Applied AI Founding Engineer (Agentic Workflows)

Rockstar Recruiting AG - original posting ->

Status: Open
Remote policy: Not stated
Employment type: Not stated
Salary: 130,000-140,000 CHF / year
Tech: aws javascript python software
Source: swissdevjobs
First observed: 2026-08-11 23:49 UTC
Last seen: 2026-10-01 20:25 UTC
Source claims posted: 2026-09-17 22:00 UTC
Consecutive misses: 0 of 10

What the posting says

Salary: CHF 130'000 - 140'000 per year

Requirements:

Proven experience as a first or early engineer at a startup, or equivalent drive demonstrated through self-initiated projects

Experience building Agentic Workflows at scale

Strong backend skills in Python (FastAPI) and/or NodeJS

Practical experience with LLM orchestration (e.g. LangGraph) and shipping AI pipelines in production environments

Systems thinking mindset: deep understanding of data flow, state management, and robust error handling

High ownership mentality and pragmatic approach – you ship a good solution today rather than a perfect one tomorrow

Responsibilities:

Co-define system architecture and make independent technology decisions from day one

Build and operate AI agents that autonomously process complex, high-value transactions

Develop robust data pipelines that turn unstructured inputs into reliable API calls

Optimise orchestration logic for low latency and high reliability at production scale

Technologies:

AI Agents

API

Backend

FastAPI

Flow

LLM

NodeJS

Python

RAG

AWS

JavaScript

Small, building-focused founding team. You'll work directly on the product with real impact from day one. Meaningful equity on offer for the right person.

last updated 40 week of 2026

Quality

Completeness: 65%

+ Salary range stated weight 35%
x Remote policy stated weight 20%
x Location stated weight 15%
+ Organisation stated weight 15%
+ Publication date stated weight 15%

Honesty: 100%

Based on 11 observation(s).

+ Days open - fineOpen for 53 days so far
+ Reopen count - fineNever reopened
+ Salary range removed after publication - fineSalary range has not been removed since publication
+ Salary range narrowed - fineSalary range has not narrowed since publication
+ Missing/reappear cycles - fineNo missing-then-reappeared cycles observed

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