Founding Engineer

Owning and Scaling

You will own and scale the recruitment engine, the algorithm that finds any niche audience in the world through network traversal, targeted ads, referrals, automated outbound, and anything else you can come up with.

Building APIs

Build and extend the Terac API that research tooling companies and AI data companies integrate against.

AI Moderator Development

Ship the AI moderator, our voice agent that screens candidates, evaluates long-horizon tasks, detects cheating, and handles multi-language conversations.

Marketplace Systems

• Opportunity routing
• Pricing optimization
• Expert LTV modeling
• Feasibility estimation

Expert Network Experience

• Onboarding flows
• Opportunity matching
• Payouts
• Trust systems

Technical Leadership

Work directly with the CTO to shape technical direction across Next.js, TypeScript, tRPC, Drizzle, Neon Postgres, LiveKit, and the Vercel AI SDK.

Qualifications

• A high-agency builder with 3+ years of fullstack experience.
• Fluent in modern web stacks (TypeScript, React, Postgres).
• Experienced with LLMs, voice AI, or AI SDKs (Vercel AI SDK, Gemini, LiveKit).
• Excited by marketplace dynamics like matching, routing, pricing, and network effects.
• Maybe a former founder or lead who is hungry to build again.

Why Now

We are at the inflection point, shifting from a research tool into a platform company with 10+ API integrations launching in the next quarter. The human data market for AI training is exploding and we have the recruitment infrastructure already built.

Company Culture

We operate in-person six days per week in our downtown SF office. Terac culture includes weekly presentations, company hackathons, and an AI-first mindset, working with one of the most innovative teams on the planet.

Growth Opportunities

You are joining Terac at one of the earliest stages and will have an opportunity to shape and grow with the company as a founding member.

Compensation

• Competitive salary
• Meaningful equity vested over four years
• $10K relocation bonus (for moving to the Bay Area)
• $5k housing bonus (if you move within 0.5 miles of our office)
• Health, Dental, Vision insurance
• 401(k) with company match