Decagon

Founder's Office, Founder Associate at Decagon (San Francisco, CA)

Decagon· San Francisco, CA· $170k–$250k·

Role details

Salary
$170k–$250k
Employment
Full-Time
Equity
Yes
Benefits

Take What You Need Vacation Policy · Medical, Dental, And Vision Benefits · Life Insurance And Disability Benefits · Retirement Plan (401K) · Parental Leave · Fertility And Family Building Benefits · Daily Lunches And Snacks · Equity

Decagon at a glance

Autonomous AI agents that resolve enterprise customer support end to end across chat, voice, email, and SMS.

Decagon builds autonomous AI agents for enterprise customer support, handling chat, voice, email, and SMS from one intelligence layer. Its agents resolve requests end to end and take real actions across a company's support stack, with workflows defined in natural language via Agent Operating Procedures so CX teams can iterate without engineering.

$481M+ raised · latest: Series D · $250M · 2026 · backed by Coatue Management, Index Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Accel

Summary

Join the Founder's Office to work directly with leadership on high-impact strategic and operational initiatives. This role involves driving key projects, building processes, and solving ambiguous challenges to help scale the business.

Job description

About Decagon

Decagon is the leading conversational AI platform empowering every brand to deliver concierge customer experiences. Our technology enables industry-defining enterprises like Avis Budget Group, Block’s Cash App and Square, Chime, Oura Health, and Hunter Douglas to deploy AI agents that power personalized, deeply satisfying interactions across voice, chat, email, SMS, and every other channel. We’re building a future where customer experiences are being redefined from support tickets and hold music to faster resolutions, richer conversations, and deeper relationships. We’re proud to be backed by world-class investors who share that vision, including a16z, Accel, Bain Capital Ventures, Coatue, and Index Ventures, along with many others. We’re an in-office company, driven by a shared commitment to excellence and velocity. Our values — Just Get It Done, Invent What Customers Want, Winner’s Mindset, and The Polymath Principle — shape how we work and grow as a team.

About the Role

Calling all founders and future founders - Decagon is building out the Founder's Office. This is a high leverage, high motor, and high impact team of Founder Associates that works directly with our Founders and Execs to scale the business and shape the foundation of a world-class AI company. You will have a front-row seat and a very direct role in tackling our highest-priority strategic and operational challenges as we continue to grow. You will drive strategic initiatives across the company, identify key areas for improvement, build processes, and ultimately get things done.

Your background looks something like this

  • Are a past founder, or have ambitions of becoming one in the future
  • Are a killer operator who thrives in fast-paced environments, has extremely high ownership, and enjoys wearing multiple hats to take on new and ambiguous challenges
  • Are comfortable owning projects end-to-end, from identifying the problem to implementing scalable solutions
  • Believe in first-principles thinking: you’re extremely good at analyzing problems and using data to inform decisions, optimize processes, and track performance
  • Are an excellent communicator who can partner with cross-functional teams and influence stakeholders at all levels of the organization
  • Are passionate about building from the ground up, with a strong bias toward action and intensity

Compensation

$170k - $250k + equity

Benefits

We proudly offer the following benefits for our full-time employees:

  • Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits for you and your family
  • Life Insurance and Disability Benefits
  • Retirement Plan (e.g., 401K, pension)
  • Parental Leave
  • Fertility and family building benefits through Carrot
  • Monthly stipend to support your wellness, lifestyle, and work-life balance
  • Daily lunches and snacks in the office to keep you at your best
  • Take what you need vacation policy (subject to local requirements; UK employees receive 25 days of statutory leave)

These benefits are described in more detail in Decagon’s policies, may vary by location, and can change at any time according to applicable compensation and benefits plans.

Why work at Decagon

  • Culture: Described as "Eng-Driven, Ship Fast, Equity, Product Impact" by employees. Values include: "Just get it done," "Invent what customers want," "Winner's mindset," "The Polymath Principle" (cross-functional collaboration) decagon.ai/careers
  • Compensation: "We hire the best and treat them accordingly" — competitive compensation philosophy; Glassdoor rating: 3.9/5.0 (257 reviews), Compensation: 5.0/5.0 in Glassdoor-style internal review jobsbyculture.com
  • Benefits:
    • 100% medical, dental, and vision coverage for dependents
    • 401k and FSA/commuter benefits
    • Flexible PTO + company-wide winter break shutdown
    • Free daily lunches, dinner, and snacks at HQ
    • Wellness programs and company events decagon.ai/careers
  • Remote/Hybrid/Office: HQ in San Francisco (2261 Market Street); London office (50 York Way). Roles span remote, hybrid, and on-site options based on job postings.
  • Engineering culture: 89 technical employees (21% of workforce), Staff/Senior Research Engineer roles for Voice + Speech; "Build, optimize, and scale AI agents" is core identity. Alumni go on to OpenAI, Datadog, Postman, Accel — strong talent pipeline.
  • Growth trajectory: 134 open roles; 300+% headcount growth YoY; $4.5B valuation at 3 years old — extremely high-growth environment ideal for career acceleration.
  • Notable perk: "We’re building a future where customer experiences are being redefined from support tickets and hold music to faster resolutions" — employees report high product impact and ownership.

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