Full-Time

Software Development Engineer

Fullstack

Posted on 5/7/2026

AI Fund

AI Fund

11-50 employees

Venture studio launching AI-based startups

Compensation Overview

$190k - $220k/yr

Mountain View, CA, USA

In Person

On-site at Mountain View HQ; daily in-office work required.

Category
Software Engineering (1)
Required Skills
Kubernetes
Express.js
Microsoft Azure
FastAPI
Python
NoSQL
Software Testing
SQL
Docker
AWS
Next.js
Flask
DevOps
Google Cloud Platform
Requirements
  • 5+ years of experience in software development, with a strong backend / full-stack engineering background
  • Fluency with agentic coding tools (Claude Code, Codex or equivalent). Experience writing effective specs, managing repo context, and reviewing/verifying agent output
  • Expertise in backend development, with proficiency in Python and/or Node.js and modern web frameworks like FastAPI, Flask, Express.js, Next.js
  • Strong software architecture skills, with experience designing and scaling distributed systems and cloud-based applications
  • Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes for containerization and orchestration
  • Database expertise, including SQL, NoSQL, and data streaming solutions
  • Experience working with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure
  • Proficiency in software engineering best practices, including code reviews, unit testing, CI/CD pipelines, and system design
  • Experience mentoring engineers and contributing to team-wide technical direction
  • Strong communication skills, with the ability to translate technical challenges into business impact
  • Proven track record of leading fullstack projects
Responsibilities
  • Being a driving force for the team's agentic coding practice - establishing patterns for spec-driven development, context engineering, and multi-agent orchestration that compound team output
  • Owning and defining architecture for AI-powered applications and services, ensuring scalability, security, and maintainability across teams
  • Designing, developing, and deploying backend infrastructure and AI services with a focus on high availability, performance, and reliability
  • Leading cross-functional initiatives, collaborating with Machine Learning Engineers, Product Managers, and other teams to align technical solutions with business needs
  • Driving innovation by making strategic technical decisions, setting best practices, and mentoring engineers to elevate the team’s technical bar
  • Improving developer experience by building internal tooling, streamlining workflows, and optimizing deployment pipelines
  • Ensuring seamless data flow, building high-throughput, secure, and scalable data pipelines to support AI model training and deployment
  • Championing best practices in software engineering, ensuring high-quality code, rigorous testing, and well-documented design decisions
Desired Qualifications
  • Familiarity with Stripe, subscription management
  • Exposure to computer vision, LLMs, or multimodal AI applications
  • Experience with developer-facing products and building intuitive APIs

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

11-50

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

$425.3M

Headquarters

Palo Alto, California

Founded

2017

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Led $2.8M IrisGo.AI seed; Acer pre-loads software globally.
  • Portfolio spans maritime, mental health, education via AI applications.
  • IrisGo.AI targets 1M daily users, $2M ARR by end-2026.

What critics are saying

  • AI.FUND diverts European AI founders from AI Fund deal flow.
  • Menlo's $100M Anthology Fund poaches talent with Anthropic access.
  • IrisGo.AI Series A by June 2026 dilutes AI Fund's stake.

What makes AI Fund unique

  • AI Fund acts as minor co-founder in venture studio model.
  • Andrew Ng founded AI Fund with $370M backing from Sequoia, NEA.
  • Founder in Residence program validates ideas rapidly with domain CEOs.

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