Founding Engineer

HumanLayer is pioneering the future of human-AI collaboration through their innovative API and SDK that enables AI agents to seamlessly interact with humans for feedback, input, and approvals. As a Founding Engineer, you'll be at the forefront of building tools that help engineers unlock the potential of autonomous AI.

The role focuses on developing developer tools and APIs that prioritize user experience while tackling complex distributed systems challenges. You'll be instrumental in creating secure, scalable enterprise software and contributing to the open-source community. The position requires deep engagement with the AI developer tools ecosystem.

HumanLayer, a YC F24 batch company, has already gained significant recognition with their Hacker News Launch reaching over 350 points and being highlighted by TechCrunch as a top 4 Enterprise AI startup. The company's mission is to enable safe deployment of AI systems by integrating human oversight seamlessly into AI workflows.

The engineering culture values continuous learning, open collaboration, and a pragmatic approach to development - emphasizing delivering value first and refining solutions as patterns emerge. You'll be joining a small but ambitious team that's working to shape how humans and AI systems interact in the future.

The company has received strong validation from other YC founders and is positioned at the intersection of AI safety and practical implementation. This is an opportunity to join a groundbreaking startup that's working on what could become a fundamental building block for future AI systems, particularly in managing critical operations like cloud infrastructure and database migrations.

As one of the earliest engineering hires, you'll have significant influence over the technical direction and architecture of the platform, working directly with the founders to build something that could fundamentally change how AI systems are deployed and managed in production environments.