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janitorAI

Platform enabling AI-assisted immersive storytelling

Member of Technical Staff

Full-Time
No salary listed
Mid
San Francisco, CA, USA
In Person
Software EngineeringFull-Stack Engineering

About the job

Requirements
  • Experience with TypeScript, React, or websocket systems is helpful but not required.
  • Ability to turn vague ideas into products that people value.
  • Ability to ship quickly and refine product details after launch.
Responsibilities
  • Ship product features end to end across the frontend, application programming interface, and related systems.
  • Build creation tools including character editors, story tools, and chat.
  • Investigate and resolve performance problems across rendering, data, and inference systems.
  • Write code for user-facing interactive entertainment products.
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience with TypeScript, React, or websocket systems.

About the company

janitorAI is a platform that helps creators build immersive worlds and readers discover living stories. It blends human creativity with AI-enabled tools to co-create and explore dynamic stories that respond to reader input. The product works by providing creators with AI-assisted writing and world-building features alongside a space to publish and share living narratives, while readers can engage with stories that adapt and evolve. It differentiates itself from competitors by emphasizing the collaboration between human storytellers and AI to produce living, interactive narratives rather than static content. The goal is to make storytelling more collaborative and interactive, turning ideas into living worlds that evolve with reader participation.

Company Size

11-50

Company Stage

Seed

Total Funding

$3M

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

2023

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What believers are saying

  • Khosla Ventures led Janitor's May 2025 Series A, validating investor conviction.
  • The mobile app drove over 4.2 million downloads in its first 30 days.
  • JLLM V2 and NVIDIA B200 clusters promise stronger retention and monetization.

What critics are saying

  • June 24, 2026 Janitor+ paywall sparked backlash over $12.99 pricing and bot deletions.
  • April 24 and June 15, 2026 age checks in Australia, Brazil, and UK restrict growth.
  • NSFW dependence makes app-store policy changes an existential distribution risk.

What makes janitorAI unique

  • Janitor AI owns a massive roleplay community, with 15 million users by May 2026.
  • The February 7, 2026 iOS and Android app expanded access beyond browsers.
  • Project Multiverse and Public Chats deepen creator-driven, social character experiences.

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Benefits

  • Remote Work Options

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