Pear VC
About Known:
Known is a stealth consumer AI startup on a mission to build our generation's personal AI co-pilot.
An assistant that blurs the line between digital and real life, we can book anything for you while helping you forge deeper connections IRL.
We're starting with dating because it's the clearest, highest-pain-point wedge to learn who you are and rapidly expand into every facet of your social relationships.
In 10 days, our Stanford team raised a 7-figure pre-seed round not just for a "better dating app" but because this is a once-in-a-generation social data play built on understanding and trust.
We move at breakneck speed. If you aren't shipping features faster than your coffee cools, we might not be a fit.
About the Role:
Join Known as a Founding Engineer and supercharge your career by 2-3 years in just months. You'll be one of the first founding technical hires, working shoulder-to-shoulder with our CTO.
Career rocket fuel:
As an early engineer, you'll hold meaningful equity, co-define Wist's entire tech stack, and recruit and mentor future engineers. If you want to lead a 10+ person engineering org within months, this is your fast lane.
If any of this sounds like where you want to take your career, let's meet.
What You'll Do:
Known is a stealth consumer AI startup on a mission to build our generation's personal AI co-pilot.
An assistant that blurs the line between digital and real life, we can book anything for you while helping you forge deeper connections IRL.
We're starting with dating because it's the clearest, highest-pain-point wedge to learn who you are and rapidly expand into every facet of your social relationships.
In 10 days, our Stanford team raised a 7-figure pre-seed round not just for a "better dating app" but because this is a once-in-a-generation social data play built on understanding and trust.
We move at breakneck speed. If you aren't shipping features faster than your coffee cools, we might not be a fit.
About the Role:
Join Known as a Founding Engineer and supercharge your career by 2-3 years in just months. You'll be one of the first founding technical hires, working shoulder-to-shoulder with our CTO.
Career rocket fuel:
- You will be a top 0.01% expert in AI
- Master the art of building a startup from day one.
- Own equity, drive architecture, and build your dream team.
As an early engineer, you'll hold meaningful equity, co-define Wist's entire tech stack, and recruit and mentor future engineers. If you want to lead a 10+ person engineering org within months, this is your fast lane.
If any of this sounds like where you want to take your career, let's meet.
What You'll Do:
- Own Python (FastAPI) APIs, ML/LLM integrations, React/TypeScript front-ends, and secure data pipelines
- Scale systems efficiently and reliably
- Shape product & architecture alongside our CTO
- Passion for consumer-tech and/or social apps that truly delight users
- Ship fast and fix things even faster
- Have experience building full-stack systems spanning backend, frontend, and data infrastructure
- Deployed ML models or integrated LLMs into real products
- Comfortable scaling systems across performance, reliability, and infrastructure dimensions
- Education in Computer Science, Engineering or related
- Experience in full stack software engineering with AI/ML
- Flexible opinions on tech stack and are eager to learn quickly
- Sick office in the heart of SF (trust us, it's jaw dropping)
- Free lunches and bougie espresso machine in office
- Team retreats, happy hours, and dinners
- Base salary: $90k - $120k
- Real Equity