Software Engineer BackEnd Stealth PortCo

Heretic Ventures is seeking an experienced Software Engineer with Python experience to join an early stage generative AI consumer business that Heretic Ventures is launching. 

The ideal candidate has experience in building scalable and reliable back-end systems and is ready to work in a hands-on environment with new technologies and architectures in a flexible, small but exceptional, forward-thinking organization that’s always pushing boundaries. This entrepreneurial person has experimented with and knows about a variety of AI technologies and their APIs, and can use that experience to tackle new challenges.

This is a unique opportunity to contribute to a breakthrough company from the ground up while learning from successful repeat entrepreneurs and a stable of powerful and experienced mentors and advisors. 

This is a hybrid role with the expectation of partial in-person work in our sunny Presidio, SF office. The position is compensated with salary, benefits, and equity.

Heretic Ventures is a San Francisco-based venture studio ideating and launching new businesses in the creator economy, including those that capitalize on AI/ML technology. Heretic is run by Managing Partner Mariam Naficy, who founded and built the pioneering internet companies Minted and Eve.com. Heretic is backed by household names in Silicon Valley (investors and entrepreneurs), who act as the studio’s advisors both in selecting and in advising companies.