Software Engineering Lead - FlowGen Labs
Company: Pear VC
Location: Palo Alto
Posted on: April 1, 2026
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Job Description:
About Us We are a well-funded SF Bay Area startup backed by
tier-1 investors. We build developer tools and AI-powered platforms
for complex enterprise software (code generation, workflow
automation, and enterprise-grade deployments). Join a talent-dense
founding team in a technical leadership role with meaningful equity
and real growth upside at the intersection of ERP and artificial
intelligence. Role Summary Define architecture, standards, and
deliver solutions end to end. This hybrid, generalist role blends
core platform design in cloud (AWS/Azure) data and application
architecture with hands on, customer facing delivery. You will lead
builds across Node.js services, AI and agent workflows, and
integrations with enterprise systems, owning quality and
reliability. Cloud and Systems Design with depth in building
secure, scalable systems across networking, autoscaling, multi
tenant patterns. Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code using
Terraform or CDK and strong observability with metrics, tracing,
logs, and SLOs. Application Engineering Strong Node.js and
TypeScript for APIs and services. Proficiency with Postgres and
experience with vector databases such as pgvector, Pinecone, or
Milvus for retrieval and semantic search. Experience orchestrating
agentic workflows and retrieval augmented generation. Familiarity
with LangGraph is a plus. DevOps and Delivery Solid engineering
practices including CI/CD with GitHub Actions or GitLab CI,
automated testing, code reviews, trunk based development.
Comfortable with Docker and modern release management. Hands on use
of AI tools with clear ideas for applying AI to development,
testing, data, and support. Ownership mentality, crisp
communication, comfortable deciding with 80 percent information.
Move fast without breaking things, not afraid to learn new stacks,
bring a we will figure it out attitude. Why Join Direct product and
company impact with minimal bureaucracy. High bar for craft,
velocity, and pragmatic shipping. Logistics Total compensation:
$240,000 to $400,000 Base salary: $160,000 to $250,000 plus
meaningful founding equity Location: In person, San Francisco Bay
Area Visa Support/Sponsorship available
Keywords: Pear VC, Novato , Software Engineering Lead - FlowGen Labs, IT / Software / Systems , Palo Alto, California
