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Variant

Variant

Creative intelligence

San Francisco
5 employees
Engineering, Product and Design
Pre-seed · $500K
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About Variant

Creative intelligence

Open positions (4)

Founding Frontend Engineer (Staff)

Full-time
San Francisco, CA
$180k – $235k
0.1% - 1.25% equity

Applied Researcher

Full-time
San Francisco, CA
$150k – $300k
0.5% - 1.75% equity

Founding Agentic Backend Engineer (Senior / Staff)

Full-time
San Francisco, CA
$180k – $235k
0.1% - 1.25% equity

Storyteller (Short-form)

Full-time
San Francisco, CA
$110k – $150k
0.1% - 0.5% equity

Company details

Team Size5
LocationSan Francisco
IndustryEngineering, Product and Design

Funding

Total raised

$500K

Last stage

Pre-seed

Investors

Y Combinator
Kindred Ventures
TTranspose Platform Management

Founders

Daniel Bulhosa Solorzano

Daniel Bulhosa Solorzano

Formerly led simulation & testing for emergency vehicle, human controlling traffic, and school bus interactions at Cruise. Worked on generative AI for simulating road actor behavior in the same. Previously led machine learning at the Square Ecommerce team, where he built the ML features of the Photo Studio mobile app and the PDF to catalog importer feature.

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Benjamin South Lee

Benjamin South Lee

Building Variant. Formerly founded two companies which were acquired by Postmates, where I was VP of Product Design, and Avara, where I was SVP of Product and Design. Experiments: bensouth.com

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What happens next.

No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.

01

Confirm the fit

A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.

02

I pitch you to the company

I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.

03

A meeting lands on your calendar

If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.