Job Description

About The Company
Our client is a company building the go-to AI copilot for educators, universities, and international schools, supported by Antler and Nvidia - currently post-MVP, early stage, and revenue-generating. If you love working on real AI projects, shipping fast, scaling, and sweating the details, please apply.
The Role
As the founding engineer, you'll help define the architecture, ship critical features, and set the technical bar. You'll have end-to-end ownership and work closely with the founder to scale a product that's already solving a real pain point.
You will:
xe2x96xaaxefxb8x8fBuild scalable PDF & Image processors for high-volume grading queues
xe2x96xaaxefxb8x8fIntegrate with LMS platforms (Canvas, Moodle, Google Classroom) and SSO (OAuth, SAML)
xe2x96xaaxefxb8x8fBuild and own a multi-agent AI stack (CrewAI, LangGraph, or custom)
xe2x96xaaxefxb8x8fSet up CI/CD pipelines, containerization, and environment orchestration with instant rollbacks
xe2x96xaaxefxb8x8fImplement workflows for grading, student coaching, and academic integrity
xe2x96xaaxefxb8x8fBuild retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipelines with vector stores and inline citations
Why This Role
This is a rare chance to help build an AI startup supported by Antler and Nvidia from the inside - with real equity, autonomy, and a direct path to technical leadership.
xe2x96xaaxefxb8x8f Ownership: You won't be a cog in the machine - you'll own systems end-to-end, shape architecture, and ship product that defines the company.
xe2x96xaaxefxb8x8f Equity with Real Upside: Supported by Antler and NVIDIA Inception, we're early stage, revenue-generating and with unlimited upsides. You'll hold meaningful equity at an early stage, before valuation multiples kick in.
xe2x96xaaxefxb8x8f Creative Freedom: We care about results, not micromanagement. You'll have space to explore, build, and improve with minimal overhead.
xe2x96xaaxefxb8x8f Remote and Flexible: We're async-friendly, remote-first, and trust you to manage your time.
xe2x96xaaxefxb8x8f Fast-Moving, Collaborative Culture: Work closely with the founder, contribute directly to strategy, and be part of a small, high-agency team that actually enjoys building together.
If you're looking to grow fast, take real ownership, and help build something from zero to scale - this is that role.
What Success Looks Like
xe2x96xaaxefxb8x8fYou ship fast: full features, fully tested, delivered in days
xe2x96xaaxefxb8x8fYou own the stack: from backend to frontend to deployment
xe2x96xaaxefxb8x8fYour systems run smoothly: 99.9% uptime, sub-2s p95 latency
xe2x96xaaxefxb8x8fYou deploy safely: every PR is tested and rollback-ready
xe2x96xaaxefxb8x8fYour builds are observable: dashboards track performance, usage, and costs
What You Bring
xe2x96xaaxefxb8x8f 2+ years with PHP/Laravel, MySQL, Linux/Apache, and Vue or React - our app is built in PHP so ideally you are able to build end to end with it, but if you can quickly rebuild it in a better language and bring it to completion within a short period of time, that is also an option.
xe2x96xaaxefxb8x8f A focus on performance - you profile, cache, and test
xe2x96xaaxefxb8x8f Shipped CI/CD pipelines with observability and rollback
xe2x96xaaxefxb8x8f Experience building or orchestrating multi-agent systems
xe2x96xaaxefxb8x8f Familiarity with vector DBs (Pinecone, Qdrant, Supabase Vector)
xe2x96xaaxefxb8x8f Something real you've built and shipped to users
Hiring Process
xe2x96xaaxefxb8x8f Intro Call (30 min)
xe2x96xaaxefxb8x8f Async Build Challenge - focused, multi-agent RAG task, testing frontend + backend skills to build a full complete end to end MVP
xe2x96xaaxefxb8x8f Final Call (45 min) - live pairing with the founder
xe2x96xaaxefxb8x8f Offer within 10-14 days
What You Get
xe2x96xaaxefxb8x8f Founding Engineer with equity from Day 1
xe2x96xaaxefxb8x8f Equity-first compensation, salary added post-funding
xe2x96xaaxefxb8x8f Performance-based bonus tied to quality, speed, and uptime
xe2x96xaaxefxb8x8f Fully remote, async-native work culture
xe2x96xaaxefxb8x8f Access to the full AI stack - GPT-4, Claude, Railway, GPUs
xe2x96xaaxefxb8x8f Direct path to engineering leadership as CTO of Antler and NVIDIA supported AI company