About the role
We are looking for a Full Stack AI Engineer with 1-3 years of experience to join our small, high-impact team building AI-powered production scheduling and quoting automation for chemical manufacturing. You'll be joining a YC-backed company that just signed its first seven-figure deal with a Fortune 100 enterprise and is expanding rapidly into European markets. You should have strong product sense, be highly native with AI coding tools, and thrive in ambiguous zero-to-one environments.
What will you be doing?
- Building and shipping end-to-end AI agents that handle complex quoting, pricing, and cross-sell workflows for Fortune 100 chemical companies
- Owning core product features from frontend to backend using TypeScript, Next.js, and React, integrating with ERPs like SAP
- Handling GDPR-compliant deployments and data residency infrastructure challenges for European enterprise customers
About Poka Labs
Poka Labs builds AI-powered digital workers for the chemical and specialty manufacturing industry. From quote to shipment, leading chemical companies use Poka Labs' AI platform to automate operations and elevate customer experiences.
The company tackles a massive inefficiency in chemical manufacturing: the quoting and pricing process. A typical quote involves decoding product configurations, checking inventory, factoring in tariffs, freight, customer history, and competition. Poka Labs' AI agents do this work 24/7, turning a week-long process into five minutes. Win rates go up, margins improve, and customers grow.
Poka Labs is YC-backed (W24) with investment from Pioneer Fund, Flybridge, and Liquid 2 Ventures. The company is deployed at Fortune 100 enterprises and mid-market manufacturers, having recently closed its first seven-figure deal and expanding into European deployments with GDPR-compliant infrastructure.
Founded by Harvard HBS alumni with deep domain experience in both technology (ex-Facebook) and the chemical industry, Poka Labs is building the intelligence layer of modern manufacturing from their San Francisco office.
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Job details
Salary
$150,000 - $200,000
Equity
0.5% - 1%
Location
San Francisco, United States
Experience
1+ years
Funding
Total raised
$500K
Last stage
Seed
Investors
Founders
What happens next.
No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.
Confirm the fit
A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.
I pitch you to the company
I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.
A meeting lands on your calendar
If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.