Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. GreenSand AI is an early-stage AI startup developing robust AI systems for mission-critical applications. The Founding Software Engineer will work with the founders to define technology and product direction while designing, building, and scaling AI-driven systems, APIs, and end-to-end applications. The role also involves establishing engineering practices, integrating AI/ML technologies, and contributing across software, infrastructure, and ML engineering.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and scale core AI-driven systems and products
- Collaborate with the founding team on product strategy and technical direction
- Rapidly prototype and iterate on APIs and end-to-end applications
- Establish engineering best practices, including testing, deployment, and CI/CD
- Evaluate and integrate emerging AI/ML technologies into our stack
- Wear multiple hats: full-stack engineering, infrastructure, ML engineering, and occasional customer-facing problem-solving
- Help recruit and mentor early team members as we grow
Skills
- • ~5 years of professional software engineering experience (startup experience a plus)
- • Strong background in Python and modern backend development
- • Experience building and shipping production-grade software (ideally involving AI/ML systems)
- • Comfortable across the stack (backend, cloud infrastructure, APIs, some frontend if needed)
- • Experience in using Google Cloud Platform (GCP) extensively
- • Deep curiosity and hands-on experience with LLMs and/or agent frameworks
- • Ability to thrive in uncertainty and take ownership
- • Capable of architecting and implementing complex software systems with optimal efficiency
- • A collaborative mindset and good communication skills
- • Prior startup or small-team experience
- • Contributions to open-source AI/ML projects
- • Experience with DevOps
- • Familiarity with modern frontend frameworks (React, Next.js)
- • Familiarity with ML frameworks (PyTorch/TensorFlow)
Benefits
- Founding-level position, offering significant ownership (single-digit %) from the start, with monthly vesting.
- Direct influence over technical, product, and cultural decisions.
- Opportunity to shape a company from day one.
- Fast-paced, collaborative environment with significant autonomy.
- Access to advisors, investors, and industry networks in AI.
- Flexible (Remote)
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