Full Stack Engineer

This role is being managed by Talent Stack LLC, a woman-owned recruiting firm specializing in cleared and technical placements. We are proud to represent a confidential, defense-focused client committed to solving meaningful, mission-critical challenges that support national security.
About the company:
Our client is an early-stage AI company on a mission to transform how people work by building intelligent systems that can collaborate with humans across modern communication channels. Headquartered in San Francisco and led by a proven founder with deep AI expertise, the team is small, fast-moving, and highly ambitious.
The Role:
We are hiring Full-Stack Software Engineers with a deep backend focus (~70%) to help scale the company’s core AI platform. You’ll join a high-caliber team working in-person from the San Francisco office, collaborating directly with leadership to architect distributed systems and ship product features end-to-end.
This is an in-person role in San Francisco (4–5 days/week, Wednesday optional). We’re hiring Full-Stack Software Engineers with a deep backend focus (~70%) to help scale the companies core AI platform. You’ll work directly with our founder and product team to build distributed systems, launch features end-to-end, and shape the future of AI agents.
This is an in-person role in San Francisco (4–5 days/week, Wednesday optional).
What You’ll Do

• Design, build, and ship backend-leaning full-stack features using Node.js, TypeScript, React, GraphQL, GCP, and Kubernetes
• Architect and scale distributed systems (microservices, queues, caching, observability)
• Debug and optimize complex systems for resilience and performance
• Own features end-to-end: requirements, code, testing, deployment, and monitoring
• Collaborate closely with product, design, and leadership in a high-ownership environment
• Contribute to AI/LLM integrations powering the companies intelligent agent platform

What We’re Looking For

• 3–8 years of full-stack engineering experience, with strong backend expertise
• Production experience with Node.js, TypeScript, React, and GraphQL
• Experience designing or operating distributed systems, cloud infrastructure (GCP, Kubernetes), caching, and queues
• Proven ability to thrive in startup or scale-up environments with high ownership and urgency
• Strong communication skills — able to articulate complex technical trade-offs clearly
• SF Bay Area–based or willing to relocate; comfortable with on-site work culture

Nice to Have

• Redis, Kafka, Pub/Sub, gRPC, Terraform, or CI/CD experience
• Prior founding engineer or early-stage startup experience (0→1 product ownership)
• AI/LLM integration or ML pipeline experience

• Compensation & Benefits
  • Salary: $150K–$200K
  • Equity: 0.1%–0.2%
  • On-site culture in San Francisco (Wednesday optional remote)
  • Visa sponsorship: H-1B transfers and O-1 applications welcome
  • Work directly with ex-OpenAI leadership on cutting-edge AI systems
  • Join a mission-driven, small team where your impact is immediate