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Join Our Innovative TeamAt Valerie Health, we are revolutionizing the healthcare landscape for independent provider groups through advanced AI technology. Our mission is to enhance patient-provider communication, improve care delivery, and streamline operations to achieve unprecedented efficiencies in the healthcare sector.Why Now is the Perfect Time to Join Us:Leadership: Our team is led by industry veterans Pete Shalek and Nitin Joshi, both of whom have impressive backgrounds in health tech and scaling operations.Growth Potential: We are collaborating with top independent specialty groups across the U.S., automating thousands of tasks monthly and experiencing over 50% month-over-month growth with an exceptional 300% net revenue retention.Investment Backing: With $39 million raised from prestigious investors like Redpoint Ventures and General Catalyst, we are poised for rapid expansion.Our Technical Innovations Include:Vision models to analyze unstructured healthcare data and establish a comprehensive clinical ontology.Advanced language and speech models for empathetic communication with patients through text and voice.LLM-based workflows seamlessly integrated with EMRs.Robotic Process Automation (RPA) and desktop automation to unify fragmented and legacy systems.Your Role as a Founding Engineer:As a founding engineer, you will play a pivotal role in establishing the technological backbone of Valerie Health. You will be integral in driving our product development, from conception to scaling, while leading the design and implementation of a robust backend infrastructure, building AI models across diverse applications (OCR, Voice, LLM, RPA) utilizing Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback (RLHF), and crafting exceptional user experiences.

Valerie Health is hiring a Founding Recruiter based in San Francisco. This early team member will play a key part in shaping how the company finds and brings on new talent. Role overview This position centers on identifying, attracting, and onboarding skilled professionals who align with Valerie Health’s mission to deliver innovative health solutions. As one of the first recruiters at the company, you will help lay the groundwork for future hiring practices and set the tone for talent acquisition. What you will do Source and engage candidates for a range of roles supporting Valerie Health’s growth Guide candidates through the hiring process from initial contact to onboarding Collaborate with leadership to understand hiring needs and priorities Location This role is based in San Francisco, California.

About Valerie HealthValerie Health is revolutionizing the healthcare landscape by serving as the AI-driven front office for independent provider groups. We are committed to transforming how independent practices function by leveraging cutting-edge AI technology to enhance patient-provider communication, improve care delivery, and achieve remarkable operational efficiencies that redefine industry standards.Why Join Us?Leadership: Our team is spearheaded by industry veterans such as Pete Shalek (two-time health tech entrepreneur with successful exits, including a $600M acquisition by Optum) and Nitin Joshi (who played a pivotal role in scaling platforms like Uber Eats + Health and Stripe Connect). Our team comprises experts from top-tier organizations such as Uber, Stripe, and Snowflake.Growth Potential: We collaborate with leading independent specialty groups across the U.S., automating countless tasks each month and experiencing an impressive growth rate of over 50% month-over-month, alongside a remarkable 300% net revenue retention.Financial Backing: We have successfully raised $39 million from prestigious investors including Redpoint Ventures, General Catalyst, Primary Ventures, and BoxGroup.Role OverviewAs an Account Executive at Valerie Health, you will be pivotal in driving our growth by delivering transformative AI solutions to independent practices nationwide. You will manage the entire sales process—from prospecting and qualification to product demonstrations, negotiations, and closing deals—while collaborating closely with our Customer Strategy team to ensure smooth transitions and sustained customer satisfaction.The ideal candidate should possess a solid track record in healthcare technology sales, a deep understanding of the operational hurdles faced by independent practices, and a passion for thriving in dynamic, high-growth startup settings. This is an opportunity to join us at a critical juncture where your contributions will directly influence our market strategy and revenue growth trajectory.Key ResponsibilitiesDrive New Business: Take ownership of quarterly revenue targets by cultivating leads, conducting discovery calls, delivering product presentations, and successfully closing deals with independent practices.Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with our Customers and Operations teams to ensure seamless onboarding, communicate customer feedback to the Product team, and contribute to refining messaging and positioning in partnership with Marketing.Enhance Sales Strategies: Continuously improve the sales approach based on market feedback and performance metrics to drive sustained success.

Role overview Valerie Health is hiring a Chief of Staff in San Francisco, CA. This senior position works directly with company leadership to help shape strategy and drive top organizational priorities. The Chief of Staff coordinates projects, improves how teams work together, and helps communicate the company’s goals and vision across the organization. What you will do Work with senior leaders to align day-to-day operations with strategic objectives Manage projects that span multiple teams and support the rollout of major initiatives Advise on ways to strengthen organizational effectiveness and improve internal processes Facilitate clear communication of company vision and priorities throughout the company About Valerie Health Valerie Health builds solutions that help people take control of their health. The team focuses on advancing healthcare through new approaches and technology.

Overview:At Alleviate Health, we are pioneering the development of AI agents designed to significantly streamline clinical trials by autonomously engaging with patients for recruitment and ongoing support. Our mission is to resolve a critical issue that haunts executives at the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies, valued at over $100 billion.Having successfully bootstrapped our operations, we've secured major enterprise accounts and are experiencing substantial market demand. Following a successful $4.3 million seed funding round led by a16z, we are assembling a top-tier team to tackle one of the most pressing challenges in drug development while drastically reducing the timeline for delivering life-saving medications to those in need.Context:The process of conducting clinical trials is complex, fraught with challenges, and carries significant financial stakes. Pharmaceutical companies allocate tens of billions annually to ensure they can qualify and screen vast numbers of patients while maintaining contact over extended periods. Remarkably, around 80% of clinical trials are delayed due to recruitment issues, costing between $600,000 and $8 million for each day a trial is postponed.This labor-intensive challenge of patient screening, recruitment, and retention across numerous research sites is a fundamental bottleneck in clinical trials.About Alleviate:At Alleviate, we have developed state-of-the-art AI agents that autonomously manage patient recruitment and retention for clinical trials. Our agents conduct over 100,000 conversations monthly by:Intelligently screening and routing patients to appropriate trials.Collecting essential trial data from patients multiple times a week.Providing accurate answers to patient inquiries.

Valerie Health is looking for a Founding Marketer based in San Francisco. This role centers on building the company’s marketing strategy and shaping how the brand is seen in the healthcare space. Role overview The Founding Marketer will design and run marketing campaigns that highlight Valerie Health’s services. The work involves finding creative ways to connect with the target audience and supporting the company’s growth goals. What you will do Develop and implement marketing strategies that reflect Valerie Health’s mission Create campaigns to promote services and reach new audiences Help define the brand’s identity in the healthcare sector Support efforts to make healthcare more accessible Who we’re looking for Creative and motivated marketer Interest in healthcare innovation Experience building brands and running campaigns

Kiloforge operates as a company factory in San Francisco, using AI to generate, validate, build, and distribute software products for niche communities. The team’s goal is to address overlooked challenges with tailored applications and eventually manage thousands of products, each designed for specific needs. Role overview This founding engineer position centers on building and shipping micro applications at a rapid pace. The work involves developing software for real users, automating processes, and adapting quickly as priorities shift. The environment values experimentation and learning across disciplines. What you will do Develop and release micro applications each week for actual users Continuously improve and automate development workflows Who we're looking for Generalists with broad skills, ideally extending beyond engineering Experience building products that have reached real customers Resourceful and adaptable, able to respond to new challenges Strong instincts for product and design Comfortable with shifting priorities and ambiguity Curious and motivated to learn across different fields Background in founding a company or strong interest in entrepreneurship The team Founders with experience building companies, including one that reached $20M ARR Track record of launching products with thousands of active users Driven to make a meaningful impact Small, agile group of founders and builders Supported by investors such as a16z, Uncork Capital, Y Combinator partners, and Rahul Vohra Why join Kiloforge Collaborate with designers, creatives, and marketers to integrate their expertise into AI-driven workflows Ideal for those ready to take risks and help reshape how software is built and shipped Hands-on experience building and distributing products in an AI-first setting

Summary: Join Interface as a Founding Engineer! We seek versatile engineers (ML, data, full-stack) who are driven, innovative, and eager to make a difference. If you're ready to challenge the status quo and build impactful solutions, we want you on our team! Your Profile:Make swift, informed decisions with a focus on outcomesProactively address issues before they escalateFluent in our technology stack (TypeScript, Python, Docker, LLMs, YOLO, Tesseract, PostgreSQL, AWS, React Native, etc.)Have a proven track record of building functional productsThrive in fast-paced environmentsYour Responsibilities:Engage with users/customers to understand their experiences, challenges, and requirementsDesign robust systems utilized by thousands at billion-dollar enterprisesDevelop autonomous data pipelines for auditing large volumes of documentsEnsure scalable infrastructure managementDeliver quickly – our mantra is progress over perfection.Important Insights:Collaborate directly with the founding team and customersUser needs take precedence over flashy featuresThe team works six days a week in our San Francisco officeEnjoy working in SF: vibrant atmosphere, pleasant weather, and access to the best tech ecosystem in the world Additional Information:We welcome applications from around the globe.We offer competitive compensation, substantial equity, and the chance to influence our early team dynamics.$3,000 referral bonus for successful hires.About Interface: We are pioneers in autonomous safety solutions for the industrial sector, focusing on error detection and correction in industrial documentation. Our AI-powered platform aims to automate compliance tasks across various domains. You will leverage cutting-edge technologies at the crossroads of LLMs, computer vision, and data frameworks to redefine industry standards.

Join clera, an innovative startup poised to make waves in the tech industry. As a Founding Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in shaping our product and technology from the ground up. Collaborate with our founding team to design and implement cutting-edge solutions that redefine user experiences.

About HyperspellHyperspell is revolutionizing the Memory & Context Layer for AI Agents.AI agents are brilliant yet lack context.While AI agents excel in standardized testing, they struggle with real-world applications. Today's cutting-edge agents lack the contextual understanding that humans naturally acquire through diverse interactions. This context evolves with their tasks.Hyperspell empowers AI agents with contextual awareness by integrating with users' workspace data, creating a tailored memory and context layer.Our ValuesWe are committed to shaping the future through bold innovations. Our goal is to establish ourselves as the indispensable context layer for organizations, enabling all their AI agents to connect seamlessly. We embark on this journey not because it is easy, but because it is significant.We prioritize care — for our customers, their success, the future of AI, and most importantly, for one another. As we build the frontier of AI, we strive to be one of the most technologically advanced yet profoundly human companies in history — a place where we can enjoy shaping the future together.Our InvestorsOur vision is supported by esteemed investors such as Y Combinator, Afore Capital, Scribble Ventures, and Pioneer Fund. Our angel investors include leading figures from OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI, and DeepMind, alongside respected founders from Silicon Valley like Siqi Chen (Runway) and Julian Weisser (On Deck).Our FoundersFounded in 2024 by Conor Brennan-Burke and Manu Ebert, Hyperspell is driven by experienced leaders. Conor previously spearheaded growth at Checkr, overseeing a $30 million API product portfolio and earning the title of 'the most helpful founder in YC'.Manu brings over 15 years of expertise in machine learning and AI, having successfully sold two companies and led high-growth engineering teams at Airbnb. Interestingly, he acquired his first .ai domain in 2014, needing to send a fax to the domain authority in Anguilla to do so.About the RoleAs our founding platform engineer, your mission will be to construct the infrastructure that makes Hyperspell feel magical — swift, dependable, and effortlessly scalable. You will be responsible for the foundation upon which our entire product is built, ensuring that when customers entrust us with their data, we uphold their trust.

Join the Movement at Legion HealthAt Legion Health, we are committed to making mental health care accessible, swift, and effective for everyone. Our mission is to deliver quality mental health services at scale.Legion Health is pioneering a revolutionary AI-native clinic, where our skilled psychiatrists collaborate with advanced AI systems to provide top-tier care covered by insurance for our patients. By leveraging extensive patient data, AI capabilities, and a human touch, we streamline healthcare operations, ensuring measurable improvements in care within our vertically integrated system. With 60% of Texans (18 million Americans) able to access Legion through their insurance (often for less than $30), we are poised for exponential growth, targeting a 10x expansion next year with a national launch. Currently, we have achieved $3M+ ARR and are on an aggressive growth trajectory.

Location: San Francisco, CA (In-person)Hours: Full-timeAbout NabihealthNabihealth is revolutionizing the behavioral healthcare landscape with a mission to deliver outstanding care to 100 million patients over the next decade. Our journey begins with a cutting-edge digital health platform tailored for eating disorders, utilizing an agentic care model that empowers clinicians to provide continuous, effective treatment. With the support of top-tier venture capital firms and our commitment, we've already made a positive impact on tens of thousands of patients.Your RoleAs a Founding Engineer, you will be instrumental in developing tools that enable clinicians to operate at their highest capability. Collaborating closely with the CEO, Chief Clinical Officer, and the care team, you will design and scale the internal systems that facilitate superior patient care. Your tasks will range from optimizing EHR workflows to creating clinical dashboards and automating backend processes, all aimed at enhancing the quality of care. This position is ideal for an engineer who excels in dynamic environments, is quick to adapt, and is passionate about improving healthcare.Key ResponsibilitiesEnhance EHR workflows to promote high-quality and efficient clinical careCreate innovative patient onboarding tools to simplify the intake processAutomate administrative processes including billing, revenue cycle management, and operationsDevelop internal tools that assist clinicians, operations teams, and leadershipWork in collaboration with clinical and operational teams to deliver fast and reliable systemsQualificationsMust be based in or willing to relocate to San Francisco — this is an on-site positionStrong attention to detail and design sensibility — you value a clean user experience, polished user interfaces, and intuitive toolsResourceful and agile — you produce results promptly without compromising on quality, thriving in uncertain situationsQuick learner — you adapt swiftly to new technologies, systems, and fieldsEmpathetic mindset — you prioritize creating solutions for real users, particularly patients and their healthcare providers

Why Become a Part of AngelList At AngelList, we're tackling some of the most complex challenges in venture capital and private markets. Join a team that prioritizes precision, urgency, and visionary thinking. If you aspire to influence the future of startup financing and development, this is your opportunity.About AngelListOur mission is to accelerate innovation by boosting the number of successful startups globally. We achieve this by constructing the financial infrastructure that simplifies investment in transformative companies.AngelList stands at the intersection of venture capital and the startup ecosystem, managing over $171 billion in assets and facilitating investments into more than 13,000 startups, including over 300 unicorns. Currently, 57% of top-tier U.S. VC deals involve AngelList investors. While we have achieved significant scale, our aspirations continue to grow.If you're passionate about shaping the future of private markets, we invite you to build with us.About the Role:Meridian is AngelList’s wealth platform tailored for private markets, creating wealth products for a burgeoning class of self-directed investors seeking unique access to private markets.Leveraging over a decade of AngelList innovation, Meridian expands the platform that has historically supported founders and fund managers to now encompass investors. This role is pivotal in crafting the next generation of products for private market investments.As a Senior Software Engineer on Meridian, you will lead the technical design and implementation of significant product interfaces spanning investing and portfolio management—from initial architecture decisions to product launch and iterative development. This is a founding engineer role on a zero-to-one product featuring substantial distribution, regulatory nuances, and infrastructural leverage. You will collaborate closely with product, design, compliance, and supply teams to redefine the experience of private market investing for the upcoming decade.We are also hiring a Founding Engineer for our new USVC product, and you will be considered for both positions.

Founding EngineerJoin Terac: The Premier Expert Network Driving Frontier ResearchLocation: San Francisco (in-person required) | Stage: Seed ($9M raised)At Terac, we are captivated by the vision of a future where agent-driven companies operate without traditional employees, yet still rely on human intelligence. As we stand on the brink of a new era where AI will handle most tasks with human oversight, Terac is poised to be the labor marketplace that fuels this post-AGI landscape.We are currently an expert network that supports cutting-edge research by constructing the foundational layer that facilitates on-demand human labor. Our partners integrate with us through API access to a diverse pool of research-grade experts. We manage sourcing, verification, screening, and payments, allowing our partners to concentrate on product development.Historically, jobs have transitioned from lifelong commitments to short-term engagements. From the stone age to the industrial era, and now platforms like Uber, the trend toward AI-driven labor marketplaces is undeniable and will only escalate in demand.Having successfully secured $9M in funding from notable investors including Emergence, SignalFire, Audacious, and Z Fellows, we are seeking innovative engineers with a founder's mindset to take ownership of critical components of our platform as we expand from research tools into the larger human data economy.Your Responsibilities:Lead and enhance the recruitment engine, utilizing targeted advertisements, referrals, automated outreach, and creative solutions to identify niche audiences.Develop and refine the Terac API for integration by research tooling and AI data companies.Implement the AI moderator, our voice agent designed to screen candidates, assess long-term tasks, detect fraudulent behavior, and facilitate multilingual conversations.Create marketplace systems that encompass opportunity routing, pricing optimization, expert lifetime value modeling, and feasibility analysis.Design the expert network experience, focusing on onboarding processes, opportunity matching, payout systems, and trust frameworks to retain experts.Collaborate closely with the CTO to influence technical strategies utilizing technologies such as Next.js, TypeScript, tRPC, Drizzle, Neon Postgres, LiveKit, and the Vercel AI SDK.Your Profile:A proactive builder with 3+ years of experience in software engineering, preferably in startup environments.

Location: San Francisco, CAType: Full-time, on-siteOverview: As the digital landscape evolves, we at AgentMail are at the forefront of a revolution that empowers AI agents with their own identities and communication tools. Our mission is to create solutions in an uncharted territory, where the challenge is to build something that truly resonates with agents as the new citizens of the internet. If you thrive in innovative environments and enjoy taking projects from inception to execution, we want to hear from you.About AgentMail: We are pioneering an API that transforms traditional email into a robust communication platform for AI agents. This is not merely AI applied to email; it's a groundbreaking approach to integrate email functionality directly into AI.We are seeking a founding engineer with a strong foundation in backend systems and infrastructure to develop the fundamental tools that agents will rely on for communication, authentication, and real-world operation. This position is ideal for someone passionate about systems engineering: from APIs and distributed infrastructure to reliability and developer tools.Why Join Us?Exceptional Team: Our founding team consists of industry experts with backgrounds in quantitative analysis, software engineering, and private equity, featuring talent from renowned organizations like Optiver, NVIDIA, Amazon, Modern Treasury, and KKR.Explosive Growth: Since January, we have doubled our user base every two weeks and anticipate continued rapid expansion as the demand for AI agents skyrockets.Unique Market Position: We are the only provider of identity solutions for AI agents, akin to how Gmail serves human users.Your Role:Design APIs and abstractions that are user-friendly for both humans and AI agents.Develop high-performance, low-latency systems with a focus on agent user experience.Engage directly with our core infrastructure, which processes hundreds of thousands of emails daily.Innovate by merging cutting-edge AI capabilities with traditional email solutions.Take ownership of projects from design through to production deployment.Produce clear, maintainable code accompanied by thorough technical documentation.Act as a liaison for customer feedback, representing their needs within our team.Qualifications:We are looking for candidates with a strong backend development background, ideally with experience in API design, distributed systems, and software reliability.

About AbacusAt Abacus, we are revolutionizing the operations of accounting firms through innovative AI agents that automate the monotonous and repetitive tasks currently faced by teams. Our cutting-edge core engine integrates advanced Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and Large Language Models (LLMs) to provide genuinely intelligent back-office automation solutions. We have already established partnerships with significant enterprise clients, generating substantial revenue, and are proudly supported by leading investors. Having achieved this milestone as a compact team of two, we are eager to expand our workforce. If you are passionate about shaping the future of AI-driven operations and are ready to take on impactful technical challenges from the outset, this is your opportunity.The RoleWe are seeking our inaugural Founding Engineer to take charge of and enhance the core machine learning engine that powers Abacus. Reporting directly to the co-founders, you will work on-site from our San Francisco office. This is a unique chance to join a rapidly growing company as an early engineer, endowed with significant autonomy and influence over both product and technical direction.In your first 3–6 months, you will:Enhance and scale our ML extraction engine utilizing LLMs and OCR technologies.Take ownership of backend architecture and infrastructure decisions.Develop and launch innovative features that broaden the scope of automated workflows.In the following year, you will play a pivotal role in establishing the foundation of our engineering organization as we scale, while remaining hands-on and focused on delivering impactful results.What You’ll DoLead the development of our machine learning-driven document extraction engine.Architect backend systems with an emphasis on performance and scalability.Create and deploy new automation features tailored for tax firms.Work closely with the founders to align on product and user requirements.Contribute to defining our engineering culture and establishing the technical roadmap.What We're Looking ForEssential Qualifications:1–5 years of experience, preferably in environments with high ownership or early-stage ventures.Proficient backend development skills, especially in Python.Demonstrated ability as a 0→1 builder, whether through side projects, startup experience, or both.Commitment to work from our SF office, five days a week.Willingness to complete a technical assessment as part of the application process.

Join us at Growl, the pioneering ad network tailored for consumer AI applications. In just 45 days since our inception, we've successfully expanded our publisher network to millions of users.About UsAs AI emerges as the predominant interface for internet users, integrating digital advertising into AI-driven experiences is becoming essential. Growl is at the forefront, aggregating resources across consumer AI applications to facilitate monetization through advertisements while enabling advertisers to connect with their target audiences more effectively.Supported by leading investment firms such as PearVC and Audacious Ventures, who have a track record of backing billion-dollar enterprises including DoorDash and WorkOS, we are also guided by advisors with extensive experience in mobile ad technology and consumer AI sectors. Our founder, Sahil Manocha, is a published researcher and has previously developed advertising infrastructure at Google.Our Progress We have already tackled the challenging cold start issue that ad networks face by successfully onboarding both advertisers and publishers. Our next steps involve enhancing our core infrastructure to deliver the most contextually relevant advertisements at optimal times.Your RoleAs a founding engineer, you will be instrumental in designing the ad delivery engine within AI applications and developing the supporting infrastructure. This position offers significant equity and a competitive salary ranging from $170K to $220K.What You Will BuildWe already handle millions of requests per minute, with expectations for dramatic growth in the coming months.Your projects will include:An ad decisioning pipeline that encompasses candidate retrieval, scoring, filtering, and final ranking, all under stringent latency service-level agreements (SLAs).A Publisher SDK for seamless integration that AI application developers can implement in just hours.A delivery infrastructure that includes pacing, frequency capping, budget management, and campaign throttling.An observability stack featuring real-time dashboards that track auction win rates, fill rates, revenue, and latency percentiles.

Join Pensive as a Founding EngineerAt Pensive, we are on a mission to revolutionize learning through technology. Check our Notion doc to dive deeper into our vision, founders, and vibrant culture.Your RoleAs a pioneering full-stack engineer at Pensive, you will be at the forefront of the AI revolution, developing software that empowers college instructors and students to learn quickly and automate processes. You will play a crucial role in building:An AI-driven grading and tutoring platform designed to save time for instructors and enhance learning for millions of students.Automation solutions across various business functions, from data management to customer onboarding, pushing towards a fully autonomous operational model.What We Expect From YouA minimum of 1 year of experience in software development.Proficiency in Python and React/Typescript.A fast and efficient development style, utilizing AI tools while maintaining clean, well-tested, and non-AI-generated code.A strong ability to learn rapidly and adapt to fast-paced changes.Bonus QualificationsExperience as a founder or in a founding engineering role.A personal workflow for generating and reviewing AI-assisted code.Our Technology StackBackend: Python, FastAPI, PostgresFrontend: Typescript, React, TailwindCSS, Tanstack RouterInfrastructure: GCP, Cloud Run, FirebaseMobile Development: CapacitorInterview ProcessInitial Interview Chat: 15 minutesTake-Home Test: 8 hoursPaid Work Trial

Join us at clera as a Founding Engineer specializing in matchmaking technology. This is a unique opportunity to be part of an innovative startup in the heart of San Francisco. As a founding member of our engineering team, you will play a crucial role in designing and building a cutting-edge matchmaking platform that connects users in meaningful ways.