# Software Engineer, Founders Initiatives

**Company:** [Retell AI](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/retell-ai)
**Location:** Redwood City, CA
**Role:** Fullstack Engineering
**Salary:** $160k – $270k/yr
**Experience:** 0+ years
**Skills:** Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, LLMs, AI Agents, OpenAI, gemini, Claude, Salesforce, HubSpot, gohighlevel, Zapier, n8n, make, API Integrations
**Posted:** 2026-08-03

> Build production-grade AI workflows, agent systems, automations, and integrations spanning recruiting, security, finance, customer onboarding, and go-to-market operations. The role suits exceptional new graduates or engineers with up to one year of experience, strong software fundamentals, and hands-on AI project experience.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities

### HR & Recruiting AI Systems
- Build systems that extract structured signals from resumes, including skills, experience, founder traits, and domain expertise.
- Develop lead-scoring models to predict interview success and role fit.
- Design AI recruiter workflows for candidate screening and qualification.
- Automate personalized outbound email and candidate-engagement workflows.

### Security & Compliance Automation
- Build automation systems for customer security workflows, including BAAs, DPAs, DocuSign, and contract-review flows.
- Automate security-questionnaire and compliance-response generation.
- Improve internal tooling for enterprise readiness and audit processes.

### Operational Infrastructure Tools
- Build accounts-receivable automation and finance-related email workflows.
- Create automated enterprise customer onboarding and account-setup tools.
- Design internal systems that reduce manual operational overhead across teams.

### Third-Party Integrations & Platform Work
- Integrate with CRM systems such as Salesforce, HubSpot, and GoHighLevel.
- Build workflow automation using Zapier, n8n, and Make.
- Design LLM-powered systems using OpenAI, Gemini, Claude, and other models.
- Own API-based integrations connecting internal systems across the company.

### GTM Engineering & Growth Automation
- Build HubSpot and Lark automations to improve sales and marketing efficiency.
- Develop lifecycle automation systems for customer engagement and retention.
- Create targeted website personalization and ad-content generation systems.
- Build email-personalization and outbound-automation pipelines at scale.

## Requirements

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a closely related technical field.
- New graduate or up to 1 year of professional software engineering experience.
- Strong internships, research, startup work, or meaningful side projects demonstrating exceptional engineering ability.
- Strong software engineering fundamentals in backend, full-stack, or systems development.
- Hands-on experience building with LLMs, AI agents, or modern AI tooling through internships, research, or personal projects.
- Founder mindset, strong ownership, and ability to work across product, engineering, and operations.
- Ability to move quickly, learn fast, and thrive in ambiguous environments.
- Preference for building end-to-end systems over narrowly defined tasks.
- Focus on solving customer problems and shipping impactful products.

## Compensation & Benefits

- Cash compensation: **$160,000–$270,000**.
- Meaningful equity.
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance fully covered.
- **$70/day** DoorDash credit for meals and snacks.
- **$200/month** wellness reimbursement.
- **$300/month** commuter reimbursement.
- **$75/month** phone-bill reimbursement.
- **$50/month** internet reimbursement.
- Three cash-equity balance options with best-offer-upfront compensation.
- Work authorization sponsorship may be available for qualified candidates, including H-1B, TN, L-1, E-3, F-1 (OPT/CPT), and O-1 visas.

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