# Founding Engineer at MangoDesk

Founding Engineer at MangoDesk in San Francisco. On-site, full-time. Posted February 9, 2026.

- Company: MangoDesk
- Location: San Francisco
- Workplace: On-site
- Job type: Full-time
- Experience: 2+ years
- Posted: 2026-02-09
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/mangodesk/ad4f871b-d704-4227-b72e-6418210c0ef9/application
- Source: https://jobmagic.ai/jobs/founding-engineer-mangodesk-mw0jr9

## Requirements

- Strong technical / computer science fundamentals.
- Experience building production-grade backend / full-stack systems
- Deep understanding of scalability challenges and good system design.
- The ability to take ambiguous requirements, conduct research, analyze tradeoffs, and own project execution end-to-end, balancing speed vs reliability.
- Strong communication skills and a bias toward ownership

## Description

**Company Overview**
We're a YC-backed startup on a mission to bridge the gap between AI and the $5T knowledge work economy through cutting-edge data infrastructure and environments. We're a technical team with experience from Scale AI, Uber, and previously founding a successful AI company. We’re based in San Francisco, CA, and recently raised an oversubscribed seed round led by top-tier VCs.
**Required Qualifications**

- Strong technical / computer science fundamentals.

- Experience building production-grade backend / full-stack systems

- Deep understanding of scalability challenges and good system design.

- The ability to take ambiguous requirements, conduct research, analyze tradeoffs, and own project execution end-to-end, balancing speed vs reliability.

- Strong communication skills and a bias toward ownership

**Preferred Qualifications**

- 2+ years of experience as a SWE

- Prior experience at startups / high-growth companies

- Experience with applied AI / AI research - specifically in post-training / RL