Proliferate (YC S25) Is Hiring- 200k for junior engineers
Proliferate, a YC S25 startup based in San Francisco, is hiring junior engineers with competitive compensation including $200k total pay. The company is building an operating system for modern engineering with a focus on high ownership, rapid development, and product excellence. Founders and engineers emphasize intensity, craftsmanship, and collaboration in a talent-dense, flat team environment.
- ▪Proliferate is building an operating system for modern engineering with a focus on AI and developer workflows.
- ▪The company is based in SoMa, San Francisco, and operates in person with a small, flat team structure.
- ▪Founder Pablo, formerly engineer #1 at Onyx (YC W24), holds a master's in AI and started Proliferate after a year of building enterprise AI search.
- ▪Early engineering hires will have high ownership across product, systems, and user experience, working with technologies like TypeScript, Python, AWS, and Rust.
- ▪Compensation includes top-of-market salary, meaningful equity, full benefits, meals, equipment budget, and wellness stipend.
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About Proliferate Proliferate is building the operating system for modern engineering. We are building the company in person in SoMa, San Francisco. We care a lot about intensity, craft, and working with people who want to do the best work of their careers. We work hard, and we also take health seriously: company-expensed Whoop, meaningful health and wellness budget, and top-tier insurance. About the Founder I (Pablo) finished my master's in AI at 19 and joined Onyx (YC W24) as engineer #1, where I spent a year building enterprise AI search before starting Proliferate. You can see what I shipped there here. We’ll be working closely together. About the Role You’d be one of our first engineering hires and build the core product.
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