Founding Full Stack Engineer

San Francisco, CA   •   Full Time   •   $140-180k Base   •   0.5 - 1.5% Equity

About the Role

As a Founding Full Stack Engineer at Odo, you'll be crafting a modern React app that helps businesses find and win government contracts with AI. You'll build lightning-fast collaborative UIs powered by web sockets and supported by AI pipelines that anticipate user needs while keeping them in control.

In the long term, this will bring order to the chaos of government procurement and reduce waste in how tax payer dollars are spent to serve the public good.

You must be located in/relocate to the Bay Area and be excited to work together in person in San Francisco.

About Odo

Every year, U.S. state and local governments buy $1.5 trillion worth of goods and services from companies. However, the process that companies go through to find and win these contracts is extremely fragmented and manual today, leading to enormous waste and inefficiencies.

We imagine a different world: A world where companies can find and bid on government contracts 10x faster because AI automates the mundane workflow. A world where governments receive competitive bids from well-qualified companies, so they can spend less and purchase better products.

Since launching last summer as a part of Y Combinator, we already have 20+ customers - ranging from small boutique firms to enterprise companies - using Odo to identify and respond to public sector bids. Our customers are saving ~80% of time spent on the RFP process and even increasing their win rates! But this is only cracking the surface of what we can do.

Who You Are

• Hungry for impact, especially in the public sector
• Excited to solve hard technical problems at a fast pace
• Eager to apply AI in real-world use cases that drive positive outcomes
• Prioritizes delivering world-class user experiences over creating a perfectly architected system
• Respectful of diverse viewpoints and committed to collaborative decision-making without requiring consensus

Who You'll Work With

Yooni (Cofounder/CEO) - Yooni studied public policy at Princeton University and experienced the pain of public bids firsthand while working at Oliver Wyman. Yooni also worked at Robinhood as a product manager where she built world-class products like Robinhood Gold and fixed customer support post-Gamestop.

Andrew (Cofounder/CTO) - Andrew was a staff engineer at Robinhood working on both iOS and the full web stack. He spent many years freelancing where he developed outsized skill in taking projects from zero to one. He's also passionate about helping other engineers grow which is why he was a heavy contributor to Stack Overflow in the early days of Swift which led him to becoming the author of Learning Swift.

What You Bring

Must Haves

• At least 3 years of industry experience (more senior applicants also encouraged)
• Proficient in React and TypeScript and experience with microservices development
• Ability to work quickly and ship iteratively with commitment to exceptional user experiences

Nice to Haves

• Experience with Django, React, Node, and/or Yjs
• Experience with WebSockets and/or real-time applications
• Experience with AI (prompt engineering, RAG, fine-tuning, etc.)

Our Engineering Culture

Our engineering culture balances innovation with pragmatic delivery. We're enthusiastic about exploring new tools and techniques while focusing relentlessly on customer value. We respect diverse perspectives and prioritize user value above technical perfection. As one of our first engineers, you'll have a significant role in shaping this culture as we grow.

What You'll Gain

• The chance to make critical technical decisions that will shape our company for years
• First-hand experience seeing how your decisions play out as we scale
• Expertise in applying AI to solve complex business problems
• Ability to use the latest and greatest AI technologies to get your work done
• Competitive salary with significant equity – we want you to have real ownership
• The satisfaction of creating technology that makes delivering impactful public services more efficient

If you're excited about building something that matters at the intersection of AI, government, and business, we'd love to hear from you.