Founding Engineer - AI Startups (pre-seed & seed)

Airtree is a venture capital firm backing Aussie and Kiwi founders, building the iconic technology companies of tomorrow. As one of the largest and most active early-stage investors in Australia and New Zealand, Airtree’s 120+ portfolio features the region’s breakout tech companies, including Canva, Go1, Employment Hero, Pet Circle, Immutable and Linktree. We are backing a new wave of technically ambitious AI companies at pre-seed and seed stage. Across our portfolio, founders are building foundational AI products—from program synthesis and ML-driven systems to deeply technical, user-facing applications—and are looking for exceptional Founding Engineers to join them at the very beginning.

This is an Expression of Interest for engineers who want to help define the technical and product DNA of a company from day one. You will be employed directly by one of our portfolio companies, work directly with founders, operate with significant autonomy, a...