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Cadre Inc, San Francisco, California, United States, 94199

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Founding Engineer — Burnt Location:

San Francisco, CA (On-site, 6 days/week at 555 Bryant Street) Compensation:

$160k – $200k + 1.0% – 2.0% equity Visa Sponsorship:

Not available

About Burnt Burnt is reinventing supply chain software by building an

AI-powered agentic operating system , starting with one of the most complex and essential global industries: food (a $1T+ market). Traditional ERP systems like SAP and NetSuite are outdated, expensive, and rigid—Burnt is taking a new path.

Our

AI agents automate repetitive ERP-related functions , with the long-term vision of replacing legacy enterprise systems entirely.

Founded in 2023 and headquartered in San Francisco, Burnt has raised

$3.8M Seed funding

from top investors, including

Penny Jar (Steph Curry)

and

Scribble Ventures (Kevin Weil) .

We are an early-stage team ( The Role As our

first engineering hire , you’ll work directly alongside the founders to design and build the core product from scratch. This is a rare opportunity to

shape both the technical direction and company culture

from day one.

You’ll work on everything from developing and fine-tuning AI models to building customer-facing workflows and infrastructure that powers real-world operations. The work blends

technical depth with direct customer impact : one week you might be advancing LLM orchestration, and the next you could be on-site with a distributor helping automate decades-old manual processes.

Responsibilities

Build and scale production-grade AI agents and workflow systems

Collaborate with founders on product design, architecture, and roadmap

Own full-stack development, from

LLM orchestration

to

Next.js frontends

Deploy and manage systems in

AWS cloud-native infrastructure

Optimize ML models for performance, scalability, and cost-efficiency

Work directly with customers to deploy AI agents into real-world supply chains

Play a key role in

shaping team culture

and best practices as an early technical leader

Requirements Experience

2–5 years professional engineering experience, ideally in

early-stage hypergrowth startups (Seed–Series B)

Hands-on experience building and scaling

AI/ML products in production

Track record of ownership—previous founder experience or exceptional side projects a plus

Technical Skills

Proficiency in

Python

and core data science libraries

Proficiency in

Next.js

for frontend development

Strong knowledge of

AWS

and cloud-native infrastructure

Familiarity with

GPU infrastructure and model optimization

Experience with

LLM orchestration frameworks

(LangChain, LlamaIndex, etc.)

Ability to optimize small language models for scalability and efficiency

Soft Skills

Exceptional drive, competitiveness, and obsession with building great products

Strong communication and willingness to give/receive transparent feedback

Deep curiosity about supply chains and the food industry

What We Offer

Competitive salary ($160k–$200k)

Significant equity ownership (1.0%–2.0%) as a

Founding Engineer

Direct collaboration with experienced founders and top-tier investors

Opportunity to lead design of core AI systems and engineering culture

A fast-moving, hands‑on role with

high autonomy and high impact

Interview Process

Intro call with founder

Technical deep‑dive

Practical coding/architecture exercise

Final onsite discussions

Ready to reinvent supply chains with AI? Apply now to join Burnt as a Founding Engineer and help build the operating system of the future.

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