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Thousands of companies now use Retell's AI voice agents to handle sales, support, and logistics calls that once required large teams of human agents. Backed by Y Combinator, Alt Capital, and other leading investors, we've scaled to $80M in ARR with a team of 50, up from $5M at the start of 2025, and are now valued at over $1.5B.\nOur vision for 2026 is to build a modern CX platform where entire contact centers are powered by AI. Instead of basic automation that needs constant human tuning, we're creating intelligent AI “workers” that act as frontline agents, QA analysts, and managers, continuously executing, monitoring, and improving every customer interaction.\nWe're growing fast and looking for ambitious builders who want to tackle hard technical problems, move quickly, and have a real impact on one of the fastest-growing voice AI companies in the world.\nLet's build the future together.\nRecent recognition:\nNo. 1 Best Places to Work in the Bay Area, San Francisco Business Times 2026\n\nTop 50 AI Apps, a16z (2025)\n\n#3 Fastest-Growing Software Company, G2 Best Software Awards 2026\n\nBest Agentic AI Software, G2 Best Software Awards 2026\n\n#4 Fastest-Growing Software Vendor, Brex Benchmark 2025\n\nEnterprise Tech 30 Class of 2026, Nasdaq & Wing VC\n\nTop-Ranked Startup, Lean AI Leaderboard\n\nBacked by Y Combinator\n\nRetell AI transforms customer experience with voice AI for enterprises, including customers like CVS/Aetna, American Airlines, Lenovo, and Grab. We have more customer stories than we can tell!\nABOUT FOUNDERS INITIATIVES\nFounders Initiatives is a cross-functional team that works directly with Retell's founders on the company's highest-priority opportunities and challenges. Team members are expected to operate across functions, build from first principles, and help scale the business in whatever way creates the most impact.\nThis is not a narrowly scoped role, it is a high-ownership builder position where you will work across product, engineering, GTM, operations, and AI systems to design and ship core company infrastructure.\nABOUT THE ROLE\nWe are hiring an Software Engineer, Internal Deployed to build the AI systems and automations that power how Retell operates internally. You'll work directly with our founders and teams to streamline recruiting, sales, finance, operations, and customer support through AI.\nYou'll design and deploy production-grade AI workflows, internal tools, and agent systems that improve efficiency across the company. This role combines applied AI, software engineering, automation, and business operations.\nWe're open to exceptional new graduates (0-1 years of experience) who have demonstrated strong engineering ability through internships, research, personal projects, or startup experience. 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