Founding Full-Stack Engineer – AI Wearables & Real-Time Apps
Founding full-stack engineer building the product and infrastructure layer for a wearable AI platform: real-time video/data pipelines, backend APIs, and customer-facing web/mobile apps using React and React Native. Fully on-site in the SF Bay Area (starting in Burlingame, later San Francisco).
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- San Francisco, California, United States
- Work setup
- Onsite
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- 2+ years
- Category
- Fullstack
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Approximately 2-5 years of professional software engineering experience
- Demonstrated full-stack engineering capability across frontend and backend systems
- Hands-on experience with React and/or React Native
- Experience shipping scalable products used by real customers
- Exposure to real-time, low-latency, streaming, edge, wearable, or hardware-connected systems
- Strong product ownership and ability to work effectively in an early-stage environment
- Must be able to work in the United States (sponsorship only for candidates already in the US; no new petitions from abroad)
Nice to have
- Relevant background in real-time video and streaming platforms
- Relevant background in wearables and connected devices
- Relevant background in robotics or autonomous systems
- Relevant background in edge computing and hardware-constrained applications
- Relevant background in high-growth early-stage software products
Full description
SF Bay Area, California | Fully On-site
We are seeking a Founding Full-Stack Engineer – Real-Time AI & Wearables to build the product and infrastructure layer around an advanced wearable AI platform used in real-world industrial environments.
The Opportunity
You will work across the full product stack, from real-time video and data pipelines to backend services and the user-facing application. The environment requires strong engineering judgment around latency, connectivity, scalability, and hardware integration.
Key Responsibilities
- Build real-time video and data pipelines connecting wearable devices with AI systems.
- Design systems that operate under tight latency requirements and unreliable connectivity.
- Develop backend APIs, application services, and data infrastructure.
- Build customer-facing web and mobile experiences.
- Work with React and React Native, including integrations with native device capabilities.
- Own features and systems end to end from architecture through production deployment.
Required Qualifications
- Approximately 2 to 5 years of professional software engineering experience.
- Demonstrated full-stack engineering capability across frontend and backend systems.
- Hands-on experience with React and/or React Native.
- Experience shipping scalable products used by real customers.
- Exposure to real-time, low-latency, streaming, edge, wearable, or hardware-connected systems.
- Strong product ownership and ability to work effectively in an early-stage environment.
Relevant Backgrounds
- Real-time video and streaming platforms.
- Wearables and connected devices.
- Robotics or autonomous systems.
- Edge computing and hardware-constrained applications.
- High-growth early-stage software products.
Work Arrangement
This is a fully on-site opportunity in the San Francisco Bay Area, initially based in Burlingame and later transitioning to San Francisco.
Work Authorization
Candidates must be able to work in the United States. Certain sponsorship and visa-transfer scenarios may be supported for candidates already physically located in the United States. Applications requiring a new petition from abroad cannot currently be supported.