Founding Engineer

San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Visa Sponsorship

About the role

We are looking for a founding engineer who wants to build deeply technical AI systems in one of the most important and regulated industries in the world.

You will work directly with the founders to:

  • Build agentic workflows for clinical trial automation
  • Design reliable systems for document ingestion, data transformation, validation, and auditability
  • Own core product surfaces across frontend, backend, data infrastructure, and AI orchestration
  • Work closely with clinical teams to turn messy real-world workflows into production software
  • Ship quickly while maintaining the rigor required for regulated healthcare environments

You might be a fit if you:

  • Are an exceptional full-stack or backend engineer
  • Care about building reliable, production-grade AI systems and can/have integrated into legacy systems in the past
  • Move fast, take ownership, and like ambiguous technical problems
  • Are excited by using AI to automate healthcare, clinical trials, or regulated data workflows
  • Want to join at the earliest stage and help define the engineering culture

We care less about credentials and more about raw ability, taste, speed, and ownership. This is a high-agency founding role for someone who wants to build category-defining software.

About Astraea

AI Operating System for Clinical Development

Required skills

React
TypeScript
Prompt Engineering
AI Agents
LangChain

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Job details

Salary

$150,000 - $300,000

Equity

0.5% - 2%

Location

San Francisco, CA

Experience

0+ years

Company

NameAstraea
IndustryB2B
Team Size2

Funding

Last stage

Seed

Investors

Y Combinator

Founders

Joshua Wang

Joshua Wang

Co-founder & CEO

LinkedIn
Sanmay Sarada

Sanmay Sarada

Co-founder & CTO

LinkedIn

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.