries by 15%, and reduced their MRO cycles by 42%.
