Director of Engineering
Trellis AI, San Francisco
The role
TRELLIS BUILDS AND DEPLOYS SELF-IMPROVING AGENTS TO GET PATIENTS ACCESS TO LIFE-SAVING MEDICINE.
Trellis AI, San Francisco
TRELLIS BUILDS AND DEPLOYS SELF-IMPROVING AGENTS TO GET PATIENTS ACCESS TO LIFE-SAVING MEDICINE.
Trellis is a spinout from Stanford AI Lab and is backed by leading investors including YC, General Catalyst, Telesoft Partners, and executives at Google and Salesforce.
We went from 6 to 8 figures of revenue in less than a year. Engineering is 15 people today in three pods (platform, deployed, and product), and we want to double the team by the end of the year. We're hiring a Director of Engineering to lead that growth and help us scale from here.
The question we're hiring against: what would someone who has taken a company from zero to nine figures in two or three years want to change here? You'll set the engineering bar, make the high-leverage technical and organizational calls, and build a team that ships fast without breaking the things patients depend on. You'll report to Jacky (Co-founder & CTO).
You're early in a steep career curve: you've grown fast because you're very good, not because you've waited your turn. You've led engineering at an early-stage company that moved quickly, and you still like being close to the code. You want to build the team and the culture, not inherit a process.
The salary range above is our good-faith estimate. Your final level and base salary will reflect what you bring: your skills, your experience, and how much ownership you’re ready to take on. Base pay is only one part of the package. Every full-time teammate also gets meaningful equity, because the people building Trellis should share in what it becomes. We are committed to keeping you healthy and supported so you can do the best work of your career. Here are some of the benefits & perks we offer:
At Trellis, we’re building AI agents that help patients get life-saving medicine faster. The patients and providers we serve come from every background, and our team should too. Trellis is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We hire based on talent, curiosity, and drive, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic.
If you need an accommodation at any point in our hiring process, let your recruiter know and we’ll take care of it.
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