Founding Engineer at Catalon

Catalon is an SF-based AI startup backed by Entrepreneur First, seeking a Founding Engineer to build AI-native infrastructure for the chemical industry. The role involves owning the entire tech stack and transforming complex operations in a dynamic startup environment.

Responsibilities:

• Architect and build agentic AI systems using Pydantic AI, MCP servers, and tool-use orchestration to automate complex chemical industry workflows
• Design and implement end-to-end features across the full stack, including React/Next.js frontends, Postgres databases, and robust API integrations with ERPs like SAP and Oracle
• Shape the foundational engineering culture and technical roadmap while iterating directly with customers to turn ambiguous problems into shipped products

Requirements:

• Has 1-4 years of post-grad experience and a proven track record of shipping production-grade AI products or complex B2B SaaS systems end-to-end
• Demonstrates deep technical expertise in agentic orchestration (chain-of-thought, evals, RAG) and is comfortable managing the ambiguity of a pre-seed startup
• Possesses an 'obsessed' problem-solving mindset, likely evidenced by building ambitious side projects just for fun and a desire to own the entire product lifecycle