AI Agent Tech Lead

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Embedding VC AI Agent Tech Lead at Lingopal responsible for building core backend/full-stack systems and growing into technical leadership. Ship features rapidly and make high-leverage technical decisions for a new AI agent product.

Responsibilities

We're looking for a AI Agent Tech Lead to be an early, hands-on builder for our new AI agent product — and to grow into technical leadership as the team scales. You'll work directly with the founders, own core backend/full-stack systems, and move fast: we're testing with pilot customers in Q4 2026, and the direction will sharpen based on what we learn. Speed and adaptability matter more here than infrastructure depth or performance optimization — we need someone who ships.
Build the core of a new AI agent product end-to-end — backend and full-stack, from prototype to pilot.
Turn rough product direction into shipped features fast, iterating with real pilot customers.
Make the early, high-leverage technical decisions and set the engineering bar as the team grows.
Grow into technical leadership — mentoring, hiring, and owning architecture as we scale.
Work hands-on with modern AI tooling (LLMs, agents, voice AI) as a daily part of the job.

Qualification

Backend / full-stack strengthWants to grow into a leadership roleAI agent background (agent frameworksStartup mindset

Required

1–5 years of software engineering experience — strong hands-on builder, comfortable owning things end-to-end.
AI agent background preferred (agent frameworks, LLM-powered products, voice AI a plus).
Backend / full-stack strength.
Startup mindset — we lean toward startup/YC-caliber builders over Big Tech pedigree; rapid feature development over performance tuning.
Comfortable with ambiguity and evolving priorities; high ownership and a bias toward shipping.