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Founding Engineer | Sidecar AI

full-time
Posted on July 2, 2025

Job Description

Founding Engineer

Job Summary

We are seeking an exceptional Founding Engineer to join our team in Bangalore. This is a unique opportunity for someone with a strong technical background and early-stage startup experience. The ideal candidate is an innovative, resourceful, and entrepreneurial engineer ready to help build and shape our next-generation AI and technology products. Your contributions will be critical in defining our product roadmap, architecting cutting-edge solutions, and establishing our technology foundation.

Responsibilities

  • Product Development: Lead the design, development, and implementation of innovative products with an emphasis on AI domains such as voice AI, vision AI, and fine-tuning models at the layer level.
  • Technical Strategy: Collaborate with the founding team to define the product vision and technology roadmap, making key architectural and strategic decisions.
  • Project Delivery: Bring forward active contributions with demonstrable projects on GitHub, participate in hackathons, and drive research initiatives.
  • Integration & Innovation: Develop and enhance browser extensions and other tech prototypes while integrating frameworks like Langchain and Langraph into product solutions.
  • Mentorship & Culture: Foster a startup culture of creativity, rigorous problem-solving, and technical excellence by mentoring team members and setting high standards.

Qualifications

  • Educational Background: Preference for candidates from premier institutes (IIT, IIIT) with degrees in Computer Science, Electronics, Electrical Engineering, or related fields.
  • Technical Skills: Proficiency in Python and TypeScript with a proven record of developing and deploying AI-driven solutions.
  • Open Source & Community Engagement: A strong GitHub profile with active projects, participation in GSOC, ACM ICPC, hackathons, and contributions to research papers.
  • Domain Expertise: Hands-on experience with modern AI technologies including context-aware frameworks (Langraph/Langchain), voice AI solutions, and advanced fine-tuning techniques.
  • Development Skills: Experience building browser extensions and working on vision AI projects.

Preferred Skills

  • Exposure to founding teams or holding an ex-founder experience in a startup environment.
  • Demonstrated ability to innovate and operate in fast-paced environments.
  • Additional experience in prestigious hackathons or high-impact engineering projects is a plus.

Experience

  • 2-7 Years: Proven track record as an early-stage startup founder or as a key founding team member with significant engineering contributions.

Environment

  • Location: Bangalore.
  • Work Setting: Dynamic, startup environment with a strong emphasis on innovation, collaboration, and rapid growth.
  • CTC: Offered as per market standards.

GrowthOpportunities

  • Opportunity to evolve into a senior leadership role (such as CTO) as the company scales.
  • Significant equity and impact within an innovative, fast-growing company.
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