Founding Engineer

Pear VC • Palo Alto, CA

9d • $140,000 - $200,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Modo is the AI success layer for the enterprise. We sit inside the flow of work, capture how teams actually use AI, guide them in the moment, and give leaders the ROI analytics to understand which AI tools and workflows are actually creating value. Today, Modo helps companies drive AI adoption and prove ROI inside real workflows. As we capture more workflow context, Modo becomes the layer understanding how work actually gets done across teams, tools, and AI, which allows companies to build proprietary custom agents grounded in their own workflows. In 8 weeks, we reached 7-figure ARR committed across multiple clients and pilots, 10+ enterprise leads in pipeline, and an 80% demo-to-pilot conversion rate. The pull is real. We raised from One Way Ventures, Pear VC, Peterson Ventures, and a strong group of institutional investors and strategic operators. Now we need to build fast enough to match customer demand.

Requirements

• Shipping full-stack production-ready products in fast-moving environments
• Strong with TypeScript, React, Next.js, backend APIs, and Postgres
• Comfortable building across web and desktop (Electron, Tauri, or similar)
• Has built LLM-powered features in production, not just prototyped with them
• Production habits: CI/CD, testing, observability, pragmatic system design
• Native with AI coding agents (Claude Code/Codex)
• Obsessive about customer needs, not just abstract “users”
• Comfortable debugging, writing tests, talking to customers, and jumping on a pilot call

Nice To Haves

• Experience with building browser-based automation tools or developer/enterprise tools.

Responsibilities

• Write code
• Talk to customers and join pilot calls
• Turn feedback into product changes the same week
• Influence the roadmap directly
• Help close deals by building what matters fast
• Own features end-to-end, from prototype to production
• Ship production code to real pilot customers in your first weeks
• Build the core product surfaces: employee-facing guidance UX and manager dashboard
• Work across the stack (TypeScript, React, Next.js, Postgres, Electron/Tauri)
• Wire up LLM features that actually work in production, not just in a demo
• Set up the telemetry and eval systems that make our insights credible
• Own large product surface areas end-to-end
• Help convert pilots into paying contracts with your product work
• Drive the reliability and quality bar that enterprise buyers expect
• Start shaping engineering culture and hiring as we grow the team
• Architect key parts of the system
• Be known by name to our biggest customers
• Opportunity to lead engineering as we scale past our seed round

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Meaningful early equity
• Chance to grow into an engineering leadership role
• Founding team member. Shape culture, product, and technology from the ground up.
• Real ownership. Your code ships to enterprise customers from week one.
• Leadership trajectory. Designed to grow into a leading engineering role.
• Competitive pay + early equity. Rewarded for the outsized impact you’ll have.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed