# Founding Engineer at Rudus

- Company: Rudus (YC P26)
- What the company does: AI Takeoffs for Concrete. Backed by Y Combinator.
- Company website: http://rudus.ai/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: San Francisco, CA, US / New York, NY, US
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $140K to $160K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-07-03
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/rudus/jobs/SImGWlm-founding-engineer
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/rudus-founding-engineer/

## About the role

You'll be one of the first engineers, shipping across the entire stack: drawing intake and rendering, AI-powered element detection and autocomplete, real-time collaborative editing, schedule interpretation, and exports into estimators' bidding workflows. You'll work directly with customers and see your code run on real bids within days of shipping.

## What they're looking for

- Strong generalist with production experience in Python and TypeScript
- Comfortable owning ambiguous problems from idea to deployed feature
- Bias toward shipping fast and iterating with users
- Bonus: experience with LLMs/computer vision, canvas/geometry rendering, or construction tech

Tags: Engineering