--- title: 'Software Engineer (Junior/Intermediate) at Automat, Inc.' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/software-engineer-junior-intermediate-automat-inc-san-francisco-2qvye8mhnx5g' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-12' --- # Software Engineer (Junior/Intermediate) at Automat, Inc. - **Company:** Automat, Inc. - **Location:** San Francisco, CA - **Compensation:** $150k–$200k - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** onsite - **Posted:** 2026-03-03 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-12 - **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/automat/a4172515-0353-47ec-9c71-631a294aa137 ## Job description What is Automat? Automat was founded by a diverse group of creative technologists from teams like Google Creative Lab and Samsung’s Innovation Think Tank. We're building a future where intelligent agents run real business operations, not just support them. Automat Workforce puts AI coworkers directly inside a company's existing tools to handle day-to-day operational work, and our Studio platform gives customers a fully managed way to build, deploy, and monitor their own agents and automations. We value creativity, pragmatism, collaboration, and impact above rigid requirements. If you're excited about AI Agents and automation, thrive in flexible, creative environments, and want to work on meaningful, pioneering projects alongside experienced entrepreneurs - this role is for you. We encourage anyone to apply - we think talent, passion and your unique perspective can outweigh years of experience. We are really looking for someone who can hit the ground running on day one and contribute at a rapid pace, while also being someone from whom we ourselves can learn from. ## The Role We're looking for product minded Full Stack Engineers with high potential who want to take their craft to the next level. We’re a small talented senior team who can do more with less, and are looking for folks who want to build key portions of our product offering alongside us. You’ll have the opportunity to actively influence product direction, and contribute meaningfully to all aspects of our engineering culture while learning from highly experienced engineer mentors. In this role, you'll collaborate closely with staff level engineers to build scalable and robust core product infrastructure for our customers. You’re perfect for this role if you've demonstrated your capabilities as a software engineer by working on real world products, and are ready to take the next step in your career at a fast paced AI first startup. We want to give you full ownership and agency. What You'll Do: - Work within our Core Engineering team to develop and expand our product suite, from our Enterprise grade Automat Studio, to our state of the art Agentic Workflow Builder and beyond. - Build interfaces which leverage cutting-edge computer use models to automate and accelerate real world Enterprise workflows across finance, banking, healthcare, e-commerce, and more. - Collaborate with our Forward Deployed Team to understand how customers interact with Automat’s platform today, and use those learnings to bolster our Agentic Workflow Builder and Developer Toolkit. - Develop beautiful and intuitive UX interfaces which abstract away complex business automation processes and create a seamless experience for non-technical users and engineers alike - Create robust, enterprise grade back-end infrastructure and services to power our Fortune 500 customers' workflows at scale - Influence our engineering practices, shape product direction, and contribute to building a world class company culture. What drives you - Curiosity and momentum — you love learning quickly, trying new tools, and improving your craft week over week. You're excited about the AI age and want to be at its forefront - Building with others — you thrive on fast feedback loops, pairing, and collaborating with designers/PMs/engineers to ship real user value - Excitement about AI-assisted development — you use AI tools to move faster, but you verify outputs, write tests, and check edge cases - Making complex things feel simple — you care deeply about polish, clarity, and turning messy workflows into delightful user experiences What’s in your toolbox - Fullstack fundamentals — you’ve shipped production features across frontend + backend, and you understand APIs, databases, auth, and deployment - Strong product/engineering judgment — you know when to ship a scrappy v0, and when to slow down to fix a bug properly or refactor a hotspot - Modern web stack experience — comfortable with tools like Next.js, and eager to learn/ship with platforms like Supabase and Vercel - AI as a multiplier — you can leverage tools like Cursor/Windsurf/Claude to scaffold, debug, and iterate, while relying on good engineering habits (reviews, tests, logs, monitoring) to keep quality high ## What we are looking for - Clear communication — you ask good questions, share progress early, and handle feedback well - Comfort with ambiguity (with support) — you can take a loosely defined problem, propose a plan, and iterate toward a solution - Hands-on experience with AI coding tools (Cursor, Windsurf, Claude Code, etc.) and a habit of validating results - Strong UX instincts — you care about speed, clarity, and making things intuitive - High initiative — you don’t wait to be told what to do; you find the next useful step and take it - Ownership mindset — you leave code cleaner than you found it and follow issues through to completion - Startup curiosity — you’re excited by fast-paced environments, learning by doing, and shipping frequently ## About Automat, Inc. ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Automat provides an AI-driven robotic process automation (RPA) platform that uses click-based AI agents to automate complex workflows across enterprise systems, replacing brittle and expensive legacy RPA solutions. - **Entity Type**: Private (Series A) - **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, United States - **Founded**: 2023 - **Founders**: Lucas Ochoa (CEO) and Gautam Bose (CTO) ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: Enterprise Automation / AI-Powered RPA - **Target customers**: B2B, Enterprise (Healthcare, Insurance, Banking, Manufacturing, E-Commerce, Mortgage & Lending, Operations & Shared Services) - **Mission or purpose statement**: To make work easier for everyone with one-click browser flows, using AI techniques from robotics to build automations that are 10x faster and 1/10th the price of traditional RPA. ## Products & Services - **Automat Platform (Managed AI Automation)**: A suite of AI agents that can be deployed via API or UI triggers. The platform features a proprietary transformer-based RPA engine that mimics human behavior on top of existing user interfaces, including Windows, Citrix, and web portals. It includes self-healing agents, built-in human oversight, AI document extraction (IDP), and a UI-based agent builder. - **Document Studio**: AI-powered document extraction and processing for PDFs, forms, and unstructured data. - **API-Based Automations**: Custom API endpoints for integrating automations into existing workflows and products. - **Managed Automations**: End-to-end service where the Automat team builds, tests, and validates automations based on screen recordings, process documentation, or example files. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available - **Key Metrics**: - **Total Funding**: $19.75M (across 3 rounds) - **Annual Revenue**: Not publicly available - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Y Combinator (Pre-Seed lead), Initialized Capital (Seed lead), Felicis (Series A lead) - **Growth Signals**: - Headcount growth of +92.3% year-over-year (from ~10 to 22 employees) - Active hiring with 9 open positions - Operates in 6 countries (US, Philippines, Colombia, Peru, Brazil, Sweden) - 2,533 LinkedIn followers (+86.9% yearly growth) - SOC 2, GDPR, HIPAA, and ISO 27001 certified - Alumni from top AI and robotics companies (Google, Everyday Robots, 14.ai) ## Competitive Advantages - **Proprietary Transformer-Based RPA Engine**: Unlike legacy RPA (UiPath, Automation Anywhere), Automat’s agents are built using AI techniques from robotics, enabling them to understand context, handle exceptions, and self-heal when interfaces change. - **Speed & Cost Efficiency**: Claims to be 10x faster to deploy and 1/10th the cost of traditional RPA. - **Enterprise-Grade Security**: SOC 2, GDPR, HIPAA, and ISO 27001 certified with audit trails, granular permissions, and real-time monitoring. - **Managed Service Model**: Offers end-to-end automation management, not just a tool, reducing the need for internal RPA teams. - **Ex-Google Engineering Team**: Founders and early engineers have deep AI experience from Google, including work on LaMDA (Google’s conversational AI). ## Strategic Focus - **Scaling Enterprise Sales**: Currently hiring a Head of Sales and Enterprise Account Executives, indicating a push into larger enterprise deals. - **Vertical Expansion**: Targeting high-value verticals like Healthcare, Insurance, Banking, and Manufacturing with tailored solutions. - **Product Development**: Continuing to build out the AI agent platform with focus on self-healing, human-in-the-loop tooling, and observability. - **Geographic Expansion**: Already operating in 6 countries, with LATAM (Colombia, Peru, Brazil) being a notable growth region. ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Described as a team of "makers who take action" — a bias for building and solving problems. The team works out of a former historic brewery in San Francisco’s Mission District. - **Remote/Hybrid/Office**: Likely hybrid or in-office based on the San Francisco headquarters and the nature of close collaboration on AI/robotics. - **Engineering Culture**: Deep technical challenges at the intersection of AI, robotics, and enterprise software. Team includes alumni from Google, Everyday Robots, and top AI labs. Engineers work on transformer-based models, computer vision, and agentic AI. - **Benefits & Perks**: Health, Dental, Vision coverage; 401K (via Human Interest); Commuter Benefits (parking, public transit); Lifestyle perks; Reliable family coverage. - **Growth Stage**: Early-stage (Series A, ~22 people) with massive growth trajectory — a chance to have outsized impact as an early employee. - **Open Roles**: 9 active positions including Software Engineer, Applied AI Engineer, Founding Designer, Enterprise Account Executive, Head of Sales, and Forward Deployed Engineer. ## Sources 1. [runautomat.com/about](https://runautomat.com/about) 2. [runautomat.com/careers](https://runautomat.com/careers) 3. [runautomat.com](https://runautomat.com/) 4. [ycombinator.com/companies/automat](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/automat) 5. 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