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.