Software Engineer

Retell AI • Redwood City, CA

10d • $160,000 - $270,000 • Onsite

About The Position

We are hiring a Software Engineer, Founders Initiatives to design and build internal and external AI systems that power how Retell hires, sells, operates, and scales. You'll build production-grade AI workflows, automations, and agent systems that have a direct impact on company operations and customer experience. This role sits at the intersection of applied AI, full-stack engineering, and startup operations. We're open to exceptional new graduates (0–1 years of experience) who have demonstrated strong engineering ability through internships, research, personal projects, or startup experience.

Requirements

• Have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a closely related technical field.
• Are a new graduate or have up to 1 year of professional software engineering experience.
• Have completed strong internships, research, startup work, or meaningful side projects that demonstrate exceptional engineering ability.
• Think like a founder and take ownership from day one.
• Have strong software engineering fundamentals (backend, full-stack, or systems).
• Have hands-on experience building with LLMs, AI agents, or modern AI tooling through internships, research, or personal projects.
• Are excited to work across product, engineering, and operations.
• Move quickly, learn fast, and thrive in ambiguous environments.
• Prefer building end-to-end systems over working on narrowly defined tasks.
• Care deeply about solving real customer problems and shipping impactful products.

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
• Meaningful Equity
• Open to sponsoring work authorization for qualified candidates, including H-1B, TN, L-1, E-3, F-1 (OPT/CPT), and O-1 visas.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level