Founding AI Engineer
Weaveabout 1 year ago
Oakland, California, United States
Remote
Full-time
Junior Level (1-3 years)
Job Description
Position Overview
At Weave we’re building the best software for the best engineering teams to move faster. As a well-funded, rapidly growing startup backed by top investors and currently profitable, we are looking for our founding AI engineer. In this role you will build AI solutions to understand and improve the work that software engineers do, set up processes and standards to simplify feature development, and delight our customers with intelligent tools. You’ll work directly with our CTO Andrew—a seasoned engineering leader—and our CEO Adam, who brings deep experience from high-growth startups.
Key Responsibilities
- Build AI solutions to understand and improve software engineering workflows.
- Develop processes and standards that streamline incremental feature development.
- Delight customers by delivering intelligence that makes their work 10x easier.
- Collaborate closely with the CTO and CEO to drive product and engineering vision.
Required Qualifications
- Proven track record as a formidable engineer who stops at nothing to achieve goals.
- Pragmatic approach—knowing when to let minor issues be and when to act decisively in a startup environment.
- Commitment to continuous growth and improvement, valuing progress over perfection.
- Empathy and the ability to understand how others think and work.
- Dedication to helping other software engineering teams excel.
- Excellent communication skills, capable of conveying ideas clearly.
- Grit and resilience in tackling challenging problems and pushing through tough situations.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with React + TypeScript on the frontend, Go on the backend, or Python for ML.
- Background in engineering productivity and strategies for process improvement.
- Passable design sensibilities.
Benefits & Perks
- Competitive Compensation package.
- Growth Opportunities with direct mentorship from seasoned leadership.
- Exposure to cutting-edge technologies in a dynamic startup culture.
- Be part of a profitable company backed by top-tier investors.
Required Skills
Grit
Effective Communication
Python
Go
Machine Learning
Pragmatism
Software Engineering
AI Engineering
React
Empathy
TypeScript