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AI adoption has exploded in the back office (Avoca (YC) @ $1B+, Probook @ $150M+, Broccoli (YC) @ undisclosed), but not yet been built to simplify the technician’s experience or amplify their output - until now.\nWith Robby, technicians can focus on what they enjoy - diagnosing issues and fixing equipment - while our AI makes it simple for them to sell more equipment, do more jobs, and spend less time on menial admin.\nThe opportunity is massive. For the last few months, the founders have been quietly selling to some of the biggest companies in the country, and Robby is in pole position to win. We need talented people to help us meet demand and scale.\nWe’ve raised from several notable VCs, including Robinhood Ventures, Benchstrength VC, Amino Capital, and others. We’re well capitalized with multiple years of runway and multiple paying customers. The founders have many years of experience across high-growth startups and organizations like Porter, Ironclad, Affinity, Bain, Amazon, and Uber.\nRole\nRobby is hiring a Founding Engineer to help us improve and deploy our core product for large home services companies.\nOur first product is live with some of the largest contractors across the country. Your job will be to implement customer feedback, build out new features and help with deployments. As we expand to new product lines (coming soon), you will own development of those products with our CTO (ex-Amazon / Harvard, YC backed engineer x2). This is our first hire outside the founders so you will work very closely with us and have a strong say in how we scale the business. You should not take this job if you expect someone to tell you what to do; we encourage everyone to adopt the founder mindset and shape the direction of the company.\nResponsibilities\nBuild full-stack products from 0-1\nSpeak to technicians and business owners regularly to gather product feedback\nDeploy the product live with customers and users, in-person if required\nWhat we look for\n3+ years of full-stack software engineering experience, preferably at early-stage startups, OR strong evidence of shipping real products with real usage\nHigh AI fluency and experience with the latest tools\nStrong communication skills, especially with non-technical people\nHigh agency and urgency to get stuff done\nGrowth mindset\nComfort with 0-1, high ambiguity environments\nPrevious or future founders\nAbility to roll up sleeves and solve whatever problem is highest priority for the business\nNice-to-haves\nA personal background or family history in the trades\nA passion for UI/UX\nMobile dev experience (Swift / Flutter)\nFirst 30/60/90 days\nIn 30 days, you will ship new features for customers, help train users on the features and collect their feedback\nIn 60 days, you will scope out and own the design, build, and rollout of new products for customers\nIn 90 days, you will own the improvement and impact of the products and features you build for customers\nExample technical challenges\nIncorporating high quality AI features in offline systems\nArchitecting high-volume and low latency data pipelines across multiple data sources\nDesigning highly flexible software systems to handle the level of customization we supply to customers\nOur stack\nLanguages: React/Typescript, Python, Swift\nTools: Claude/Devin, AWS, Porter, Modal, Posthog (among others)\nDetails\nSalary: $200-250k\nEquity: 0.5-1%\nBenefits:Unlimited PTO\nHealthcare / Dental\nDaily commute and food stipend\nFully expensed work setup\nGym membership\n\nLocation: NYC, 5-6 days in office. 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