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Former Technical Founders

Encord· Operations
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Hybrid (San Francisco, CA)Full-timePosted 5mo ago

About the role

Former Technical Founders role at Encord, a YC-backed AI data infrastructure company. Full-time position based in San Francisco with opportunities to work directly with the founding team on high-leverage, zero-to-one initiatives across product, engineering, GTM, and operations.

Responsibilities

  • Work closely with the cofounders to identify and drive some of the highest-leverage opportunities across product, engineering, GTM, or operations
  • Take ownership of ambitious, ambiguous problems and drive them from zero to shipped
  • Bring an entrepreneurial mindset to everything — spotting gaps, moving fast, and making things happen with limited resources
  • Build internal tools, processes, and systems that help Encord scale
  • Act as a force multiplier across teams, bringing founder-level energy and judgment to whatever you tackle

Qualifications

  • A former founder — ideally technical — who has built and scaled a product or company, and is eager to get back to the early days of 0 to 1
  • You may have started and exited your business and are ready to experience the journey again in a new context
  • You may not have AI or B2B experience, but you will have excelled at something incredibly challenging that demonstrates your grit and ability to overachieve
  • Deeply comfortable with ambiguity — you don't need a job spec to know what needs doing
  • A builder at heart who thinks from first principles and moves fast without sacrificing quality
  • Someone who takes extreme ownership and thrives without a safety net

Skills

Required:Founding/Executive experience in techTechnical production codeProduct/Shipping track recordHiring/leading small teamsCommunication and stakeholder management

Benefits

  • Competitive salary, commission, and meaningful equity in a high-growth startup
  • Clear, accelerated growth opportunities as the company scales rapidly
  • Strong in-person culture: 4–5 days/week in our newly launched North Beach loft office
  • Flexible PTO to fully recharge
  • 18 paid vacation days in the U.S. plus federal holidays
  • Annual learning & development budget
  • Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage
  • Frequent travel opportunities across the U.S., London, and Europe
  • Bi-annual company offsites, twice-weekly team lunches, and monthly socials
Last updated Sep 30, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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About Encord

Building the data backbone for the (artificial) intelligence…

Encord is the leading data platform for AI. We help top AI teams get models into production faster with human-in-the-loop workflows for labeling and RLHF, infrastructure for data-centric model testing, and powerful data curation and management.

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