Toma

AI for Underserved Industries

Staff Founding Engineer (AI Products)

$200K - $320K0.30% - 2.00%San Francisco, CA
Job type
Full-time
Role
Engineering, Full stack
Experience
3+ years
Visa
Will sponsor
Skills
Node.js, React, TypeScript, PostgreSQL
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Anthony Krivonos
Anthony Krivonos
Founder

About the role

About this Role

We’re looking for a Staff Founding Engineer to own the technical direction on our engineering team, mentor other engineers, and partner closely with product and design to deliver fast, reliable, and magical user experiences. This role is deeply hands-on. You’ll be writing and reviewing code daily, shaping architecture, and helping scale our platform as we grow.

What you will do

  • Lead the architecture, implementation, and delivery of user-facing products (dashboard, real-time voice AI, support tooling)
  • Write high-quality, production-grade TypeScript across the stack (Next.js, Bun)
  • Mentor and guide engineers through code reviews, design discussions, and technical planning
  • Collaborate directly with Product and Design to align on priorities and execute quickly
  • Partner with other pods to integrate intelligent features into the product experience
  • Drive engineering velocity while maintaining reliability and system health
  • Work closely with customers to translate their feedback into scalable product improvements

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience in TypeScript, low-level Node.js (Bun), T3 Stack (Next.js, React, Prisma, PostgreSQL, NextAuth, tRPC)
  • 5+ years of experience building and scaling full-stack web applications
  • Experience leading projects or teams in fast-paced environments
  • Care about craft and speed (you can move quickly without compromising on quality)
  • Desire to continuously learn

Don’t think you meet all the qualifications? Apply anyway. We’d love to hear what excites you about us, and we may have a role that's a good fit for you.

Benefits

  • MacBook Pro 16" M4 Max (or newest high-end equivalent)
  • Free daily in-office lunch and dinners
  • Competitive salary with meaningful equity
  • Free health, dental, and vision insurance
  • Weekly team outings and customer visits
  • Unlimited PTO

About the interview

  1. Intro screen
  2. 45-minute technical screen
  3. 6-hour onsite
  4. Flexible work trial

About Toma

At Toma, we’re building something unorthodox—a fully AI-driven platform reshaping how 18,000 car dealerships operate nationwide.

Our small team (from ex-Scale AI/Uber founders who’ve never owned cars, to a pro Valorant player, robotics champion, motocross racer, and more) spent months living and breathing the space to learn the ropes.

Toma
Founded:2024
Batch:W24
Team Size:20
Status:
Active
Location:San Francisco
Founders
Anthony Krivonos
Anthony Krivonos
Founder
Monik Pamecha
Monik Pamecha
Founder