Founding Engineer

Sarah AI is the AI operations team for consumer goods brands.It runs a brand’s day-to-day supply chain, automatically managing procurement, forecasting, logistics, orders, invoicing, and cashflow through simple chat commands in Slack, Teams, WhatsApp or Email.It replaces hours of manual work done by ops teams using spreadsheets and ERPs, allowing CPG businesses to focus on growth, not supply chain.Over time, Sarah AI will evolve into the AI-native operating system for CPG brands, replacing legacy ERPs with a unified system of action that actually runs the business🖊️Apply Here📈 Traction & Credibility💰 £1M Pre‑Seed led by Top Tier VC🚀 Secured admission to Y Combinator (W26) - you’ll be coming with us!Team:Chris Kong, CEO & Co-Founder — 2× founder; ex‑CEO at Better Nature (leading pan‑EU alt‑protein brand); Forbes 30 Under 30Dirk Breeuwer, CTO & Co-Founder — ex‑Google Data, Analytics & AI Lead, 9+ yrs shipping & scaling AI systemsYou 🫵🧩 Ideal Founding Engineer ProfileMust have:3 to 8 years of end-to-end software development (or proof of exceptional talent)Proven ability to design, build, and deploy complex production systems from scratchHands-on experience across the whole stack (frontend + backend + infra)Strong CS fundamentals, fast learner, curiosity for real-world ops problemsWe love candidates with:Early-stage or founding engineer experienceExperience building distributed systems and/or workflow orchestration (Temporal, Camunda)Strong Data and AI skillset (OCR, NLP, agentic workflows)Background in ERP, retail, or CPGTraits We Value:Curiosity — learns and experiments fastSystems thinking — connects data, architecture, and business logicBuilder mindset — ships 0 to 1 systems from scratchPragmatism — knows when to ship vs. refactorOwnership & autonomy — thrives in ambiguityClarity & collaboration — writes clean design docs and PRsBias for simplicity — elegant systems > clever hacks🏗️ Architecture & Tech StackBackend: Node.js, PythonFrontend: React/Next.jsWorkflow: Central orchestrator (Saga style) with Temporal for durable executionMessaging: Kafka/RabbitMQ; transactional outbox; idempotent actionsData: PostgreSQL, Redis; normalized schemas; schema‑versioned pipelinesAI/ML: OCR & doc parsing (DeepseekOCR/Tesseract/PaddleOCR/Doc AI), LLM‑assisted extraction & entity resolution (embeddings + fuzzy + human‑in‑the‑loop), policy compiler (CEL/OPA)Cloud/DevOps: GCP (Cloud Run/Functions), Docker/K8s, Terraform, GitHub ActionsSecurity/Observability: RBAC, encrypted secrets, immutable audit log, OpenTelemetry, Prometheus/Grafana🌍 Why JoinBuild the next-generation agentic system of action: Create autonomous systems that run entire supply chains, parsing messy PDFs and emails, forecasting demand, sending invoices, routing shipments, and managing real money.Engineer trust at scale: Design safety-critical infrastructure with true reliability - idempotency, compensations, exception handling, and audit-grade transparency - the backbone that lets brands hand over their operations to AI.0 to 1 ownership: Join at inception; shape architecture, product, and culture with direct customer exposure and founder collaboration.Cutting-edge tech stack: TypeScript · Python · NodeJS · React/Next.js · Temporal · Kafka · PostgreSQL · Redis · GCP · Docker/K8s · OCR · LLMs.Culture of excellence: We believe excellence is built in the details - in the “mundane” things done exceptionally well. Like Olympic teams, we treat habits, systems, and small improvements as our competitive edge. The difference between good and world-class isn’t effort alone, but how we work: precise, consistent, and always improving.💰 CompensationCash: £90-120K p.a. baseEquity: At least 2% with the possibility to increase depending on performance