Senior Software Engineer – Founding Engineer

AI Fund

Senior Software Engineer driving AI innovation for Fortune 500 energy leader and AI Fund. Building systems to optimize the operation and management of critical assets in energy supply.

Posted 4/21/2026full-timeSan Francisco • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudDjangoGoogle Cloud PlatformPythonReactTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Build and improve production RAG and LLM-based systems
Design and maintain data pipelines that integrate enterprise data sources at scale
Develop full-stack product features end-to-end, from Python backend through React/TypeScript frontend
Work on optimization and scheduling problems with real operational constraints
Build evaluation frameworks that measure whether AI systems are actually improving

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of hands-on software engineering experience
Full-stack depth in Python (Django/FastAPI) and modern React/TypeScript
Production experience building RAG and LLM-based systems, not prototypes
Strong architectural judgment
Comfort with large-scale data processing and cloud infrastructure (GCP preferred)
Fluency with AI-assisted development tools.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Exclusive Ecosystem: Unparalleled access to AI Fund’s experts and Dr.**Andrew Ng’s network of AI luminaries.
Real-World Impact: We are solving critical performance gaps in energy supply while demand driven by global electrification skyrockets.
Growth Path: Opportunity to evolve from a lead individual contributor to a**team leader as the company scales.

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Hard Skills & Tools

PythonDjangoFastAPIReactTypeScriptdata pipelinesAI systemslarge-scale data processingcloud infrastructureoptimization

Soft Skills

architectural judgment