Founding Engineer
San Francisco, CA$120k - $200k + equityFull-timePosted 2mo ago
About the role
Founding engineer and first full-time hire to build the EffiGov platform, ship features, design scalable architectures, research, and eventually mentor new engineers. In-person role based in San Francisco, CA.
Responsibilities
- Ship features for the EffiGov platform (Python FastAPI and TypeScript Next.js).
- Design scalable architectures and research cutting-edge tools.
- Develop and refine cloud deployments and CI/CD pipelines.
- Collaborate with founders and customers to define product roadmap.
- Mentor and lead new engineering hires as the team grows.
Qualifications
- 3+ years of engineering experience shipping full-stack solutions in a high-velocity team
- 1+ years of experience deploying LLMs (ideally voice AI) to production for thousands of users
- Experience with Python, FastAPI, TypeScript, Next.js, Docker, MongoDB, AWS (ECS Fargate), OpenAI embeddings, LiveKit, Twilio
- Degree or significant coursework in a quantitative subject (CS, math, statistics, physics, or engineering)
- Demonstrated initiative and love of the game (real-user projects, hackathon wins, open-source contributions)
- Big Bonus: experience leading projects at a top early-stage startup or founding experience
- Small Bonuses: humanities minor/double major, published work, policy or government experience
Skills
Required:PythonFastAPITypeScriptNext.jsDockerMongoDBAWS (ECS Fargate)OpenAI embeddingsLiveKitTwilioCloud CI/CD
Last updated Oct 14, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
About EffiGov
The AI OS for Cities
EffiGov is building an AI OS for local governments. We've started with AI call operators that answer 311 and departmental lines 24/7 - handling everything from permit applications to animal control.
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