Senior Founding Engineer, Distributed Systems & AI-Powered Inventory Platform

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AI Summary

Design and build the core distributed systems for an AI-driven wholesale distributor, architecting durable execution platforms, workflow engines, and data foundations for real-time inventory transactions. Lead technical decisions, set engineering standards, and mentor early team members while collaborating directly with buyers and suppliers. Requires deep expertise in distributed systems, durable execution, and scalable backend engineering with 5–15 years of experience.

Key Highlights

Architect and build a durable-execution platform for AI agents handling real inventory transactions, orders, and money movements

Design foundational data systems for entity resolution, SKU management, pricing discovery, and purchase-order lifecycle

Own technical decisions from storage/OLAP to service boundaries, with hands-on coding and mentorship of early team

Key Responsibilities

Design and implement a durable-execution platform for long-running agent workflows, retries, idempotency, state management, and failure recovery at scale

Build data and service foundations for entity resolution, SKU/product substitution, pricing discovery, and full purchase-order lifecycle management

Make foundational technical decisions (storage, OLAP, service boundaries) and write core system code

Set engineering standards and mentor the early team as the company scales

Collaborate directly with buyers and suppliers to ensure systems align with real-world industry workflows

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Technical Skills Required

Distributed Systems Durable Execution/Workflow Engines Backend Engineering

Benefits & Perks

$200K–$300K base + founding equity

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Visa sponsorship (H-1B, TN)

On-site in San Francisco (5 days/week)

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Nice to Have

Experience with Temporal or similar durable execution/workflow engines

Time at top-tier engineering companies (e.g., Stripe, Databricks) or AI labs (e.g., OpenAI, Anthropic)

Previous founding role in engineering

Experience with event-driven systems or large-scale data pipelines

Job Description

Senior Founding Engineer, Distributed Systems | Kleiner Perkins-backed startup building an AI that buys and sells inventory | San Francisco (on-site, 5 days) | $200K–$300K base + founding equity

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