Founders Initiatives, AI Agents
About The Position
Retell AI is seeking a Founders Initiatives, AI Agents builder to design and implement internal and external AI systems that power how Retell hires, sells, operates, and scales. This role involves building production-grade AI workflows, automations, and agent systems that directly impact company operations and customer experience. It sits at the intersection of applied AI, full-stack engineering, and startup operations. The Founders Initiatives team works directly with Retell's founders on the company's highest-priority opportunities and challenges, expecting members to operate across functions, build from first principles, and help scale the business with high ownership and impact.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a closely related technical field.
- 2+ years professional software engineering experience
- 1+ year of startup experience and are comfortable with ambiguity and fast iteration.
- Strong software engineering skills (backend, full-stack, or systems)
- Hands-on experience building with LLMs or AI agents in production
- Comfortable working across product, engineering, and operations
- Move fast, iterate quickly, and are comfortable with ambiguity
- Prefer building systems over working on narrowly defined tasks
- Care deeply about real-world impact over theoretical work
Nice To Haves
- Think like a founder and operate with high ownership
Responsibilities
- Build systems that extract structured signals from resumes (skills, experience, founder traits, 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
- Build automation systems for customer security workflows (BAAs, DPAs, DocuSign, contract review flows)
- Automate security questionnaire and compliance response generation
- Improve internal tooling for enterprise readiness and audit processes
- Build systems for 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
- Integrate with CRM systems such as Salesforce, HubSpot, and GoHighLevel
- Build workflow automation using tools like Zapier, n8n, and Make
- Design LLM-powered systems using OpenAI, Gemini, Claude, and other models
- Own API-based integrations that connect internal systems across the company
- 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
Benefits
- 100% coverage for medical, dental, and vision insurance
- $70/day DoorDash credit for unlimited breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks
- $200/month wellness reimbursement (gym, fitness classes, etc.)
- $300/month commuter reimbursement (gas, Caltrain, etc.)
- $75/month phone bill reimbursement
- $50/month internet reimbursement
- Offers Meaningful Equity
- Retell AI is open to sponsoring work authorization for qualified candidates, including H-1B, TN, L-1, E-3, F-1 (OPT/CPT), and O-1 visas.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
