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Founding Software Engineer

Almond is hiring a Founding Software Engineer in San Francisco, CA. Full brief — comp band, interview process, and hiring team — available to Employbl members.

Location
San Francisco, CA
Company size
2–10
Posted
1mo ago
Via
Yc
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Job listing · Updated 22 AUG 2026

Founding Software Engineer

Almond· San Francisco, CA, USView company profile

Job title
Founding Software Engineer
Job location
San Francisco, CA, US
Job listing URL
https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/almond-2/jobs/HiQT2fV-founding-software-engineer
Job description
Almond is building America’s robot factory. We are looking for a Software Engineer to design, test, and implement key software components for our factory operations centering around agents and automated inventory, production, logistics, and QA quality control. This role is ideal for an engineer excited about working across the full product lifecycle from whiteboard sketches and prototypes to manufacturing and production. You will contribute towards: * Building an autonomous factory * Building an agentic production system * Building software to ensure product quality At minimum, you should: * Have strong architectural design * Be comfortable working across the stack and/or quickly learning relevant skills (frontend / backend / robotic control / AI) * Gave strong conviction in the idea that general purpose robots (humanoids + AI) are inevitable and will soon take over the physical world An ideal candidate has experience in at least one of: * Building with agents * Strong System Design principles We are taking on a problem that requires extreme ownership and urgency. If you’re looking for a 9-5 this role is not for you.
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Where this role is based

San Francisco, CA

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Almond headquarters

Emeryville, CA

Company size

2–10 employees

Founded

2025

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