Former Technical Founders

Encord is the universal data layer for AI that helps 300+ AI teams train and run models on the right data. Our platform indexes, curates, annotates, and evaluates data across the full AI lifecycle, from development through production.

Trusted by Woven by Toyota, AXA, UiPath, Zipline, and more. We're an ambitious team of 100+ working at the frontier of AI and have raised $60M in Series C funding from Wellington Management, CRV, Next47 and Y Combinator.

We're looking for former technical founders who want to get back to building. If you've experienced the thrill of 0 to 1 — the chaos, the ownership, the outsized impact — and you're hungry to do it again inside a rocketship, this is the role for you.

At Encord, you won't be a cog in a machine. You'll work directly with the founding team, take on high-stakes problems, and help shape the trajectory of the company. We don't care which box you fit into — we care about what you're capable of building.

Work closely with the cofounders to identify and drive some of the highest-leverage opportunities across product, engineering, GTM, or operations

Take ownership of ambitious, ambiguous problems and drive them from zero to shipped

Bring an entrepreneurial mindset to everything — spotting gaps, moving fast, and making things happen with limited resources

Build internal tools, processes, and systems that help Encord scale

Act as a force multiplier across teams, bringing founder-level energy and judgment to whatever you tackle

A former founder — ideally technical — who has built and scaled a product or company, and is eager to get back to the early days of 0 to 1