Founding Firmware Engineer
At a glance
Mid-level Embedded & Firmware role at Omi. San Francisco · full-time · $300,000 base.
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What you'll do
- Build and maintain firmware for Omi devices as the first engineer focused on that work
- Adapt other products, such as Apple Watch and Meta glasses, to connect with the Omi ecosystem
- Help choose the product’s technical direction and shape its firmware stack
- Work with the founder each day to decide what to build and bring it to launch
What you bring
- You have shipped a standout project, such as firmware on at least one thousand devices or a product used by a million people
- A strong signal can also be revenue above one million dollars, raising more than one million as a founder, or exceptional technical speed
Who this fits
This role suits a self-directed builder who can make technical choices and work closely with the founder. It is based in San Francisco and offers ownership of technical direction.
From the employer
👋 Hi, I’m Nik. I’m looking for a world-class founding firmware 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
26 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 $7M+ 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 firmware engineer, you’ll:
Own firmware for omi devices
Hack other devices to integrate them with omi ecosystem (i.e. apple watch, meta glasses, etc...)
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:
Wrote firmware for 1k+ devices
Or Built a product used by 1M+ people
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, Nordic chips
BLE
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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