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    Founding Engineer - New York, United States - Duckie (YC W24)

    Duckie (YC W24)
    Duckie (YC W24) New York, United States

    1 week ago

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    About Duckie
    Duckie (YC W24) is an AI technical support engineer that handles tickets autonomously. Duckie sits between customer support and internal engineering, independently handling technical questions, issues, and requests before they reach engineers.
    Our goal is to become the only solution a company needs for technical support. We are building a founding team that is ready to take over this $20B market.
    We are backed by top VCs, growing quickly, and generating revenue. Both founders are technical; we love to ship fast, and love a good challenge.

    About the role

    We are looking for a founding engineer (in person in either SF/NYC) to join the team building the first AI technical support engineer.

    Duckie is built on AI agent frameworks, and we are constantly evolving the product to take advantage of latest research.

    This role will be

    30% applied research

    and

    70% product engineering . You will -Experiment with latest AI technologies and research and put them into implementation.
    Have the freedom and responsibility to design and own projects from start to finish.
    Have opportunities to directly talk with customers and solve their problems

    About you
    Love to keep up with and dive into latest technologies in AI
    Move fast, ship quickly, has high urgency
    Energized about going from 0 to 1
    Enjoy high ownership and responsibility

    Requirements
    Bachelor's or higher degree in Computer Science or a related field
    Knowledge of

    gen-AI

    systems (LLMs, model training/fine-tuning, agent frameworks, evaluation frameworks, vector DBs, RAG, etc)
    Experience in building and scaling

    backend

    systems and infrastructure
    Strong generalist, skilled with Python, cloud infrastructure (AWS).

    Bonus points
    Has worked at high-growth startups
    Proven track record of building successful AI products
    Contributions to top open-source projects

    What we offer

    Equity:
    As Duckie's first hire, you will receive significant founding equity and ownership in the company.

    Growth:

    Both Valerie and Joel came from big techs and we both agree that building Duckie has been the most exciting and rewarding time in our careers.

    You will also have opportunities wear multiple hats and solve fun challenges, and grow into a senior engineering leader role in the company.


    Culture:
    You will also play a crucial role in defining the culture of a rocketship in early stages
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