Proliferate (YC S25) Is Hiring- 200k for junior engineers
Source: Hacker News
About Proliferate
Proliferate is building the operating system for modern engineering.
We are based in SoMa, San Francisco, and value intensity, craft, and working with people who want to do the best work of their careers. We work hard and take health seriously: company‑expensed Whoop, a 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 will build the core product. This is a high‑ownership role across product, systems, and user experience.
Example work
- Build a new core workflow end‑to‑end across agent runtime, product UI, and cloud infrastructure.
- Design and ship a new interface for human‑agent collaboration enabled by a recent model capability.
- Turn a rough customer pain point into a polished product surface in days.
- Re‑think how engineering teams review, redirect, and trust agent work before merge.
Who We’re Looking For
We have an extremely small, flat, talent‑dense team. We value urgency, taste, truth‑seeking, and people who care deeply about the quality and impact of their work.
You might be a great fit if:
- You’ve shipped products from 0 to 1.
- You want a role unusually dense in learning, ownership, and pace.
- You want to work with teammates who have very high standards.
- You care deeply about what you build and who you build it with.
- You want to do your life’s work and enable other people to do theirs.
Stack
TypeScript, React, Next.js, Python, Postgres, Redis, AWS, Rust
Compensation & Benefits
Top‑of‑market salary plus meaningful equity, full health/dental/vision, all meals covered, equipment budget, and a monthly health and wellness stipend.
Interview Process
1. Initial questions (3 minutes)
Four short questions through Work at a Startup. Answers should be around three sentences max.
2. Phone call with Pablo (15 minutes)
A quick call to get to know each other.
3. Technical round (30 minutes)
We’ll discuss a technical problem together with a codebase open on your end.
4. Work trial (1–3 days, $1–3 K)
Come to our office near Salesforce Park in SF and work together. Accommodations can be made for extenuating circumstances.