About the role

Software should be beautiful.

Variant is code generation with creativity and taste. Instead of a confined conversation, you can generate endless designs from a single idea. Freely explore, discover directions you wouldn’t have thought of, and build better software as a result.

We're well-capitalized and looking for a founding engineer to own the back end of Variant, where our agents operate.

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The ideal candidate:

• At least one of:
• Has done impactful work at a company known for its high-quality backend or agentic applications
• Majorly contributed to a notable open source project
• Has a seriously impressive portfolio
• Has experience building agentic applications with sophisticated harnesses and orchestration
• Has built the backend for an app that manages complex project state
• Knows that building a startup is really hard work and is fully committed
• Doesn’t compromise between quality and shipping fast
• See what needs to be done and does it
• Under promises, over delivers
• Know when to be outspoken or disagree and commit

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We've kept our team small by design. Your code will matter from day one, and its impact will compound over time. This will be the most meaningful work of your career.\
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We work from a beautiful space in San Francisco where we dream up the future and make it real together. We’re well-capitalized and backed by notable investors.\
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If you've built things you're proud of, we'd love to see them.

About Variant

Software should be beautiful.

Variant generates software that’s actually well designed. Instead of a confined conversation, it creates endless designs from a single idea. You can freely explore, discover directions you wouldn’t have thought of, and build better software as a result.

We call this generative creativity. And it’s how creating software should work.

About the company

Software should be beautiful.

Variant generates software that’s actually well designed. Instead of a confined conversation, it creates endless designs from a single idea. You can freely explore, discover directions you wouldn’t have thought of, and build better software as a result.

We call this generative creativity. And it’s how creating software should work.