Founding Engineer (AI)

TL;DR

Founding Engineer (AI): Building an AI-powered evidence layer for e-commerce by transforming buyer video into structured product data with an accent on full-stack development and Shopify integration. Focus on scaling customer onboarding, productizing workflows, and building reliable AI extraction pipelines.

Location: Must currently be based in the Bay Area. Hybrid role; relocation is not an option.

Company

hirify.global is an AI-backed startup building a verified buyer video platform that integrates with commerce storefronts to drive conversion through structured, AI-generated product evidence.

What you will do

• Build and maintain features across the full stack, including Shopify apps, storefront widgets, and AI extraction pipelines.
• Harden live Shopify app and storefront integrations to ensure stability across OS 2.0 and legacy themes.
• Extend mobile web creator upload flows using Mux.
• Develop internal tools to automate the transformation of raw buyer video into structured product evidence.
• Optimize self-serve tooling to scale merchant onboarding and reduce founder involvement.

Requirements

• Must be based in the Bay Area, California.
• Proven track record of shipping full-stack code to production.
• Strong grasp of performance, reliability, and security with a focus on product/UX judgment.
• Experience as an AI-native builder, utilizing agentic tools like Cursor or Claude Code to ship production code.
• Ability to debug AI-generated outputs and maintain quality through robust testing, CI/CD, and observability.
• Comfortable thriving in a high-ambiguity, small-team startup environment.

Nice to have

• Experience with Shopify app or theme integration.
• Experience with embedded widgets or SDKs in third-party environments.
• Familiarity with video processing pipelines like Mux.
• Strong background in experimentation, analytics, and event design.

Culture & Benefits

• Backed by AI Fund and Andrew Ng with significant venture funding.
• Opportunity to work on a founding team at a high-growth startup.
• Ownership over critical technical infrastructure.
• Fast-paced environment focused on rapid product iteration and impact.