Founding Engineer/Senior Software Engineer (Ayama)

Responsibilities

The role involves building and improving production RAG and LLM-based systems while designing scalable data pipelines. You will also develop full-stack product features and create evaluation frameworks to measure the performance of AI systems.

Requirements

Candidates must have at least 5 years of hands-on software engineering experience with deep expertise in Python and React/TypeScript. Strong architectural judgment and experience with large-scale data processing and cloud infrastructure are also required.

Skills

• Python
• Django
• FastAPI
• React
• TypeScript
• RAG
• LLM
• Data pipelines
• Cloud infrastructure
• GCP
• Software engineering
• Full-stack development
• AI-assisted development
• Architectural judgment
• Large-scale data processing

Benefits

• Access to AI Fund experts
• Access to Andrew Ng's network
• Growth path to team leadership

About this role

Ayama has partnered with Andrew Ng’s AI Fund and a Fortune 500 energy leader to
use AI to reshape how $10+ Trillion of heavy assets operate, are managed, and
are maintained. With electrification driving rapid growth in energy and
reshoring accelerating the build out of U.S. electronics and IT manufacturing,
the company plans to close critical gaps by raising asset uptime & output as
well as staff productivity. Ayama is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to
help drive the AI revolution into critical assets. 

The senior engineer will work across the full stack, including backend,
frontend, data pipelines, and AI systems. The problems span optimization,
retrieval, and real-time decision support for field teams. This is a 100%
hands-on role. You would be in the code and architecture all day, making
decisions and shipping. We expect you to be AI-native and use modern AI
development tools to move fast while making sound architectural choices.

This is a full-time hybrid role located in the Bay Area.  There is no relocation
package budgeted for this role.

Responsibilities for the Role Include:
* Build and improve production RAG and LLM-based systems
* Design and maintain data pipelines that integrate enterprise data sources at
scale
* Develop full-stack product features end-to-end, from Python backend through
React/TypeScript frontend
* Work on optimization and scheduling problems with real operational
constraints
* Build evaluation frameworks that measure whether AI systems are actually
improving

Requirements For the Role Include:
* 5+ years of hands-on software engineering experience
* Full-stack depth in Python (Django/FastAPI) and modern React/TypeScript
* Strong architectural judgment
* Comfort with large-scale data processing and cloud infrastructure (GCP
preferred)
* Fluency with AI-assisted development tools

Nice To Haves Include:
* Experience with ERP systems, especially SAP (maintenance workflows, master
data, integrations)
* Operations research or constraint programming background
* Data transformation and orchestration tools (dbt, Prefect, Airflow)
* B2B SaaS

Why Join Ayama:
* Exclusive Ecosystem: Unparalleled access to AI Fund’s experts and Dr.
Andrew Ng’s network of AI luminaries.
* Real-World Impact: We are solving critical performance gaps in energy supply
while demand driven by global electrification skyrockets.
* Growth Path: Opportunity to evolve from a lead individual contributor to a
team leader as the company scales.