Hands-on Tech Lead / Founding Engineer

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Hands‑on Tech Lead / Founding Engineer
Hands‑on Tech Lead / Founding Engineer

3
\- 6 yrs
$35K - $50K / yr
Remote only
Skills
API
Systems analysis and design
Gpt
N8n
Retel
Title: Hands‑on Tech Lead (AI Agents, Automations, Chatbots)
Type: Full‑time (preferred) or full‑time‑equivalent contractor
Location: Remote (India-friendly), must overlap with founder for live collaboration
Comp: Flexible; you indicated up to ~$50k/year is comfortable for the right person
Why this role exists
We build and deploy rough-but-working “minimum viable applications” fast (days/weeks, not months) for small businesses, then gradually extract reusable components so the best solutions become repeatable products.
You’ll be the engineering owner who can design + ship, keep quality “clean enough,” and avoid the long-term trap of one-off scripts.
What you’ll build
– AI-agent driven automations using n8n (including agentic workflows, tool usage, memory/DB access, and production hardening). n8n explicitly positions AI Agents as autonomous workflows that make decisions and execute tasks, and provides dedicated AI agent capability pages/docs.
– Conversational chatbots (web + messaging + optionally voice) with reliable orchestration, state, and analytics
– Voice experiences using ElevenLabs Text‑to‑Speech (and optionally Speech‑to‑Text), including real-time or low-latency flows.
– Admin/internal tooling (e.g., Retool) to manage clients, prompts, workflows, logs, and operations. Retool’s own positioning: connect to databases/APIs/LLMs and build internal tools.
– (If applicable) Voice agent platforms such as Retell AI (inbound/outbound voice agent platform + docs).
Responsibilities
Shipping (hands-on)
– Build the first end‑to‑end “vertical slices” yourself (agent/workflow → backend/service → DB → UI/admin → deployment).
– Deliver working MVAs rapidly; optimize for time-to-deploy while maintaining baseline reliability.
Architecture & productization
– Define a lightweight but real architecture that supports:
– multi-client deployments (config/tenant separation)
– prompt/version management
– logging + observability
– secure secret handling
– repeatable integrations and “workflow templates”
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– Establish “golden path” patterns so new projects are mostly configuration + reuse.
Leadership
– Lead (and unblock) an Implementation Engineer: tickets, code review, standards, and technical direction.
– Produce short docs and checklists so others can build consistently.
Required experience (must-haves)
– Strong full‑stack fundamentals (API design, auth, data modeling, debugging, deployments).
– Proven experience building automation/workflow systems (preferably n8n in production).
– Experience with LLM + agent patterns: tool calling, retrieval/RAG, structured outputs, prompt/versioning, evaluation, failure handling.
– Conversational chatbot experience (web or messaging). Voice is a plus.
– Ability to design databases and data flows (Postgres/MySQL/etc.), including migrations and indexing.
– Strong written communication: can turn ambiguous needs into a plan, and can document the “how to run it.”
Strong plus
– Retool (or similar low-code internal tooling) experience.
– ElevenLabs voice integration (TTS/STT) in production.
– Experience with Retell AI or similar voice-agent platforms (Vapi/Retell/etc.).
– Experience self-hosting and operating systems: Docker, CI/CD, monitoring, secrets.
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2014
Type
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Services
Size
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20-100
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