Unconventional AI is rethinking the foundations of compute to bring biology-scale energy efficiency to AI. Backed by Lightspeed, Sequoia and a16z.
About the role
As the first hire and zero-to-one owner of our Agentic Applications pod, you will serve as the founding engineer for Unconventional AI’s internal enterprise productivity suite. This is a high-impact, highly autonomous role where you will be the force multiplier for our entire team. You will be responsible for architecting and developing bespoke applications from the ground up using Agentic AI.
What they're looking for
- Education: BS in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience
- Experience: 5+ years of full-stack software engineering experience across both frontend and backend development
- Languages: Strong programming proficiency in Python and/or modern JavaScript ecosystems (Node.js, React, Next.js, etc.)
- Agentic AI: Hands-on experience building agentic applications, including LLM orchestration (e.g., LangChain or similar frameworks)
- Databases: Solid database fundamentals, with practical experience using both standard SQL databases and Vector databases
- DevOps: Experience with DevOps practices, CI/CD, and taking end-to-end operational ownership of application deployment
More about this role
Since 2022, AI has entered the mainstream, reshaping entire industries from education and software development to fundamental consumer behaviors. This revolution has created an unprecedented demand for computation - a demand that is now fundamentally limited by energy, not just in the datacenter, but at a global scale.
At Unconventional, our mission is to solve this. We are rethinking computing from the ground up to build a new foundation for AI that is 1000x more efficient. We're doing this by exploiting the rich physics of semiconductors, mapping neural networks directly to the device physics rather than relying on layers of inefficient abstraction.
As the first hire and zero-to-one owner of our Agentic Applications pod, you will serve as the founding engineer for Unconventional AI’s internal enterprise productivity suite. This is a high-impact, highly autonomous role where you will be the force multiplier for our entire team. You will be responsible for architecting and developing bespoke applications from the ground up using Agentic AI. Your work will directly accelerate our business operations, covering areas such as intelligent talent recruiting tools, dynamic knowledge...
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