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# Founding Engineer

- **Company:** ARA, INC.
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Computing, Programming Tools, Design of User Interfaces, Human-Computer Interaction, Integrated Development Environments, Backend, Front End Software Development
- **Published:** September 20, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/founding-engineer-san-francisco-ca--9521ca77-c583-4496-8b27-7bc5066aed47

## About the Role

Strong engineering fundamentals and a bias toward shipping

 - Experience building products end-to-end (frontend, backend, or infra)
 - Excitement about AI agents, developer tools, and the future of software
 - Comfort with ambiguity and ownership in an early-stage environment, Artificial Intelligence (AI) Agents, Cloud Computing, IDE (Integrated Development Environment), Machine Tool, Product Development, Programming Tools, Test Plan/Schedule, User Interface/Experience (UI/UX)

## Description

As a Founding Engineer, you'll be one of the first engineers at Ara. You'll own major parts of the product end-to-end, from the cloud IDE and interactive prompting to the autonomous agent that ships code on its own. You'll set the technical direction, ship daily, and directly shape both the product and the culture.
What you'll do

 - Build and own core product surfaces across the full stack
 - Design the systems that let autonomous agents write, test, and ship real code
 - Work directly with the founders and early customers to iterate fast
 - Set engineering standards, tooling, and culture as we scale the team


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