Pocket (YC W26), San Francisco
When someone presses record, they need the device to work. That means capturing audio reliably, keeping files safe and getting recordings to their phone even when connections or operating conditions are imperfect.
You’ll work on the firmware behind that experience. This role is for someone who wants to follow a problem all the way through: from a customer-visible symptom to the driver, peripheral or hardware behavior underneath it, then back to a fix tested on a real device.
We are open to any experience level. There is no minimum number of years: show us what you have built and how you approach embedded problems.
Why Join Pocket?
You’ll solve problems that people can hear and feel in a product they use. The work sits where hardware, audio and mobile software meet, and a reliable fix matters well beyond a test bench.
At Pocket, we’re building the future of human memory.
Some of the most valuable information in our lives disappears when a conversation ends: an idea, a decision, a detail we wish we could remember. Pocket helps us hold onto it.
We’ve built an AI-powered device that captures real-world conversations and turns them into searchable transcripts, summaries and next steps. Backed by Accel and Y Combinator (W26), we’ve already sold 500,000 devices.
Our ambition goes beyond recording. We believe the things you learn, discuss and experience can become useful context for the AI tools you already use, and for products that don’t exist yet.
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