Founding Member of Technical Staff- Software
Gemstar Staffing Group is looking for a Founding Member of Technical Staff- Software for an onsite position located in Palo Alto, CA.
Please send us your resume on our contact us page if you meet the skills below.
The Client: The client is building AI agents that automate semiconductor design flows. They just raised $4.5M pre-seed to solve the biggest bottleneck in chip design using AI.
Location: Palo Alto, CA (Onsite)
Salary Range: $160k -$240k base
Benefits: Usual FTE benefits + Equity
What we're looking for: We’re looking for a 10x software engineer to build the core developer environment that will redefine how chips are designed. This is not a typical full-stack role, you’ll be architecting and shipping a high-performance platform purpose-built for chip engineers, integrating cutting-edge AI models, multi-agent systems, and specialized visual tooling. You’ll work directly with our ML team to bring advanced AI capabilities into an intuitive, lightning-fast interface, shaping both the product and the engineering culture from the ground up. If you're interested in building developer tools or IDEs or an agent engineer, thrive in a fast-moving startup, and have a track record of shipping polished products end-to-end, you’ll feel right at home here.
What you'll do:
Build and optimize our full-stack code editor platform for chip engineers using TypeScript/JavaScript and modern frameworks.
Integrate AI features in close collaboration with ML engineers—autocomplete, refactoring tools, and visual simulation powered by low-latency model streaming.
Architect core developer workflows, including features similar to other companies but adapted for RTL and chip design.
Drive performance optimization so our IDE handles massive chip design codebases without lag.
Lead product decisions around UI/UX and the technical architecture for chip-specialized developer tools.
Ship features rapidly, expect to make meaningful contributions every other day.
Qualifications:
2+ years of experience as a full-stack or systems engineer building high-performance software products & integrating AI features, with a focus on big tech, AI/devtool companies.
Built and shipped complex full-stack applications end-to-end.
Experienced in performance optimization for large workloads
Experience building devtools / developer experience with integrated agentic features.
Built & trained production-ready AI agents for complex workflow automation.
Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science or related field from a top-tier CS school
Deep fluency in TypeScript, React, Node.js, Python.
Strong backend architecture and systems design
Familiarity with model integration, APIs, and performance tuning for AI features.
Please send us your resume on our contact us page if you meet the skills above.