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📱 iOS Engineer wanted – help reinvent how stories are told with video iOS devs: this one’s special. I’m working with a VC-backed startup in Palo Alto that’s building the next-generation creative video app - think “CapCut meets Pixar-level polish” but simplified for everyday creators. One tap to animate, remix, transform. It's fast, playful, and borderline magical. Their product helps people turn ideas into short-form videos in seconds - no editing timelines, no complex tools, just a beautiful, AI-assisted mobile interface that feels like it was built by designers for creatives. The team’s growing, and they’re now looking for a senior iOS engineer to own their mobile app. It’s early days, so you’ll have a serious seat at the table - from architecture to pixel-perfect UX. What you'll be doing:Build out a high-performance Swift-based app from the ground upPartner closely with product & design to ship features users rave aboutLead technical decision-making across mobile: performance, animation, media workflowsIterate fast and push boundaries of what’s possible on iOSYou're right for this if you:Have 5 years of experience shipping consumer iOS apps (App Store presence ideal)Write clean, scalable Swift (bonus if you’re into SwiftUI, animations, or video frameworks)Care deeply about user experience, microinteractions, and design consistencyWant to work in a startup where your code and ideas actually shape the productPerks:Salary ~$175–250K real equityWell-funded by top-tier investorsTight-knit team of ex-Big Tech and creative tech folksOnsite in Palo Alto 3-4 days a weekPing me if this sounds like your kind of playground - I’ll send over the full scoop, team info, and tell you why this startup’s got serious heat. 👇

Our client builds AI agents trusted by the largest B2C companies in the world. Industry leaders trust them with their most complex support and operations workflows across voice, chat and email.About the RoleWe're seeking a Forward Deployed Agent Engineer to join our San Francisco team. You'll serve as the technical interface and project leader between our client and their customers, building and deploying sophisticated AI-driven solutions at scale.What You’ll Do:Lead customer engagements from start to end: run discovery calls & demos, align business/technical stakeholders on milestones, oversee the deployment/maintenance of world class agents, and serve as the primary PoC who drives meetings and removes blockers.Design & ship production-ready AI agents: work with large-scale data, write backend code, build integrations, and deploy to cloud infrastructure.Own the full agent development life cycle: prototype quickly, set up CI/CD, monitor live usage, iterate to targets, and document best practices to speed up future projects.Mentorship: Manage and mentor agent engineers to grow into project leaders, while maintaining an exceedingly high bar for excellence. Debug live issues in real-time, unlock business opportunities, and help win, retain, and grow customers.Close the feedback loop with product & platform: capture unmet needs, prototype new features, and collaborate with core teams to strengthen the platform for all customers.Who You Are / Must-Haves:Know the Stack: Understanding of React, Python, tool calls, APIs, etc.Interpersonally Acumen: Able to solve problems in a people-centric manner, communicate effectively, and operate with a low ego. Must have experience in customer-facing roles.Strong Background: Computer science degree or industry-equivalent experience and customer facing experience (e.g. consulting); 4 years of total managerial experience.Entrepreneurial: Preference for candidates with experience at successful startups - former founders are especially valued; ability to context switch constantly and rapidly; high bar for quality work.Gritty: Capable of working long productive hours; very high attention to detail; can own a project end-to-end with limited or no guidance.Experienced: 4 years customer facing experience; 4 years of hands-on engineering experience.Perks & BenefitsCompetitive total compensationEquinox membershipFull health, dental, and vision coverageOn-demand snacks, coffee, and DoorDash CreditsUbers covered home

We’re working with one of the fastest-growing teams in the Voice AI space, a seed-stage startup transforming how financial services engage customers in high-stakes, mission critical workflows. Already trusted by 6 of the top 15 U.S. mortgage banks, they’ve hit $2M ARR in just 8 months (on track for $3M) and are scaling at 43% month over month since their seed raise last November. With a Series A planned for early 2026, this is a rare opportunity to join a company just before it enters hypergrowth. With a lean team of engineers from Google, Meta, Apple and Stanford, they’re building AI systems that outperform humans in industries like mortgage, insurance and small business lending. Now, they’re looking for two exceptional Founding Engineers to own backend systems, drive product heavy initiatives and shape the technical foundation of a category-defining company. Location: San Francisco (4 days in-office, Market Street near Montgomery BART) Salary: Up to $270,000 Equity (0.2–1%) Key Responsibilities:Own Product at Scale: Scope, design, and ship backend systems tightly aligned with customer and product needs.Hands-On Engineering: Contribute directly to core backend services while driving product-focused design.Technical Leadership: Conduct code reviews, mentor peers, and set engineering quality standards.Product Collaboration: Partner with product owners and customers to translate requirements into scalable technical solutions.Founding-Level Impact: Take on initiatives that relieve bottlenecks from the CTO and define long-term product direction.What We’re Looking For:5 years backend engineering experience (5–15 typical).Depth across Python, Go, Java, C , etc. Not just JavaScript/TypeScript.Track record of scaling backend systems in production.Strong product sense and experience in early-stage startups (ideally first 1–6 engineers).Excellent communication skills: able to bridge product and engineering.Bonus Points For:FinTech, API-heavy, or backend-intensive product experience.Experience building agent-based systems.Prior 0→1 startup success.Python backend frameworks (FastAPI, Django).Why Join?World-class team: ex-FAANG engineers, top-tier universities, repeat founders.Hypergrowth: 43% MoM, millions in ARR.Timing: Join at seed-stage equity valuation, just before Series A.Cutting-edge tech: Voice AI that outperforms humans in mission-critical workflows.High ownership: Founding-level influence across product and engineering.This is a chance to step in at a pivotal moment, with proven product-market fit, massive customer demand, and the capital to scale. You’ll be part of a small, elite team solving some of the hardest problems in applied AI, while shaping both the product and the company’s future.

Technical Lead — API (Gen-AI • Remote) Our client is a fast-growing Gen-AI company delivering real-time speech translation, voice cloning, and conversational AI (including slang, idioms, and dialects). As their recruitment partner, we are seeking a Technical Lead to head the API team—working closely with the Head of Engineering and CTO to define architecture and ship scalable, customizable endpoints that integrate cleanly with customer systems (including major streaming platforms). The roleOwn the API architecture end-to-end: roadmap, technical decisions, and service boundaries for public and private APIs.Build for real time: low-latency streaming endpoints for transcription, translation, voice cloning, and subtitles.Scale with confidence: auth, rate limits, tenancy, SLAs/SLOs, and graceful degradation under load.Developer experience: SDKs, documentation, analytics, versioning, and backward compatibility.Customer integrations: partner with high-traffic customers to design clear, flexible integration paths.Operational excellence: observability, on-call hygiene, incident response, and post-mortems that drive change.Team leadership: mentor a small, senior group; set standards for code quality, testing, and reviews.Why this will appealReal-time translation with cloned voices preserved in the target language (beyond basic TTS).Built for live events and broadcasts—customers integrate in minutes, not months.Mature API surface in production today (streaming, video, transcripts, subtitles).Well-funded following a recent Series A to accelerate R&D and market expansion.Candidate profile7 years building high-traffic systems and public APIs; 2 years leading projects or teams.Hands-on with low-latency/streaming patterns (WebSockets, gRPC, SSE) and asynchronous pipelines.Strong API fundamentals: authentication/authorization, quotas, versioning, and contract discipline.Proven production ownership: SLOs, dashboards, tracing, and pragmatic incident management.Comfortable translating product and customer needs into crisp technical plans.Helpful experience (nice to have)Speech/LLM/ML serving (ASR, TTS, voice cloning, translation).Media protocols and live pipelines (RTMP/HLS, WebRTC) and subtitle/closed-caption formats.Distributed systems at scale (queues/streams, back-pressure, idempotency).Python (FastAPI/Django) or Node.js; AWS preferred; containers/Kubernetes; Postgres/Redis.Leading SDKs and developer-experience initiatives.Ways of workingSmall, senior team with high ownership and strong review culture.Security and reliability first: ship quickly, measure and audit rigorously.Customer-centric: close collaboration with engineering teams integrating the APIs.Location & packageRemote with overlap across North America and Europe.Competitive salary plus meaningful equity; benefits aligned to location.EligibilityCandidates must hold either Green Card of U.S Citizenship. No new visa sponsorship is available at this time.Process (typical)Technical Interview - 1 hour with Head of Engineering.Technical/Behavioural with CTO - 45 minutesTo express interest: Please share a CV and any relevant links (GitHub, portfolio). Our team will arrange a confidential conversation and provide the full brief.

Soda has partnered with a stealth-stage AI startup that’s redefining how hiring works, using real world, production ready AI agents to automate the most painful, overlooked workflows in frontline recruitment.Already revenue generating and backed by top tier investors, the founding team includes alumni from Tesla, Meta, Roblox and top AI start-ups! They’re now looking for an exceptional Founding AI Engineer to join them to build from the ground up.Location: NYC (5 days/week in-office, relocation supported)Salary: $160k–$210k EquityKey Responsibilities:Build and ship new agent capabilities, including voice workflows, scheduling, onboarding and reportingOwn your work end to end, from product definition to live deploymentCollaborate with the founding team and enterprise customers to solve real user problemsContribute across the stack, internal tools, embedded chatbots, dashboards and moreHelp shape technical strategy, system architecture and engineering cultureWhat We’re Looking For:2 - 5 years in full stack engineering rolesStrong with TypeScript, Node.js and ReactProduct focused mindset and ability to ship quickly and cleanlyStrong system design fundamentals and clean code practicesComfortable in high-speed, high ownership, early stage environmentsBonus Points For:Python experience (especially for AI/voice workflows)Experience with LLMs, agentic systems, or hiring/recruitment techPrior 0→1 start-up experience or fast-scaling product environmentsIf you're excited to build real AI agents, work directly with users and m

Senior Softare Engineer – AI Voice & Chat PlatformSan Francisco (Onsite Preferred)$250k – $300k Base EquitySoda is partnered with an ambitious AI driven start-up that are building the AI layer for enterprise customer support. This is not an idea stage company, they’re live, growing fast and have real traction with high value contracts and global brand recognition.They’re now hiring a Founding Engineer to help shape the future of their core platform. If you’re a strong full stack engineer with a backend focus, excited by voice/chat AI and want to help architect systems used by millions, this could be a game changer.As a Founding Engineer, you'll:Build and scale AI powered chat and voice productsTake full ownership of features from concept to deploymentContribute across the stack (Python, React/Next.js), with opportunities to lead product linesInfluence technical architecture, infra, and long term product visionHelp shape a rapidly scaling product used across multiple enterprise sectorsIdeal Profile:7 years of hands on software engineering experienceStrong backend skills in Python (bonus for Django)Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS or GCP)Start-up experience (0→1 or 1→10 preferred)Excellent communication and product ownership mindsetBachelor’s or higher from a top 40 U.S. universityBonus Experience:Experience building or scaling LLM based or AI driven productsFamiliarity with Kubernetes, Docker, or large scale infraPrior integration work with enterprise clientsWhy This Role?Join a real business with real revenue and a proven product already live in productionWork directly with elite founders and battle tested engineersTackle hard technical problems in AI, infra and product at scaleBe a founding team member with outsized ownership and equityHelp shape the future of AI in enterprise customer support in one of the hottest spaces right nowWork with clients ranging from fast growth tech to global platformsIf you’re excited by high-ownership roles, AI infrastructure and building at the edge of what’s possible, let’s talk.

Full Stack Engineer – AI Voice & Chat PlatformSan Francisco (Onsite Preferred)$150k – $300k Base EquitySoda is partnered with an ambitious AI driven start-up that are building the AI layer for enterprise customer support. This is not an idea stage company, they’re live, growing fast and have real traction with high value contracts and global brand recognition.They’re now hiring a Founding Engineer to help shape the future of their core platform. If you’re a strong full stack engineer with a backend focus, excited by voice/chat AI and want to help architect systems used by millions, this could be a game changer.As a Founding Engineer, you'll:Build and scale AI powered chat and voice productsTake full ownership of features from concept to deploymentContribute across the stack (Python, React/Next.js), with opportunities to lead product linesInfluence technical architecture, infra, and long term product visionHelp shape a rapidly scaling product used across multiple enterprise sectorsIdeal Profile:3 years of hands on software engineering experienceStrong backend skills in Python (bonus for Django)Frontend experience with React and/or Next.jsExperience with cloud infrastructure (AWS or GCP)Start-up experience (0→1 or 1→10 preferred)Excellent communication and product ownership mindsetBachelor’s or higher from a top 40 U.S. universityBonus Experience:Experience building or scaling LLM based or AI driven productsFamiliarity with Kubernetes, Docker, or large scale infraPrior integration work with enterprise clientsWhy This Role?Join a real business with real revenue and a proven product already live in productionWork directly with elite founders and battle tested engineersTackle hard technical problems in AI, infra and product at scaleBe a founding team member with outsized ownership and equityHelp shape the future of AI in enterprise customer support in one of the hottest spaces right nowWork with clients ranging from fast growth tech to global platformsIf you’re excited by high-ownership roles, AI infrastructure and building at the edge of what’s possible, let’s talk.

Forward Deployed Engineer - Real World AI DeploymentLocation: Onsite in San FranciscoCompensation: $150k - $300k EquitySoda is partnered with an exciting, high growth AI start-up that’s already powering millions of real world conversations for top tier enterprise clients. Backed by leading investors and built by a deeply technical founding team, this company is solving real problems with production grade agentic AI systems, not demos, not prototypes, but systems that ship.They’re now looking to hire a Forward Deployed Engineer to join their San Francisco HQ. This is a high impact, customer facing engineering role ideal for someone who loves building, thrives in fast paced environments and wants to work on AI that delivers in production.Why This Role Stands Out:Immediate ownership from day one – You’ll lead deployments with major enterprise clients, working directly with both technical and business stakeholders.Tangible impact – Your work goes straight into production, powering AI agents that automate meaningful workflows at scale.No red tape – Fast iterations, direct customer feedback and a team that values velocity and execution over process for process’s sake.Elite team – You’ll work alongside top engineers and founders with deep expertise in AI, infrastructure and systems engineering.What You’ll Be Doing:Lead customer engagements end to end – From discovery to delivery, you’ll own the technical relationship and help deploy complex AI systems into enterprise environments.Build intelligent systems – Write Python backend services, manage large-scale data, integrate with third party systems, and deploy via modern cloud infrastructure.Troubleshoot and optimize live systems – Tune models, set up guardrails, debug real time issues, and ensure reliable, high quality outputs.Influence the product – Capture customer needs, prototype new functionality, and contribute directly to the company’s roadmap.What They're Looking For:Strong software engineering skills, Python and scalable backend systemsExcellent communication skills and a desire to work directly with customersA background in CS or engineering, ideally from a top schoolA product mindset and a bias toward shippingStart-up energy, you move fast, wear multiple hats and care deeply about resultsBonus: Experience with LLMs, agentic workflows, or enterprise deploymentsWhat You’ll Get:Competitive total compensation ($150k – $300k) meaningful equityFull health, dental, and vision coverageDaily meals, snacks, and unlimited coffeeThe chance to ship cutting-edge AI systems into production environmentsA seat at the table with a world-class team building the future of applied AIInterview Process:15-min intro call1 hour live coding exerciseIn office trial day, meet the team, pair program and see how you collaborateIf you’re a high agency engineer who wants to deploy real AI in the real world, then please apply as this is an outstanding opportunity that I'd love to discuss with you.