18mo ago
$300K • 1% – 10%/yr

Founding Engineer

San Francisco Officefull-timemid
ExecutiveFounder
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Quick Summary

Key Responsibilities

Own the full stack (Flutter/React Native, Python, firmware, BLE, backend,

Technical Tools
ExecutiveFounder
  • Omi is AI for your real life.

  • Think: wearable memory, voice-first interface, the reverse iPhone.

  • In the past 10 months, we’ve:

    • Grown to 300K software users

    • Hit 100M+ organic video views

    • Built 3 working hardware devices

  • 25 y.o.

  • 🇷🇺 Born on an island in the Pacific (Russia), now in SF

  • 🧠 Thiel Fellow

  • 💰 Sold 2 startups — scaled the last to $4M ARR, $3M raised, acquired by Toptal

  • 💻 Built the first Omi prototypes (hardware, mobile)

  • 💸 Raised $5M+ total

  • 🧲 Managed teams across 3 continents

  • 📈 Drove 100M+ organic impressions for Omi

Check me out at nikshevchenko.com

Responsibilities

~1 min read

As the first engineer, you’ll:

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    Own the full stack (Flutter/React Native, Python, firmware, BLE, backend, etc — depending on what you’re best at)

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    Architect the next version of Omi SDK / platform / hardware control

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    Build prototypes that feel like magic and scale into products

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    Help shape product direction, technical stack, and even culture

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    Work directly with me every day — we’ll build and launch together

This is not a “here’s what to do” job — this is “what should we do next?”

Someone who’s built and shipped something impressive. For example:

  • Built a product used by 1M+ people or 10K+ devices shipped

  • Or built something with >$1M revenue

  • Or raised >$1M as a founder / solo builder

  • Or deeply technical + insanely fast — even if early in your journey

You don’t need to check every box — but one really strong signal is enough.

  • Flutter (might move to React soon)

  • Python / Flask

  • Firmware: C

  • BLE

  • Omi DevKit (custom hardware)

  • You’ll get lots of equity and full ownership over technical direction

  • Work on actual AI hardware, not just apps

  • Build something that people already love — and want more of

  • Help people think and live better with ambient, embodied AI

Let’s make humans 1000x smarter with AI by 2026.
Let’s make robots help in every apartment by 2028.
Let's create the metaverse

II personally check every candidate!
If I didn’t respond, something was off. 🥲

Location & Eligibility

Where is the job
San Francisco Office
On-site at the office
Who can apply
Same as job location

Listing Details

Posted
March 28, 2025
First seen
September 25, 2026
Last seen
October 5, 2026

Posting Health

Days active
10
Repost count
0
Trust Level
39%
Scored at
October 6, 2026

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Founding Engineer$300K • 1% – 10%