# Founding Engineer

**Company:** [Astraea](https://zerogtalent.com/space-companies/astraea)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA, US
**Work mode:** On-site
**Seniority:** Entry
**Employment type:** Full Time
**Salary:** USD 150K–300K/yr
**Category:** Aerospace Engineering
**Listed:** 2026-06-09

[View and apply on Zero G Talent](https://zerogtalent.com/space-jobs/astraea/founding-engineer-96164)

## Job description

We are looking for a founding engineer who wants to build deeply technical AI systems in one of the most important and regulated industries in the world.

You will work directly with the founders to:

-   Build agentic workflows for clinical trial automation
-   Design reliable systems for document ingestion, data transformation, validation, and auditability
-   Own core product surfaces across frontend, backend, data infrastructure, and AI orchestration
-   Work closely with clinical teams to turn messy real-world workflows into production software
-   Ship quickly while maintaining the rigor required for regulated healthcare environments

You might be a fit if you:

-   Are an exceptional full-stack or backend engineer
-   Care about building reliable, production-grade AI systems and can/have integrated into legacy systems in the past
-   Move fast, take ownership, and like ambiguous technical problems
-   Are excited by using AI to automate healthcare, clinical trials, or regulated data workflows
-   Want to join at the earliest stage and help define the engineering culture

We care less about credentials and more about raw ability, taste, speed, and ownership. This is a high-agency founding role for someone who wants to build category-defining software.

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### Interview Process

1.  Send us any relevant information (resume, background, github)
2.  Saffron interview
3.  30 min technical with Sanmay (CTO) and Eng
4.  Live coding session with Eng team
5.  30 min culture interview
6.  Paid work trial on a realistic Astraea engineering problem. This is designed to evaluate how you think, build, communicate, and handle ambiguity. Can accomodate online if needed.
7.  Offer

## Other open roles at Astraea

- [QA Engineer](https://zerogtalent.com/space-jobs/astraea/qa-engineer-112579) — Remote
- [Founding GTM Lead](https://zerogtalent.com/space-jobs/astraea/founding-gtm-lead-110337) — San Francisco, CA, US

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