Founding Platform Engineer - Data Engineering

Founding Platform Engineer | AI, Distributed Systems & SaaS AllUnited StatesUnited States - San FranciscoUnited States - New York City23 Oct New York City or San Francisco Bay Area Python | AWS | Distributed Systems | Multi-tenant SaaS Pre-seed AI startup | Founding engineering team Build the platform that makes AI customer conversations accountable Are you a Staff or Principal-level engineer who thrives on building complex systems from the ground up? We're looking for a Founding Platform Engineer to help architect and build the core platform of an early-stage AI startup tackling one of the biggest emerging challenges in enterprise technology: ensuring AI-powered customer interactions are safe, compliant, reliable, and accountable. As the first senior engineer, you'll work directly with the CTO, take ownership of the platform's architecture, and write production code while establishing the engineering foundations for future growth. This is an opportunity to shape both the technology and the engineering culture of a company from its earliest stages. The opportunity Enterprises are deploying AI agents to handle customer conversations across voice, chat, email, and SMS. But as these systems take on increasingly sensitive interactions, businesses need more than capable AI — they need independent oversight, measurable quality and reliable evidence that their AI systems meet the standards required of them. The company is building an AI monitoring and assurance platform that eva