Engineer

Open Core Ventures

Founding Engineer role at Hermes Web to develop a polished hosted personal AI agent. Responsibilities include owning product and engineering end-to-end with a focus on consumer-grade polish.

Posted 4/20/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

JavaScriptKubernetesNext.jsPythonReactTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Build the first polished, hosted personal AI agent product
Own product and engineering end-to-end
Ship consumer-grade polish in a space that's still raw
Help define what a mainstream AI agent product looks like

Requirements

What you’ll need

High agency, ship fast without hand-holding
Strong Python skills — FastAPI or similar production web framework experience required
Strong frontend skills (React, Next.js, TypeScript) for the chat, memory, and activity surfaces
Experience with auth, billing, and multi-tenancy in production products
Container orchestration experience (Kubernetes, Nomad, ECS, or equivalent)
Experience with AI-native tools (Cursor, Claude Code, model APIs)
Knowledge of agents, LLM gateways, rate limiting, and abuse prevention
Comfortable working across frontend, backend, infrastructure, and AI workflows

Benefits

Comp & perks

Fully remote
Product-focused
Compressed sprint cadence

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Hard Skills & Tools

PythonFastAPIReactNext.jsTypeScriptKubernetesNomadECSAI-native toolsmodel APIs

Soft Skills

high agencyability to ship fastindependence