Job Details

Overview

Recruiting from Scratch is a talent firm that focuses on placing the best candidate for our clients. Our team is 100% remote and we work with teams across North America, South America, and Europe to help them hire. Website:

Role

Title of Role: Lead AI Engineer

Location: Remote

Company Stage of Funding: Early-Stage Venture-Backed (Series A)

Office Type: Fully Remote

Salary: $200,000 – $300,000 base + equity

Company Description

We are representing a fast-growing, venture-backed software company building next-generation integration and automation infrastructure powered by AI. With strong early traction (100+ paying customers) and a team of experienced founders and early employees from category-defining companies, this is an opportunity to join at a formative stage and make a major impact. The company is backed by top-tier venture investors and notable industry founders.

This is an exciting time to come onboard: the team is small and highly technical, the product is scaling rapidly, and the leadership is prioritizing this hire as a top company initiative.

What You Will Do

As the Lead AI Engineer, you will take end-to-end ownership of a flagship AI product—a specialized agent designed to streamline complex integrations. You'll play both a hands-on technical role and a strategic one, helping shape product direction, architecture, and execution.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading development of AI-powered integration agents from scratch
• Designing system architecture and ensuring scalability, reliability, and performance
• Gathering requirements from internal stakeholders and shaping product direction
• Driving hands-on implementation and technical decision-making
• Coordinating across engineering and product teams to ensure smooth execution
• Managing code quality, test coverage, documentation, and technical debt
• Potentially growing and leading a small team as the product scales

Ideal Candidate Background

• Proven experience building and deploying AI agents or applications on top of large language models (LLMs)
• Strong background in backend software engineering and systems design
• Practical experience with APIs, integrations, and developer tools
• Ability to take full product ownership—requirements, architecture, and execution—without heavy product management support
• Startup experience, especially at early-stage companies, where autonomy and speed are essential
• Strong communication skills for working with both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Preferred

• Experience building specialized AI agents (e.g., OpenAI Agent, Lovable, or similar projects)
• Track record of building developer-facing products or integration platforms
• Familiarity with TypeScript (or willingness to work in it)
• A history of shipping impactful side projects in AI/automation
• Ability to thrive in fast-paced, ambiguous, early-stage environments

Compensation and Benefits

• Salary: $200,000 – $300,000 base
• Equity: 0.5% – 1% ownership in the company
• Remote-first culture with full flexibility and autonomy
• Significant impact and ownership over a flagship product
• Backing from leading venture funds and founders in AI and SaaS
• Opportunity to join a rapidly growing team at a formative stage, with substantial career growth potential

This is a rare opportunity to take full ownership of building a cutting-edge AI product from scratch at a high-growth startup. If you're excited about shaping the future of AI-powered integration and want both impact and autonomy, this role is for you.