Founding Software Engineer

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: Remote to start. We plan to establish an office in San Francisco, California, where the role will transition to on-site.

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
Competing head-to-head with two other credible platforms — and moving faster.

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 ProcessInitial screening with CEO45-minute technical interviewOnsite interview with CEO (video call for non-SF applicants)

Stock Option Plan

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