Location: Irvine, CA (onsite; relocation assistance available)

Type: Full-time, early engineering hire

Compensation: Competitive salary + meaningful equity

About us

Partner directly with our founding team at a fast-growing well-capitalized startup operating at the intersection of consumer hardware and AI. Starting with developing ai agents for our golf coaching service copilot. We're seeking extremely talented devs to our fast growing company. Must have experience developing single and multi-agent applications, full stack applications, traditional ML, and computer vision. And you should be able to do so in about one-third the time that most average people think possible. Good communication skills are essential. Expect talented, motivated, intense and interesting co-workers. Must be willing to relocate to the Orange County, California area (we will help cover moving costs).

We already have significant traction, we're the #1 most used golf simulator in the world, we grow at 1000% YoY, are the #1 best selling golf training product globally, consist of a team of 20, and turn a significant profit.

What you'll do

Build and deploy LLM-powered coaching assistants that scale personalized golf instruction for thousands of lessons.
Retrain and optimize computer vision models for real-time on-device pose estimation, swing analysis, and object detection.
Own projects end-to-end across backend, mobile, and frontend to turn R&D into production-ready features.
Lead high-leverage, high-impact initiatives that drive 10x–100x growth in AI coaching capabilities.

What you'll need

Proven experience with LLM agents or similar orchestration tools (LangGraph, LangChain, etc.)
Hands-on expertise in computer vision (pose estimation, regression, object detection) and model deployment
Strong full-stack development skills in production environments
Exceptional problem-solving skills, rapid execution, and ability to thrive in a fast-moving startup
Excellent communication and collaboration skills—you’ll be working across multiple domains
Comfortable working onsite in Irvine, CA

Roadmap

1st Month

Build foundational LLM agent workflows for coaching assistants.
Retrain and deploy on-device computer vision models for pose estimation.
Collaborate with the biomechanics lab to understand current model limitations.
Begin contributing to backend, frontend, and mobile infrastructure.

3-6 Months

Own AI agent pipelines end-to-end, including automated video generation.
Develop new synthetic media workflows to scale coaching content.
Tackle high-leverage projects driving 10x–100x growth in AI coaching capabilities.
Optimize model performance for real-time deployment across mobile apps.

+6 Months

Lead AI technical initiatives and mentor newer engineers.
Define long-term AI roadmap and production standards.
Influence company-wide technical strategy for AI-driven coaching.
Explore new AI applications in sports simulation and synthetic media.

Why this role is unique

Accelerated Impact: Your contributions will shape the future of AI coaching and the direction of the company from day one.
Equity & Ownership: Meaningful equity ensures you share in the company’s success.
Cutting-Edge Technology: Work at the intersection of AI, computer vision, synthetic media, and sports tech.
Elite Team & Culture: Join a small, high-energy, high-velocity team of ambitious engineers, scientists, and creators.
Rapid Growth & Career Trajectory: Expect to move into a technical leadership position within months, not years.

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