Job Overview
Job description
- Salary:
- USD 130,000 - 280,000 per year
- Location:
- San Francisco, United States
- Work arrangement:
- On-site
Role Summary
We are looking for founding software engineers to help us build the core systems behind Simple AI’s voice agents. You will work across product to make our agents faster, more reliable, and more capable in real production environments.
This is a high-ownership engineering role. You will ship customer-facing features, improve latency and reliability, build internal tools, debug complex edge cases, and help us scale the platform as customer demand grows.
We are a small team, so engineers here work close to the product and close to customers. You should be excited to move fast, own large parts of the system, and build technology that directly impacts revenue for businesses using Simple.
Requirements
- 4+ years of relevant work experience.
- Strong problem-solving skills and enthusiasm for addressing technical challenges.
- A customer-first mindset with strong communication skills and interest in product design and prioritization.
- Self-motivated and able to work independently.
- Passion about learning and keeping up with latest AI advancements.
NICE TO HAVE
- Previous experience with prompt engineering or working with AI/LLM-based platforms.
- Experience as an early-stage startup engineer or founder.
- Experience with TypeScript, React, Python, Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, AWS.
IF YOU ARE EXCITED TO SHAPE THE VISUAL IDENTITY OF A FAST-GROWING AI COMPANY, WE WOULD LOVE TO CHAT.
Benefits
- Competitive salary & meaningful equity
- Employee-friendly equity terms
- An office located in SF
- Health, dental & vision insurance
- Free lunch & dinner at the office
- Commute Assistance
- Regular team events & offsites
About the Company
ABOUT SIMPLE
Simple AI http: //usesimple.ai is building state of the art voice AI agents for enterprise. Our realistic agents help iconic businesses like Doordash, xAI, and Omaha Steaks handle all kinds of phone operations, from customer support to order intake to lead qualifications. We are growing revenue like crazy and looking to hire a couple founding software engineers to help us stay afloat of current customer demand and also build out systems for the future. We are very excited about the potential for AI to change the world, and work out of our SF based office.
Simple AI raised $14M from world-class investors and operators like Y Combinator, First Harmonic, Massive Tech Ventures, Michael Seibel, Jared Friedman, Alexandr Wang, Matt Van Horn, Suhail Doshi, and Scott Wu.
The founders (Catheryn https: //www.linkedin.com/in/catherynli/ and Zach https://www.linkedin.com/in/zach-kamran/) met while running software teams at YC, where they shipped tons of new products for YC founders, including YC’s co-founder matching site. Cat previously worked at Instagram and Facebook and earned degrees in math and computer science at MIT. Zach previously studied computer science and statistics at U Chicago and led software at PEAK6.
- Role:
- Software Engineer
- Job Type:
- FullTime
Company profile
Simple AI
usesimple.aiSimple AI builds voice AI phone agents for enterprises that can be deployed in days and handle thousands of calls at once with human-like conversations. Its agents support phone operations from customer support to order intake and lead qualification, and guide, recommend and upsell to turn customer interactions into revenue. Simple started inside Y Combinator, built its voice stack from the ground up, was founded in San Francisco and works with businesses such as Doordash, xAI and Omaha Steaks.
