Founding Software Engineer

Ensense AI is building the next generation of Physical AI, focusing on transparency in public places through innovative sensing and software solutions. The Founding Software Engineer will work closely with the founders to design and scale core platforms for multimodal sensing and intelligence systems, playing a crucial role in shaping the product and engineering culture.

Responsibilities:

• Design and build production quality backend systems that ingest, process, and serve multimodal sensor, audio, video, and environmental data
• Build APIs, services, and infrastructure that support data pipelines and model development and inference
• Develop applications that enables users to interact with our AI models
• Implement best practices in reliability, scalability, and data integrity
• Help define code standards, and long term engineering strategy
• Contribute to a culture of engineering excellence, ownership, and speed

Requirements:

• B.Sc. in computer science or a related technical field
• 2+ years of professional experience with a strong record of shipping
• Strong proficiency in modern backend development using Python or Go
• Proficiency with relational databases such as Postgres
• Proven expertise in databases technologies including schema design, query optimization, indexing, and performance tuning
• Experience building cloud based systems on AWS or GCP
• Ability to design APIs, data models, and scalable service architectures
• Experience working with modern MLOPs practices
• Strong problem solving and comfort working in fast paced environments
• Clear and concise communication skills
• Interest in Physical AI, smart infrastructure, or urban systems
• Background in early stage startups or experience as an early technical hire
• Experience with real time or streaming data systems
• Experience with geospatial data, mapping frameworks, or location data