Co-Founder

Co-Founder (Technical) - FridayAI

Equity: 10%

Location: Remote

Commitment: Full-time, hands-on builder

Investment: Required (small founder-level skin in the game)

Company Description

FridayAI is an AI product research and engineering company building the next generation of Artificially Useful Intelligence (AUI). Our focus is simple: make AI genuinely useful in the real world. We work on enterprise-grade systems that optimize cost, speed, and intelligence by combining deep infra knowledge with applied AI design.

We're currently in the final stage of building our core product - an Adaptive Context Window (ACW) engine for enterprises - and we are now expanding the founding team.

Role Description

We are hiring a technical co-founder who wants to build a real company, not just join a job. This is not an internship, not a side-gig, and not an advisory role. You'll directly influence architecture, product direction, business strategy, and go-to-market.

You'll work with the founding team on:

• Scaling the ACW engine and related AI infra tools
• Engineering direction, architecture decisions, and hands-on development
• Identifying new market opportunities and helping close enterprise clients
• Shaping GTM strategy and product roadmap
• Working directly on infra cost optimization, model integration, and devops pipelines
• Fundraising and investor conversations
• Building a strong engineering culture from day one

We expect someone who wants to own, build, and grow a real AI business.

Required Skills

Technical

• 2+ years Python (strong fundamentals)
• 2+ years FastAPI (production experience)
• Strong with Docker and containerized deployments
• Experience with Kubernetes (EKS preferred)
• AWS fundamentals: EC2, VPC, S3, IAM, Load Balancers, ECR, CloudWatch
• Comfortable with ML infra or LLM systems (not mandatory but a big plus)
• Strong debugging, architecture thinking, and problem-solving under pressure

Founder Mindset

• Wants to build an actual company, not just write code
• Visionary thinking combined with execution discipline
• Comfortable with uncertainty and fast iterations
• Can take ownership of engineering end-to-end
• Strong communication and decision-making
• Entrepreneurial drive to push product from prototype to revenue

Investment

• Small founder-level investment required (for skin-in-the-game and alignment)

What You Get

• 10% equity in a fast-moving AI product company
• Co-founder title and full ownership of engineering roadmap
• Direct influence on company direction, product decisions, and tech strategy
• Opportunity to build enterprise-grade AI infra from scratch
• A chance to shape a category-defining product in a high-growth space