# Founding Engineer at Runtime

- Company: Runtime (YC P26)
- What the company does: AI agents for financial operations. Backed by Y Combinator.
- Company website: https://www.runtm.com/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: San Francisco, CA, US
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $150K to $220K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-05-13
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/runtime/jobs/0VjVZdp-founding-engineer
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/runtime-founding-engineer/

## About the role

We're looking for a founding engineer to join us in San Francisco. You'll be one of the first hires with an outsized impact on what we build, how we build it, and the culture we create.

## What they're looking for

- Experience building and scaling distributed systems or complex cloud infrastructure. Containerized infra (Docker, K8s) and developer tooling experience are a strong signal
- Side projects or professional work involving LLM agents
- Daily use of coding agents for software development
- Comfort with ambiguity and moving fast in a small team
- Genuine interest in coding agents, the future of software development, and sandbox environments
- Willingness to learn and iterate quickly. This matters more than any specific tech stack

Tags: Engineering