DayjobAI
Founding Forward Deployed Engineer (US)
We captured this posting once, on 2026-08-05, and did not track it afterwards — so we cannot tell you whether it is still open.
- Employer
- DayjobAI
- Location
- Austin, TX
- Seniority
- Mid level
- Experience asked for
- 3+ years
- Pay band
- Not disclosed
When we saw it
- Posted 2026-08-02 — the date the employer published it
- Archived 2026-08-05 — when we saved this copy
Found via LinkedIn — US keyword pulls.
Skills the posting named
From the posting
Dayjob - Forward Deployed Engineer Location: Austin, Texas (on-site) Company: DayjobAI About Dayjob (YC X26) Dayjob builds AI agents for Short Haul Trucking - a $45BN market that still runs on spreadsheets, phone calls, and software from the 1990s. We've just completed YC (P26), scaling fast toward $1M ARR, growing 20% MoM and launching in the US. Our first customers are some of the largest operators in UK and US waste and recycling. We are backed by leading investors including Paul Graham (Founder of YC) and Harry Stebbings (Founder of 20VC). George (CEO) and Fred (CTO) founded Dayjob after meeting at Oxford - between them, they've launched and scaled products at Deliveroo and Otta, and have 15 years of AI-driven supply chain optimisation experience between them. …
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