Founding engineer (Backend + AI)

Remote
Full-time
Visa Sponsorship

About the role

Introduction

Do you like testing? If not, you’re not alone—no engineer enjoys doing it. That’s why we’re building the most advanced AI agents for UI automation at Narrative.

Our goal is to help save engineering time while improving the quality of the products companies ship. Our agents can generate test plans, automate browser testing, and dynamically adapt to evolving products—all without requiring any code.

We are a YC backed startup looking for a founding engineer (Backend and AI) to help build amazing product for our customers.

Team

  • Suchit (CEO): ex-Uber Freight, Palantir, Thumbtack, Crew
  • Kiran Kumar (HoE): WeWork, MediBuddy
  • Shivam (Founding eng): ex-Matter.AI
  • Naman (Founding eng): ex-Petavue
  • Srayash (Intern): IITG

Benefits

  1. Work in IST hours.
  2. A+ engineering culture.
  3. Build cutting edge AI product from the ground up.
  4. Gain hands-on exposure to fundraising, scaling, hiring, and finding PMF.
  5. Competitive salary ($36k-$60k) + esop ($15k-$75k).

Requirements

  1. Expert in Python.
  2. 4+ years of experience in startups.
  3. Located in Bangalore.
  4. Okay to work 6 days a week (1 day in office).
  5. Built customer facing features.

Interview process

  1. Intro call with Suchit (30mins)
  2. Technical interview with eng team (2hrs)
  3. Work together (2 days)
  4. Final offer

If you are interested in this role, please send me a message starting with NARRATIVE_YC and share 1 project that have you worked on recently. No need to include anything else.

About Narrative

AI agents for end-to-end testing

Required skills

Python

Interested?

Let me introduce you to the founders.

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Job details

Salary

$36 - $60

Equity

0.1% - 0.5%

Location

Remote

Experience

3+ years

Company

NameNarrative
IndustryEngineering, Product and Design
Team Size5

Funding

Total raised

$4.5M

Last stage

Seed

Investors

Y Combinator
Rebel Fund
IIA Seed Ventures

Founders

AK

Akshit Khurana

Co-Founder & CTO

Suchit Dubey

Suchit Dubey

Co-Founder & CEO

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.