OPEN JOBS
Join Us to Shape the Future of AI-Powered Social Gaming! 🎮🚀
We’re building something game-changing—literally. If you’re an ambitious, creative engineer ready to push the boundaries of AI and social gaming, this is your chance to be part of a stealth AI startup backed by top-tier pre-seed investors. From day one, you’ll be shaping the tech, the vision, and the future of interactive entertainment.
We’re looking for teammates who are:
🔥 Product-Obsessed – You don’t just build for the sake of it; you craft solutions that enhance gameplay and delight users.
💥 Relentlessly Driven – Ambitious goals? Tight deadlines? You thrive under pressure and make things happen.
🚀 Talent Over Tenure – We care more about raw skill, problem-solving, and the ability to execute than just years on a resume.
💰 Competitive salary + equity to match your impact
Founding Systems Architect Variant AI | Hybrid (SF/LA)
We’re building the first AI-native mobile game social platform. We believe the next universal creative language isn’t just text, image, or video—it’s interactive media. We're not building the next AAA title—we're redefining what social play looks like in the age of Gen Z creators and AI-native content.
Role Overview
As Founding Systems Architect, you’ll own the technical architecture that powers Variant’s AI-generation engine, interactive runtime, and scalable backend infrastructure. You’ll work directly with the CEO/founder, engineers, and researchers to define, implement, and scale the core systems behind our AI-native game platform. This is a 0-to-1 role with massive creative and technical ownership. Ideal for someone who thrives in ambiguity, understands creative tooling and real-time systems, and wants to push the edge of what's possible with AI + gaming.
What You’ll Do
• Design the foundational systems architecture across AI pipelines, real-time game generation, data infrastructure, and client-server architecture
• Develop scalable infrastructure to support on-device + cloud-based generation of game content (characters, mechanics, animation, etc.)
• Partner with product and ML teams to turn prototypes into production-ready pipelines
• Architect robust data systems to support telemetry, user-generated content, and remixable game logic
• Own infrastructure decisions across backend APIs, real-time synchronization, and multiplayer features
• Ensure system security, performance, and resilience at scale
• Build the internal tools that empower creators and engineers to experiment faster
You Might Be a Fit If You
• Have 3+ years of experience designing and scaling complex systems (e.g., creative tools, game engines, real-time infrastructure, or ML systems)
• Are fluent in distributed systems, real-time multiplayer networking, and cloud-native architectures (e.g., AWS, GCP, serverless, containers)
• Have experience integrating generative AI pipelines (e.g., text-to-image, code generation, LLMs, etc.) into production environments
• Have shipped games, creative tools, or consumer platforms that needed to scale and evolve quickly
• Enjoy moving fast, making architectural bets, and wearing multiple hats
• Thrive in early-stage environments, ambiguity, and cross-functional collaboration
• Bonus: Experience with WebGL, Unity, Godot, or other interactive runtimes
• Bonus: Startup or founding team experience
Why Join Now
• You’ll be a founding engineer—helping shape the culture, roadmap, and architecture from the ground up
• You’ll work on cutting-edge generative AI + interactive media, with a chance to define a new creative format
• We’re backed by top-tier investors (2048 Ventures | a16z Speedrun) and moving fast
• You’ll get meaningful equity, flexible work setup, and full creative ownership
To Apply
Send your portfolio, resume, or LinkedIn to people@tryvariant.ai with a note on what excites you about building the future of generative games.
We offer competitive compensation, including salary and equity.
Founding NLP & Code Generation Engineer | Hybrid (SF/LA)
We’re on a mission to revolutionize game development with AI. We need a visionary NLP & Code Generation Engineer to help make our vision happen. If you’re obsessed with pushing the limits of AI and love games, this is your chance to shape the future of interactive entertainment from day one.
What You’ll Do
Architect Next-Gen AI Models – Build and fine-tune LLMs specialized in generating high-quality, efficient game code.
Experiment & Innovate – Apply state-of-the-art neural code generation techniques (transformers, RLHF, instruction-tuning) to break new ground.
Stay on the Cutting Edge – Research the latest in NLP, code synthesis, and game AI to keep us ahead of the curve.
Develop Scalable Pipelines – Create APIs and integrations that seamlessly generate and deploy game-ready code into Unity, Unreal, or Godot.
Ensure Code Quality – Implement automated testing, debugging, and linting to keep AI-generated code clean, performant, and production-ready.
Collaborate Across Teams – Work closely with game designers, artists, and engineers to align AI-generated code with creative and technical goals.
What You Bring
NLP & Code Generation Wizardry – Experience with GPT-style models, Codex, or other neural code generation approaches.
Deep Learning Know-How – Strong background in frameworks like PyTorch, TensorFlow, and Hugging Face Transformers.
Game Dev Experience – Familiarity with game engines (Unity, Unreal, Godot) and scripting in C#, C++, Python, or JavaScript.
Software Engineering Excellence – Clean, maintainable code, software design patterns, and CI/CD best practices.
Entrepreneurial Energy – A startup mindset with a drive to innovate, experiment, and move fast.
Communication & Leadership – Ability to mentor, collaborate, and translate complex AI concepts into real-world game development magic.
You Might Be a Fit If You
Have a Master’s or PhD in Computer Science, Computational Linguistics, or a related field strongly preferred.
Enjoy moving fast, making architectural bets, and wearing multiple hats
Thrive in early-stage environments, ambiguity, and cross-functional collaboration
Bonus: Startup or founding team experience
Why Join Now
• You’ll be a founding engineer—helping shape the culture, roadmap, and architecture from the ground up
• You’ll work on cutting-edge generative AI + interactive media, with a chance to define a new creative format
• We’re backed by top-tier investors (2048 Ventures | a16z Speedrun) and moving fast
• You’ll get meaningful equity, flexible work setup, and full creative ownership