Founding Engineer

Avent helps manufacturers and industrial distributors automate quoting, order entry, and customer inquiries through AI agents.

Location: San Francisco, CA
Company size: 10–50
Posted: 2mo ago
Via: Yc

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Job listing · Updated 21 AUG 2026

Founding Engineer

Avent· San Francisco, CA, USView company profile

Job title: Founding Engineer
Job location: San Francisco, CA, US
Job listing URL: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/avent/jobs/3lI2Vgv-founding-engineer
Job description: We’re looking for a founding engineer to build the system that runs industrial commerce. Avent is turning the global supply chain into a machine-to-machine system where products are quoted, sourced, and fulfilled at software speed. This is not about building features. You will be building the core system that real companies rely on to operate, software that directly impacts how quickly the physical world moves. **What you’ll do** * Build the core intelligence layer that powers quoting, procurement, and decision-making across a $2T industrial network * Design and ship systems that reason over messy real-world data and turn it into reliable actions * Define the abstractions and primitives that FDEs use to deploy Avent across the industry * Own critical parts of the system end-to-end and shape how it evolves as it scales **What we’re looking for** * **High ownership** — you take direction, not instructions, and see things through to completion * **Systems thinker** — you understand how complex, imperfect systems actually work and build accordingly * **Real-world builder** — you optimize for what works for the customer, not what feels correct in theory * **Speed with judgment** — you can move fast without losing sight of where the system needs to go _Tech we use: Next.js, TypeScript, Python (FastAPI), PostgreSQL_ **Our culture** * **We own outcomes, not tasks**\ We take direction, not instructions. We run with things and see them through. * **Speed is our advantage**\ We move fast, close loops, and prioritize execution over perfection. * **We care about impact, not optics**\ We’re here to build something real. Decisions are driven by what works, not how it looks. * **We’re in this together**\ We work in person in San Francisco. Some days are long, some aren’t, but everyone here cares deeply about what we’re building and shows up accordingly. **Compensation** * Competitive salary + meaningful equity * We remove anything that slows you down, relocation, tools, and whatever you need to do great work * You’ll be part of a small team building something massive, take on responsibility far earlier than you should, and have the most fun along the way

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