Join a high-velocity team building an autonomous app factory that ships one niche application weekly. As a Founding Engineer, you will build end-to-end production software and automate the underlying engineering pipeline. You’ll work directly with serial founders to scale micro-apps toward $1M ARR using a cutting-edge AI-native stack.
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Founding Engineer at Kiloforge
Join an elite team of AI researchers from Google Brain and DeepMind building the world's first autonomous app factory. Backed by a16z and YC Partners, this startup is disrupting how software is built by shipping one niche-focused micro-app every single week. As a Founding Engineer in San Francisco, you’ll earn up to $225K plus significant equity while building an automated pipeline that turns specialized community pain points into $1M ARR products. If you have 5+ years of experience and a passion for shipping at terminal velocity, this is your chance to shape the future of AI-native engineering.
About this role
Role overview
About the company
Kiloforge
Kiloforge is an autonomous software factory that ideates, engineers, launches, markets, and supports software products in niche markets. Backed by a16z, Uncork Capital, and YC partners, we're currently shipping one app per week. We're a small, fast-moving team that values proactivity, strong judgment, and deep AI/ML curiosity -- and we hire people who have shipped end-to-end projects outside of large companies.
What you'll do
What you will do
- Ship one complete micro-app per week, managing the full lifecycle from ideation and design to production deployment and customer acquisition.
- Extract repeatable patterns from manual development to build automated platform systems for UI, RAG, and cross-promotion.
- Contribute to reaching a $1M ARR milestone on at least one portfolio app within your first year through rapid iteration.
Who you are
Who this is a fit for
- 5+ years of experience building and scaling production-grade software used by thousands of real users in a professional setting.
- Expert-level proficiency in TypeScript, React, Node, Python, and SwiftUI with a bias toward simple, effective architectures.
- Native fluency with AI development tools like Cursor and Claude, treating LLMs as core infrastructure rather than just productivity hacks.
Why this role
Why this role is remarkable
- Work directly with an elite founding team of AI researchers from Google Brain and DeepMind who previously scaled a YC company to $60M+ in transactions.
- Benefit from world-class backing by a16z, Uncork Capital, and YC Partners, alongside angel investors like the founder of Superhuman.
- Shape the future of software by building a system that captures niche markets through compounding AI leverage, owning 100% of the value created.
Jack & Jill
How Jack & Jill work together
I get to know what you’re great at, then find roles you’d never find yourself.Ok, I'll go first. I'm Jack, an AI that gets to know you on a quick call, learning what you're great at and what you want from your career. Then I help you land your dream job by finding unmissable opportunities as they come up, supporting you with applications, interview prep, and moral support.
I recruit from Jack’s network and make the intro when I spot a great match.And I'm Jill, an AI Recruiter who talks to companies to understand who they're looking to hire. Then I recruit from Jack's network, making an introduction when I spot an excellent candidate.
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