As a Founding Engineer at this YC S25 startup, you will build the critical identity and communication layer for the agentic era. You will design high-throughput backend systems and APIs that serve as the inbox for AI agents, enabling them to communicate and authenticate as independent digital citizens in a rapidly expanding market.
Founding Engineer at $6M Seed AI infrastructure startup
Join a YC S25 startup backed by General Catalyst and Paul Graham as a Founding Engineer building the identity and communication layer for AI agents. With $6M in seed funding and a team from NVIDIA and Amazon, this San Francisco-based company is creating the 'Gmail for agents' to help them communicate and operate as independent entities. If you're a high-bar systems engineer who wants to own core infrastructure processing 100M+ emails for a user base that doubles every two weeks, this is your chance to shape a new category of the internet.
Overview
Role overview
Company
Generalcatalyst
$6M Seed AI infrastructure startup backed by General Catalyst and Paul Graham
Responsibilities
What you will do
- Design and implement intuitive APIs and abstractions that allow AI agents to operate as first-class citizens of the internet.
- Build and scale distributed systems and core infrastructure capable of processing over 100 million emails per day with low latency.
- Own projects end-to-end, from initial system design to production rollout, while collaborating directly with the founding team and customers.
Candidate profile
Who this is a fit for
- Strong backend and systems engineering background with experience shipping production-grade software at a high-growth tech company or startup.
- Deep understanding of distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, or developer tools, with a preference for messaging and protocol-heavy experience.
- High-velocity builder who thrives in ambiguity and obsesses over quality, detail, and solving complex problems from 0 to 1.
What makes it remarkable
Why this role is remarkable
- Work at the frontier of AI infrastructure with $6M in funding from General Catalyst, Paul Graham, and the CTO of HubSpot.
- Join a high-performance team of 8 hailing from NVIDIA, Amazon, and Optiver, currently doubling their user count every two weeks.
- True founding impact with significant equity and the opportunity to define a new category of the internet where agents outnumber humans.
Jack & Jill
How Jack & Jill work together
Meet Jack
Jack gets to know what you're great at and what you want next, then searches 14 million jobs daily and introduces you directly to hiring managers.
How does this work?
Jack's an AI agent for job searching and career coaching. He works for you.
Jill is the AI recruiter working for the company. She recruits from Jack's network.
If it's a match and the company wants to meet you, they'll make the intro. In the meantime, if you'd like, Jack will send you excellent alternatives.