Founding Engineer, Full Stack

Verified Equity

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What Verified Equity means

0.2% - 2%

Salary$100K – $190K

LocationSan Francisco, CA

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Company Description

ProhostAI automates and improves short-term rental operations with AI. The platform handles the full operating system for Airbnb hosts — from guest communication to pricing to operations — powered by LLMs and built by a team that has lived the problem as hosts themselves.

Founder background

Founding team from Airbnb, Dropbox, Twitter, and Harvard. Team members are active Airbnb hosts with a 4.99+ rating across thousands of stays — they built the product to solve their own problem.

Traction

YC S24. Backed by Y Combinator, Pear VC, Pioneer Fund, and Data Tech Fund. Early traction with Airbnb hosts on the platform.

ProhostAI is building the AI-powered operating system for Airbnb and short-term rental hosts. As a founding full-stack engineer, you'll own end-to-end product development across backend and frontend, and work on AI/LLM-powered features throughout the product. The founding team are engineers and data scientists from Airbnb, Dropbox, and Twitter who are also active hosts — they built this to solve their own problem. You'll be shipping novel, delightful AI-powered experiences to build a category-leading product.

Requirements

2+ years of experience with front-end development (React, TypeScript, PWAs)
2+ years of experience with back-end development (Python, RabbitMQ, microservices)
Experience with cloud technologies and deployment (AWS/Google Cloud, Firebase, Docker)
Knowledge of databases and web storage solutions (PostgreSQL, Redis, NoSQL)
Strong problem-solving and analytical abilities
Excellent communication and teamwork skills
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Nice to Haves

Experience building AI/LLM-powered product features
Product-minded — excited to ship delightful user experiences, not just backend systems
Familiarity with the short-term rental or hospitality space

Benefits

Fully covered top-tier health, dental, and vision plans
Fully specced MacBook Pro
Competitive salary and equity
Hybrid role based in San Francisco

Compensation Details

Salary $100K–$190K. Equity 0.20%–2.00%. Wide range reflects new grad to experienced hire. Fully covered health, dental, and vision. MacBook Pro provided.