Founding Full-Stack Engineer at Hire Hangar
San Francisco, CA
$96,000–$120,000
Jul 5, 2026
San Francisco, CA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A founding engineering role at an early-stage AI video startup whose initial product converts prompts and documents into whiteboard-style explainer videos. The hire will work across the full stack — building user-facing features, backend APIs, billing and collaboration workflows, and cloud infrastructure — working directly alongside the founder. Best suited to engineers comfortable with high ambiguity, broad ownership, and rapid iteration at a pre-process-heavy stage.
Senior level · San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 6,100 people in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 3,200–9,600
Applicant volume Heavy — This req sits in a large pool with little in its requirements to thin it, and auto-apply tools fire at everything in the occupation. Applying early and leading with the rare skills below is what gets read.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $190,744 (middle half $167,095–$224,501).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
The 'Tools & Technology' section lists only generic categories — 'modern frontend frameworks', 'backend/API frameworks and databases', 'cloud infrastructure and deployment tooling', 'AI-assisted development tools' — with no specific named technologies. No concrete stack (e.g. React, Next.js, Node, PostgreSQL, AWS) is identified anywhere in the posting, making precise skill extraction impossible and confidence in the full skill picture low.
The posting is framed as a staffing/recruiting agency listing (Hire Hangar) placing candidates with an unnamed AI video startup. The actual employer and its specific tech stack are not disclosed.
Despite the header mentioning 'remote career', the role is explicitly on-site in San Francisco, CA (PST), so remote=false.
No compensation figures are provided.
No minimum years of experience are stated at the role level; seniority is inferred from the founding-engineer scope, direct collaboration with the founder, and end-to-end ownership expectations.
Prior startup or founding-team experience and comfort working without a formal ticket queue appear only under 'Preferred Qualifications'.
Ignored 2 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): full-stack development, AI-assisted development tools.
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