Founding Engineer
At a glance
Mid-level Software Engineering role at Omi. San Francisco · full-time · $300,000 base.
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What you'll do
- Build across the software and hardware stack, choosing the areas that best match your strengths
- Design the next Omi platform and hardware controls, then turn early prototypes into scalable products
- Help set product priorities and technical choices as the first engineer
- Work directly with the founder to decide what to build next and bring it to launch
What you bring
- You have shipped something with a strong signal, such as a widely used product, substantial hardware shipments or meaningful revenue
- A strong founder or solo-builder fundraising record can also demonstrate the level of impact sought
- Deep technical ability and fast execution can qualify even if you are early in your career
Who this fits
This founding role suits a hands-on engineer ready to own technical direction across software, firmware and hardware. It is based in San Francisco and involves working directly with the founder day to day.
From the employer
👋 Hi, I’m Nik. I’m looking for a world-class founding engineer to build Omi with me.
Omi is AI for your real life.
Think: wearable memory, voice-first interface, the reverse iPhone.
In the past 10 months, we’ve:
Grown to 300K software users
Hit 100M+ organic video views
Built 3 working hardware devices
Now I’m ready to go deeper — and I need you.
About Me
25 y.o.
🇷🇺 Born on an island in the Pacific (Russia), now in SF
🧠 Thiel Fellow
💰 Sold 2 startups — scaled the last to $4M ARR, $3M raised, acquired by Toptal
💻 Built the first Omi prototypes (hardware, mobile)
💸 Raised $5M+ total
🧲 Managed teams across 3 continents
📈 Drove 100M+ organic impressions for Omi
Check me out at nikshevchenko.com
What You’ll Do
As the first engineer, you’ll:
Own the full stack (Flutter/React Native, Python, firmware, BLE, backend, etc — depending on what you’re best at)
Architect the next version of Omi SDK / platform / hardware control
Build prototypes that feel like magic and scale into products
Help shape product direction, technical stack, and even culture
Work directly with me every day — we’ll build and launch together
This is not a “here’s what to do” job — this is “what should we do next?”
What I’m Looking For
Someone who’s built and shipped something impressive. For example:
Built a product used by 1M+ people or 10K+ devices shipped
Or built something with >$1M revenue
Or raised >$1M as a founder / solo builder
Or deeply technical + insanely fast — even if early in your journey
You don’t need to check every box — but one really strong signal is enough.
Tech Stack (so far)
Flutter (might move to React soon)
Python / Flask
Firmware: C
BLE
Omi DevKit (custom hardware)
Why This Might Be the One
You’ll get lots of equity and full ownership over technical direction
Work on actual AI hardware, not just apps
Build something that people already love — and want more of
Help people think and live better with ambient, embodied AI
Let’s make humans 1000x smarter with AI by 2026.
Let’s make robots help in every apartment by 2028.
Let's create the metaverse
II personally check every candidate!
If I didn’t respond, something was off. 🥲
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