Founding Engineer/Tech Lead
Engineering · Posted 3 months ago
We are looking for a Founding Engineer with 3-8 years of experience to join as the technical co-pilot to the CEO at Ambra, an AI company automating how ambulance agencies get paid by insurance. This is a path-to-CTO role, you'll own customers end-to-end, ship fast with AI-native tooling, and help build the engineering...
- Way of working
- Hybrid
- Location
- South Park, San Francisco, CA
- Pay range
- $175,000 to $250,000
- Level
- Staff
- Experience
- 5 to 10 years
- Type
- Full time
- Visa sponsorship
- Not offered for this role
- The company
- Public Safety · under 20 people
Skills that matter here
The full description
We are looking for a Founding Engineer with 3-8 years of experience to join as the technical co-pilot to the CEO at Ambra, an AI company automating how ambulance agencies get paid by insurance. This is a path-to-CTO role, you'll own customers end-to-end, ship fast with AI-native tooling, and help build the engineering culture from the ground up as the company closes its first $1M+ ARR contract.
What will you be doing?
- Own entire customer accounts — from feature rollouts to forward-deployed engineering work
- Build backend systems that stitch together data, integrations, and browser automations to automate insurance billing workflows
- Ship production code at high velocity using AI-native development tools (Cursor, Claude, RALPH loops)
- Talk directly to billers, fire chiefs, and ops leaders to translate their needs into product
- Architect scalable infrastructure as the company onboards its largest contracts (top 3 EMS agencies in the US)
How hiring runs
- 1Behavioral Interview with Ayla, CEO/Co-founder (30 min)
- 2Technical Behavioral Interview with August, Founding Engineer (15 min)
- 3Take-Home Assignment
- 4Take-Home Walkthrough with August, Founding Engineer (30-45 min)
- 5Work Trial (2 days)
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