Founding Engineer - Viewpoints AI

Position Overview

• Location Type: Remote
• Employment Type: Full-Time
• Salary: Not provided

Viewpoints AI is a PearX-backed startup expanding on groundbreaking research comparing AI and human responses across 100+ findings from 45 marketing studies. We are seeking a Founding Engineer to help build our pioneering study simulation platform from the ground up. As our first engineering hire, you'll have unprecedented autonomy in technical decisions and a direct impact on our company's foundation and future.

Your Impact

As Founding Engineer, you'll establish the technical foundation of Viewpoints AI by:

• Architecting and implementing the core simulation engine that powers multiple concurrent study scenarios.
• Defining our technical roadmap and making critical infrastructure decisions.
• Building and scaling both frontend and backend systems from first principles.
• Creating the development playbook and engineering culture for future team members.
• Working directly with founders to translate product vision into technical reality.

Responsibilities

You will take ownership of our entire technical infrastructure, including:

• Evolving our backend architecture to support scalable study simulations across multiple personas and users.
• Developing robust statistical analysis capabilities for simulation depth and breadth.
• Creating an intuitive frontend experience that makes our platform accessible and efficient.
• Implementing core platform features including authentication, rate limiting, and security measures.
• Optimizing LLM API integrations for performance and cost efficiency.

Requirements

• Experience: 7+ years of full stack development experience
• Leadership: Strong technical leadership experience and ability to make architectural decisions
• LLM Expertise: Expertise with LLM APIs and AI system integration
• Scalability: Deep understanding of distributed systems and scalability challenges
• Production Systems: Experience building production systems from scratch
• Ambiguity: Comfort with ambiguity and ability to thrive in a fast-paced startup environment

Technologies

While our current prototype uses Flask and Vue.js, you'll have the autonomy to choose the best technologies for our needs. Experience with any of the following is valuable:

• Frontend: Vue.js, React
• Backend: Flask, FastAPI, Node.js
• Databases: Postgres, Redis
• Cloud: AWS, Azure
• Infrastructure: Docker, Kubernetes

Company Information

Viewpoints AI is a PearX-backed startup.