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Kaizen
Kaizen
Founding Full-Stack / Platform Engineer
Full-time
On-site
$220k - $280k
About this role

We're looking for a founding platform/full-stack engineer to build the infrastructure powering AI's leap to autonomous learning. Own the tools and platforms enabling true AGI.

About Kaizen

We build reinforcement learning environments that let AI train from its own experience instead of being limited by human-labeled data. 5 months in: strong traction with frontier labs who depend on our platform for autonomous AI training.

The Role

Build the platform and tools that let our team move fast while scaling AI training infrastructure. Create "build once, use many times" solutions for both internal teams and frontier AI labs.

Key Responsibilities

  • Build critical infrastructure, internal tools, and CI/CD pipelines enabling rapid development

  • Create React frontends and Python backends for platform tools used by AI labs

  • Design reusable components and workflows that eliminate repetitive work

  • Deploy scalable systems on AWS/GCP supporting high-volume AI training

  • Establish engineering practices as we scale 3 → 30+ engineers

Requirements

Must-haves:

  • 2-5 years building platforms/tools that help developers move faster

  • Platform engineering expertise with DevOps products and CI/CD pipelines

  • Full-stack capabilities: React.js and Python backend experience

  • Some DevOps experience building on top of platforms you create

  • AWS/GCP deployment with production systems

  • Scale experience at 30+ employee companies where your tools had real usage

Bonus: Public portfolio, private package registries, microservices, Docker, open-source contributions, large company experience, top CS school

Ideal profile: Started full-stack → platform engineer, or founded something then moved to platform work

Why Join

  • Own AGI infrastructure: Build developer tools powering AI's autonomous future

  • Proven traction: Strong partnerships with frontier labs and validated demand

  • Ground floor: Employee #4 reconstructing digital infrastructure for AGI

  • Technical impact: Create tools that unblock both internal teams and top AI researchers

Ready to build the platform powering AI's future? Let's talk.

as a full-stack / platform engineer
Salary
$220k - $280k
Equity
Competitive
Visa sponsorship not available
On-site work policy
In-person in SF
Full-time position
Location
San Francisco, CA
Tech stack
DevOps: Service configuration, CI/CD, monitoring, deployment automation, FastAPI / Django / Flask - Python Backend Frameworks, Deployment (to AWS/GCP), React.js, TypeScript, Python, Private Package Registries
About Kaizen

Kaizen builds reinforcement learning environments that enable AI to train from its own experience instead of being limited by human-labeled data, solving the core infrastructure bottleneck toward autonomous agentic AI systems.

Team size

3 people

Industry

AI, Software Development

Founded

2025

Office locations

San Francisco, CA

Company locations

San Francisco, CA
Tech stack
DevOps: Service configuration, CI/CD, monitoring, deployment automation, FastAPI / Django / Flask - Python Backend Frameworks, Deployment (to AWS/GCP), React.js, TypeScript, Python, Private Package Registries