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title: 'Founding Software Engineer at Redcar'
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# Founding Software Engineer at Redcar

- **Company:** Redcar
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2024-09-10
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-13
- **Apply:** https://jobs.gem.com/redcar/am9icG9zdDpX-GoMWzcR4w3WLBKJr4iV

## Job description

## About Redcar

Redcar is on a mission to make every professional superhuman. And today, we make world’s most trusted AI Sales Agents.

We’re rapidly scaling AI Agents trusted by humans and the data environments where they work, and we're looking for an amazing Founding Engineer to join us. Our AI Engine, based on Stanford research, blends traditional engineering and LLMs to run trusted workflows at internet scale. Our customers, from billion-dollar companies to YC startups, rely on our agents daily for high-stakes sales work. You’ll have significant ownership, ship incredibly quickly, and work directly with users.

We are backed by Khosla Ventures (OpenAI, DoorDash, Affirm, Commonwealth Fusion, read more [here](https://www.redcar.io/blog/redcar-raises-5-3m-from-khosla-ventures-to-make-superhumans-in-sales-with-ai) and [here](https://www.theangle.com/p/redcars-ai-sales-superpower-platform)) and a long list of amazing angels. We're scaling toward seven-figure revenues and are relentlessly working towards building the next unicorn company amid this AI Agent revolution. You'll be joining a fast-growing team in San Francisco, the AI Mecca of the world.

## About the Role

As a part of our founding team, you will play a pivotal role in shaping our company’s future. This is your chance to be part of a rocketship, working directly with seasoned founders, including Jeff Chen who has successfully exited two startups to Google and Zynga.

You Will

- Lead critical engineering projects by designing and developing complex, large-scale systems using our primary tech stack
- Bridge the gap between traditional Large Language Models (LLMs) and fully functional AI agents, solving some of the most challenging problems in the industry
- Collaborate closely with the founding team to innovate and drive substantial impact, building large and complex systems in one-third the time most competent people think is possible
- Be a cornerstone member of the founding team and play a direct role in revolutionizing the world with AI Agents
- Participate in a fast-paced environment with a clear path to making a tangible impact on a global scale

We’re Looking For Must Haves:

- Proficiency in TypeScript and/or Python
- Ability to learn new technologies and frameworks at an accelerated pace
- Proven track record of designing and building large and complex systems efficiently
- BS or MS in Engineering from a top-tier four-year college in the US
- Extensive experience with MVC architectures such as NestJS or Django
- Graduated top 10% of class

Great to Haves:

- Familiarity with microservices architectures
- Experience in startup environments, thriving in agile and dynamic settings

Technology

- At Redcar, you’ll work on AgentExpress, our proprietary AI agent platform. Our tech stack includes TypeScript, Node.js, and various cutting-edge technologies tailored to enhance our AI capabilities and product offerings
- If you’re ready to be part of the next industrial revolution and think you have what it takes to help us turn ambitious goals into reality, apply today and let's pioneer the future

## Compensation

- Salary: $120k - $200k
- Equity: 0.5% - 1%
- Benefits: Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
- Perks: 3 weeks PTO, unlimited sick days, and a super collaborative team culture

## About Redcar

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Redcar builds AI voice agents for the home services industry, automating calls, estimates, upsells, and invoicing so trades businesses can operate like a team of ten with a team of one.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Seed stage, $5.3M total funding)
- **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, United States
- **Founded**: 2023
- **Founders**: Jeff Chen (Co-Founder & CEO); team roots include Google, Stanford, and Uber (other co-founders not publicly named)

## Core Business
- Primary industry: Home services / Trades (HVAC, plumbing, electrical, etc.) via AI-powered conversational agents; the company also previously developed a B2B sales AI rep.
- Target customers: Small-to-medium home service businesses in the trades (B2B SMB).
- Mission: “We believe the backbone of the American economy, the trades, deserve more than just better software. They deserve an autonomous office engine that gives businesses the freedom to grow.”

## Products & Services
- **Redcar AI CSR**: A voice AI agent that answers every call (including after-hours and overflow), books appointments, provides complex estimates, upsells memberships, chases overdue invoices, and integrates directly into ServiceTitan, Housecall Pro, and FieldEdge. It also includes automatic QA for human CSRs and a self-improving “LearnLoop” that updates its own SOPs. (SaaS, usage-based pricing)

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Total Funding of $5.3M (Seed round, May 2025, led by Khosla Ventures)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Khosla Ventures (lead), plus other unnamed Silicon Valley venture funds; integrates with ServiceTitan, Housecall Pro, FieldEdge.
- **Growth Signals**: 10 employees (+62.5% YoY); approaching $1M ARR according to BuiltIn; 92% claimed booking rate and 7x ROI for customers; Product Hunt launch in October 2024; active hiring for founding engineering and sales roles.

## Competitive Advantages
- Vertical focus on the trades with deep integrations into dominant industry software (ServiceTitan, Housecall Pro).
- Proprietary “LearnLoop” technology that lets AI agents learn from experience, update their own standard operating procedures, and run test suites – reducing reliance on human oversight.
- Claims of 92% booking rate and 7x ROI, backed by a transparency feature that runs an AI against itself to show accuracy.
- Founding team with pedigree from Google, Stanford, Uber, and BCG.

## Strategic Focus
- Scale the AI CSR product to capture more of the home services lifecycle (sales, dispatch, customer service).
- Expand through usage-based pricing and product-led growth.
- Build out the founding team with engineers, account executives, and SDRs (remote or in-office in San Francisco).

## Why Work Here
- Early-stage startup (10 employees) offering high ownership and impact on product direction.
- Backed by top-tier VC (Khosla Ventures) with a clear path to scaling.
- Remote or in-office options (San Francisco HQ); founding roles can be remote.
- Cutting-edge AI work applied to a real-world, underserved market.
- Culture described as “customer-obsessed builders” with a “relentless” drive toward unicorn status.
- Equity and early-stage compensation likely included, though specific perks are not publicly listed.

## Sources
1. [builtin.com – Redcar Careers, Perks & Culture](https://builtin.com/company/redcar)
2. [linkedin.com – Redcar (TurboLayer Inc.) Company Page](https://linkedin.com/company/redcarinc)
3. [redcar.ai – Company & Mission](https://www.redcar.ai/company)
4. [redcar.ai – Homepage (Product Description)](https://www.redcar.ai/)
5. [jobs.gem.com – Redcar Careers Page](https://jobs.gem.com/redcar)

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