We’re building a web-based AI app builder that lets non-technical users create and deploy real applications without writing code. Our users expect things to “just work”—which means the platform underneath must be fast, reliable, and invisible.
We’re an early-stage, YC startup building a small, high-ownership founding team.
We’re hiring a Founding DevOps Engineer to own infrastructure, reliability, and operational excellence from day one. This is a staff-level role with architectural authority and long-term impact.
You’ll design systems that support AI-powered workloads, rapid iteration, and a product where non-technical users never think about infrastructure—yet can get instant help when something goes wrong.
A core differentiator of our product is a human-in-the-loop marketplace.
When a user’s app breaks or behaves unexpectedly, a vetted human developer can instantly jump into that user’s running VM, diagnose the issue, and fix it in real time—often before the user even understands what went wrong.
As a founding DevOps engineer, you will:
This system is powered by strong observability and tooling, including Sentry-style error tracking, logging, metrics, and traces that tie user-visible issues directly to infrastructure and code.
OpenBuilder is the vibe coding platform that helps non-technical builders take their ideas to production. Instead of paying for credits and getting stuck. OpenBuilder offers unlimited build credits, gets you unstuck and ready for production. It's also an open platform where you have access to all of your code from day one.
Salary
$170,000 - $220,000
Equity
1% - 2%
Location
San Francisco, CA, US
Experience
3+ years
Total raised
$2.2M
Last stage
Seed
Investors
No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.
A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.
I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.
If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.