Founding AI Engineer

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We’re Hiring: Founding AI Engineer
At SA Technologies Inc., we believe in turning career aspirations into reality. As a CMMI Level 5 and Great Place to Work® Certified global IT consulting and services company—and recognized as one of the Best Places for Women—we are committed to building an inclusive, supportive, and high-performance workplace

Job Description

1. Founding AI Engineer / Member of Technical Staff

Job Title: Founding AI Engineer / Member of Technical Staff (MTS)
Location: San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Employment Type: Full-Time
Work Model: Onsite / Hybrid

Job Summary

We are hiring an exceptional Founding AI Engineer / Member of Technical Staff to join an early-stage AI technology company building production-grade AI products from the ground up.

This is a highly hands-on engineering role for someone who enjoys working in a fast-moving startup environment, solving ambiguous technical problems, and taking complete ownership from architecture and prototyping through production deployment.

The ideal candidate combines strong software engineering fundamentals, backend/distributed systems expertise, and hands-on experience building production AI/LLM applications .

Responsibilities

- Design, build, and own core AI product and platform capabilities from 0→1.
- Develop production-grade applications using Python and modern backend technologies .
- Build and optimize LLM-powered applications, agents, RAG/retrieval systems, and AI workflows .
- Design scalable APIs, services, data pipelines, and distributed/backend systems.
- Integrate foundation models and AI services into reliable production applications.
- Build evaluation, monitoring, observability, and reliability mechanisms for AI systems.
- Rapidly prototype new ideas and convert successful prototypes into production systems.
- Work closely with founders and a small engineering team on architecture and product decisions.
- Own projects end-to-end with limited structure or supervision.
- Help establish engineering standards and technical direction as the organization scales.

Required Qualifications

- Strong professional software engineering experience with demonstrated ownership of production systems.
- Excellent programming skills in Python ; experience with TypeScript, Go, Java, or C++ is beneficial.
- Strong backend engineering, APIs, databases, cloud infrastructure, and system-design fundamentals.
- Hands-on experience with LLMs, Generative AI, RAG, agents, inference, or AI-powered applications .
- Experience taking complex products or systems from concept/prototype into production.
- Strong debugging and problem-solving abilities.
- Comfortable operating in an early-stage / startup / 0→1 environment .
- Strong Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, AI/ML, or related academic foundation.

Highly Preferred

- Previous founding engineer or early engineering-team experience .
- Experience at a high-growth technology or AI company.
- Experience with distributed systems and high-scale production infrastructure.
- LLM evaluation, retrieval, embeddings, knowledge graphs, agentic workflows, or model-serving experience.
- Demonstrated technical leadership without moving away from hands-on coding.

Why SA Technologies Inc.?

Empowering Work Environment: A Great Place to Work, especially celebrated as one of the Best Places for Women.
Excellence and Quality: A CMMI Level 5 Company, ensuring operational and service excellence.
Globally Acclaimed: A Microsoft Gold Partner and Google Partner, with over 20 years of global IT consulting and Development solutions delivery.

Have queries? We’re here to assist you! Chat live (https://www.satincorp.com/careers) with our recruiter or connect with the job owner directly:
Email: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])
Embark on a rewarding journey together with us! At SA Technologies Inc., your journey begins with a friendly technical assessment, providing a stage to highlight your unique skills.