Lead engineering at a pre-seed GenAI startup: define architecture and tech stack, build the first B2B enterprise SaaS product, set up cloud infrastructure, DevOps and CI/CD, ensure code quality, hire and manage 1-2 engineers, and apply LLM/ML expertise to drive product and business strategy.
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Why GuideSage
Key Responsibilities
Ideal Profile
GuideSage, PBC is a venture-funded, pre-seed, stealth, agentic AI startup with a mission to responsibly help people reach their full potential through learning. We have a multi-product strategy to improve the way people learn using thoughtfully applied generative AI and ML. This year, we’re focused on building our first product, which will target the $400B corporate training market and define a new category.
GuideSage was founded by Adam Berrey, who brings 28 years of experience building successful software companies, including several IPOs and exits. We're actively building our product development team and looking for a founding software engineer to lead development and help build the company. Our vision is to create a generational company that uses agentic AI to help everyone learn more.
This is an opportunity to come in at the ground floor and shape every aspect of the product and business with the confidence that the company already has a clear business strategy and strong funding.
- Mission-driven commitment to positively contribute to the world by helping people learn
- Full competitive salary, benefits, and meaningful equity on day one
- Freedom to craft great software and create a brand-new product from scratch
- Flexibility to build a team you love working with
- Clear business model, product strategy, and prospective customers
- Opportunity to work at the cutting edge of applying GenAI and ML to solve real-world business problems in a $400 billion market with an even larger impact on how people learn everywhere
- Collaborate with co-founders, business stakeholders, and designers to iteratively create the product vision, strategy, and roadmap
- Develop the software and lead the engineering work to create a product that users love and customers buy
- Establish the technical foundation, including the architecture, infrastructure, and tech stack
- Decide on the programming languages, frameworks, and tools based on the company’s needs, scalability, and product goals
- Setup the necessary infrastructure to build and deploy the software, including cloud services, DevOps, CI/CD, and other tools and services
- Ensure code quality, setting up best practices for the development process, and fostering a strong engineering culture
- Hire and manage 1-2 engineers and shape the engineering team's culture, including communication norms, pace, and stage-appropriate work processes
- Stay current with the latest developments in AI and bring insights to the business and product strategy
- Help to define and shape the culture of the company
- Exceptional software engineering and coding skills
- Proven ability to work in a fast-changing, high-uncertainty startup environment
- Great at making technology stack, build/buy, and architecture choices
- Experience building commercial B2B enterprise SaaS systems
- Experience working in early-stage startups or teams building from zero to one
- Experience building on LLM APIs and working with ML
- Capable of building and leading a small engineering team
- Interested in the mission
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