# Tech Lead ($220K+ base salary) at Leaping AI

- Company: Leaping AI (YC W25)
- What the company does: AI voice and texting agents. Backed by Y Combinator.
- Company website: https://www.leapingai.com
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: San Francisco, CA, US
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $220K to $250K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-08-27
- Apply by: 2026-10-11
- Apply: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/leaping-ai/jobs/DnNH0m4-tech-lead-220k-base-salary
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/leaping-ai-tech-lead-220k-base-salary/

## About the role

Lead engineering and report to me. I want to spend less time on code reviews and running the eng team, and instead talk more to customers to understand the product bottlenecks and its next evolution.

## What they're looking for

- Lead the engineering team, review code, own team output
- Make architectural decisions (latency-critical distributed system)
- Set up engineering best practices and processes, mentoring
- Task prioritization to support business objectives
- Contribute to the codebase yourself (20-30% of your time)
- Hire >10 engineers over the next 12 months

Tags: Engineering