AI Fund · 7 hours ago
Founding Engineering Lead
New York
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff
$180K/yr - $220K/yrMeeno is a startup backed by Sequoia Capital and founded by the former CEO of Tinder, focused on helping Gen Z build real-world social courage through voice-based practice. They are seeking a Founding Engineering Lead to own the technical foundation of their product, co-design the product vision, and build core AI product primitives while maintaining a high engineering standard.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Responsibilities
Own the technical foundation of Meeno end-to-end: Web + mobile + backend + data + experimentation
Co-design product vision in close partnership with Meeno’s team
Build core AI product primitives: Voice capture/playback, Low-latency interactions, Scene framework (content + branching + scoring hooks), Feedback loops and user progression, Personalization
Architect for speed + iteration (weekly experiments, not quarterly releases)
Set the engineering bar: Quality, reliability, security/privacy, and shipping culture
Hire and mentor engineers as we scale: Focus on quality over quantity, leveraging AI and talent to scale while staying lean
Qualification
Required
Strong builder who has shipped consumer products
Comfortable with ambiguity and moving fast without breaking the soul of the product
Product taste: you care about 'feel,' not just functionality
Excited by voice, interaction design, and behavior change
Can operate like a founder: make tradeoffs, set direction, ship
Preferred
Early adopter of AI-driven development
Hungry for rapid career progression and societal impact
Experience with audio/voice pipelines, realtime systems, mobile performance
History of building unconventional projects (creative tech, experiments, indie builds)
Interest in human behavior, social dynamics, and product psychology
You empathize with Gen Z loneliness and enjoy meeting people IRL
Company
AI Fund
AI Fund is a VC firm made up of AI pioneers, operators, entrepreneurs, and investors, supported by LPs such as NEA, Sequoia and Greylock.
Founded in 2017
11-50 employees
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Partner, COO & GC
Andrew Ng
Managing General Partner
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