Founding Engineer

Promi is an innovative YCombinator-backed startup revolutionizing eCommerce pricing through AI-powered personalized discounts. As their first engineering hire, you'll have the unique opportunity to shape the company's technical direction and growth. The role combines machine learning expertise with full-stack development, working directly with the founders to build and optimize their discount optimization platform.

The position offers an exceptional learning experience for aspiring entrepreneurs, providing exposure to all aspects of building a startup. You'll be responsible for developing ML models for price elasticity prediction, creating robust data pipelines, and building both backend infrastructure and frontend interfaces for their merchant-facing application.

The ideal candidate should have a strong foundation in computer science with ML experience, though new graduates are welcome. Technical requirements include familiarity with ML frameworks, RESTful APIs, databases, and cloud platforms. The role offers competitive compensation including equity (1-2%), flexible work arrangements, and significant growth opportunities.

Working at Promi means joining a collaborative, low-ego team of two intellectually curious founders who value transparency and meritocracy. This is a perfect opportunity for someone who wants to gain hands-on experience in building a company from the ground up while working on cutting-edge AI applications in the eCommerce space.