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Founding Engineertrygravity.ai • Santa Clara, California, United States
Founding Engineer

Founding Engineer

trygravity.ai • Santa Clara, California, United States
1 day ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

Please read in full : As a founding engineer, you’ll work across our entire stack to build and scale our contextual advertising network for AI tools. You’ll have significant influence over technical direction and full autonomy. Our immediate priority is backend engineering, but full-stack experience is a strong bonus.

Compensation and what we offer :

  • Salary Range : $150,000 - $300,000 USD, depending on experience and scope of contribution
  • Equity : Ranging from $100,000 - $300,000 USD based on experience and contribution
  • Location : Onsite at our spacious office in San Francisco, California.

Company Background

  • Gravity is an advertising network for AI chat
  • Enables advertisers to embed ads in relevant conversations
  • Ads write themselves using AI
  • Launched 3 months ago
  • 16M users on installed platforms
  • $500M / year advertiser spend waiting to onboard
  • Delivered impressions scaling 10x MoM as we connect supply with demand
  • Responsibilities

    As a founding engineer, you’ll be working on :

  • Building and scaling core infrastructure
  • Solving novel technical and product challenges with high ambiguity
  • Driving technical direction with high ownership and autonomy
  • What We’re Looking For

  • Solving problems with the end user in mind
  • Full-stack development experience
  • Strong problem-solving ability in ambiguous technical / product areas
  • Experience building and scaling distributed systems
  • Practical experience with LLMs and AI infrastructure
  • Proven track record of ownership and autonomous execution
  • Strong communication skills
  • Why Join Us

  • Solve cutting-edge advertising challenges with AI
  • Shape the future of generative advertising
  • Operate in a flat hierarchy with high ownership and autonomy
  • Competitive compensation and equity
  • Be part of a small, talented, fast-moving founding team in San Francisco
  • Interview Process

  • Initial screening with CEO
  • 45-minute technical interview
  • Onsite interview with CEO (video call for non-SF applicants)
  • Please email your application to with the subject line

    Joining Gravity - [Your Name]

    Include :
  • Your resume
  • A short introduction about yourself
  • Any relevant links, such as GitHub, portfolio, or past projects that show your work
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