Founding Engineer
Founding Engineer at Paradigm — San Francisco, CA, US
- Company: Paradigm
- Location: San Francisco, CA, US
- Employment type: FULL_TIME
- Salary: USD 150000–250000 / year
- Posted: 2026-07-17
About this role
We’re looking for experienced generalist founding engineers who thrive in fast-moving startups, and are excited to create an AI native workspace.
Qualifications
Willingness to work in-person in San Francisco 5-6 days per week
Experience building production application layer AI products
Obsessed with speed and scale
Ability to work in fast-paced and ambiguous environments
Insatiably curious and learns quickly
History of superlative achievement
Experience with GoLang, TypeScript, NextJS, Redis, RAG systems, and agent architectures is a plus
Responsibilities
Build in a full stack capacity
Talk to users, track metrics, and iterate quickly
Scope out and implement core features
Shape product vision and roadmap
Compensation
150-250k base. This salary range does not encompass the full spectrum of benefits such as generous equity grants, health insurance, 401k matching, provided meals, team offsites, and potential signing or relocation bonuses.