Empathic — Founding Engineer

Empathic is seeking its first engineering hire to work directly with the founder on real‑time AI interaction challenges, including memory systems, latency optimization, and voice/video interfaces. The role offers full ownership across the stack, from backend infrastructure and ML integration to building recommendation engines and setting engineering standards. Candidates will help shape the technical direction of the product and recruit future engineers while operating in a high‑intensity, in‑person San Francisco environment.