Head of Engineering - Founding Team Member
About the job
- End-to-end production owner: you design, ship, operate, and debug; you close loops fast
- Strong fundamentals: performance, reliability, security, and product/UX judgment (especially on conversion-sensitive surfaces)
- AI-native builder: you ship production code with agentic tools (Cursor, Claude Code, Codex CLI, similar)
- You use AI for speed, keep quality high with tests/CI/observability, and can debug when AI output is wrong
- Thrive in ambiguity and a very small-team environment
- We ship primarily in TypeScript today, but we prioritize fundamentals and AI-native
- Own the codebase and technical direction: architecture, quality bar, shipping cadence, production reliability
- Own and evolve a live Shopify app and storefront integration, hardening it across OS 2.0 and legacy theme realities with safe rollouts and easy rollback
- Extend the mobile web creator upload flow with Mux: QR → prompt → record/upload → consent → submit
- Turn content readiness from manual workflows into product: review/approve/publish, SKU mapping, internal tooling to automation
- Shopify apps/theme integration experience, or embedded widget/SDK experience in hostile third-party environments
- Video pipeline familiarity (Mux or similar)
- Experimentation/analytics rigor: clean event design, integrity checks, debugging
About the company
AI Fund is a venture studio that creates and launches AI-based companies. It partners with innovators and tech pioneers to develop startups that apply artificial intelligence to solve problems in fields such as manufacturing, mental health, maritime shipping, and education. It acts as a minor co-founder, offering resources, strategic guidance, and investment to help entrepreneurs move ideas from concept to reality quickly. Unlike traditional funds, it builds companies around AI-enabled business models and shares equity stakes in the ventures it helps create and grow. Its goal is to advance practical AI applications and drive meaningful impact by helping early-stage startups scale and succeed.
Company Size
51-200
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
$437M
Headquarters
Palo Alto, California
Founded
2017
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- IrisGo raised $2.8 million in May 2026 with Acer preinstalled, proving hardware distribution.
- LearnVector announced July 28, 2026, backed by Coursera's $100 million, expanding AI Fund reach.
- AI Fund backed Netail's February 2026 Series A and BizTrip AI's pre-seed, keeping pipeline active.
What critics are saying
- Andrew Ng’s July 2026 LearnVector launch splits attention from AI Fund’s portfolio oversight.
- AI Fund’s model depends on continuous founder recruitment; weak markets stall new studio creations quickly.
- Hyperscalers ship bundled copilots faster than studio startups, crushing narrow product wedges within months.
What makes AI Fund unique
- Andrew Ng combines AI Fund with LearnVector and Coursera ties, closing founder-to-distribution loops.
- AI Fund co-founds companies from zero, not just writing checks, compressing pre-seed execution.
- IrisGo’s Acer preloads show AI Fund turns prototypes into OEM-shipped products quickly.
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Benefits
- Health Insurance
- Wellness Program
- Professional Development Budget
- Paid Vacation
- 401(k) Company Match
- Remote Work Options