AthenaHQ

Get Your Brand Discovered on ChatGPT.

Founding Engineer

$120K - $180K0.20% - 0.60%San Francisco, CA, US
Job type
Full-time
Role
Engineering, Full stack
Experience
Any (new grads ok)
Visa
Will sponsor
Skills
Data Warehousing
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Alan Yao
Alan Yao
Co-Founder

About the role

Must-Have:

  • Based in SF, in-person 6 days a week
    • Weekly team bbqs and founder-cooked meals
  • You’re main criteria for evaluating your next role is personal growth and being challenged
  • We work with public companies and household names, expect to be challenged
  • Ex-founder or potential future founder (everyone on our team falls under this bucket)
  • Vibecoded an AI project (we’d love to see it)
  • High agency, prefer action over talking
  • Thrives in ambiguity and high-stress situations

You wouldn’t want to work here if:

  • You're looking for a calm 9-5
  • The phrase “That’s not my job” exists in your vocabulary
  • You like to have a detailed plan before starting a project
  • You're looking for a purely technical role with no customer input (vice versa purely growth, etc)

About AthenaHQ

Athena helps brands take control and grow on GenAI Search. Founded by a former Google Search product manager, Athena helps 200+ global customers ranging from fast-growing AI startups like Julius and Greptile to publicly-traded companies like SoFi and ZoomInfo and household brands drive traffic and activate GenAI as the fastest-growing growth channel.

AthenaHQ
Founded:2025
Batch:W25
Team Size:10
Status:
Active
Location:San Francisco
Founders
Andrew Yan
Andrew Yan
Co-Founder, CEO
Alan Yao
Alan Yao
Co-Founder