Founding Software Engineer

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Company: Giga AI Inc

Location: San Francisco, CA 94112

Description:

Location: San Francisco
Experience: 2-8 years
Salary: $150K - $220K (Base) + Equity

About GigaML

At GigaML, we're revolutionizing enterprise customer support by deploying AI agents that resolve over 1 million customer tickets monthly via voice and chat. Industry leaders like Postman and Zepto (YC's fastest-growing company) trust our AI to navigate complex, real-world conversations with clarity, accuracy, and scalability.

With multi-year contracts secured and strong investor backing from YC President Garry Tan, Nexus Venture Partners, and other top investors, we're scaling fast to meet skyrocketing demand.

Why Join Us?
  • Impact: Be a key contributor to cutting-edge ML projects transforming industries.
  • Growth: Thrive in a dynamic, high-ownership environment alongside top-tier talent.
  • Innovation: Work with advanced tools and push technological boundaries.
  • Autonomy: Drive your own initiatives and influence the company's technical direction.

YC Partners talking about GigaML

(Endorsed by YC partners: Garry Tan CEO of YC, and Harj Taggar)

About the Role

We're seeking a full-stack engineer with hands-on experience in building and deploying LLM-based products from scratch. You should take pride in your work and write high-quality, scalable code. If you thrive in a fast-paced, high-ownership environment, we want to hear from you.

What You'll Do:
  • Build Product: Rapidly contribute to our Chat and Voice AI products, eventually owning your own product or product lines.
  • Technical Leadership: Drive technical decisions and architecture design, shaping the foundation of our solutions.
  • Cross-functional Collaboration: Work closely with co-founders and other team members to translate business vision into actionable project plans.
  • Ownership: Take full product ownership from ideation to launch, including integration into existing systems.


Who You Are / Must-Haves:
  • Startup Experience: Strong preference for candidates with prior startup experience. Former founders are especially valued for their entrepreneurial mindset and problem-solving skills.
  • Prior Experience: 2-8 years of hands-on engineering experience.
  • Educational Background: Ideally, candidates should have attended a college ranked in the top 40 in the United States.
  • Backend Skills: Strong background in Python (Django experience is a plus).
  • Frontend Skills: Proficiency in Next.js, React, and ShadCN.
  • Cloud Platforms: Proficient with AWS or Google Cloud.
  • Scalability: Familiarity with Kubernetes and Docker is a big plus.


Perks & Benefits
  • Competitive Compensation: Base salary plus equity
  • Gym Membership
  • Wellness allowance
  • Full health, dental, and vision coverage
  • Expanding to a 5,000 sq. ft. office to support our growing team
  • All-you-can-drink coffee

Interview Process
  • Intro call w/ CEO (20 min)
  • Live coding round w/ CTO (1 hr)
  • In-office work trial (full day)

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