or apply directly on Workstream's site. We never take the application ourselves.
Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 28 days Workstream's roles stay open a median of 21 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 34% of Workstream's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Workstream
- low 4 stale, 0 reposted of 35 open
- Hiring momentum
- 77 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-17
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Workstream's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Workstream.
About this role
As a Founding Engineer at Workstream, you will be the first engineering hire on the delivery team, focusing on building AI-native services that enhance business outcomes for hourly workers. Your role involves embedding with design customers to map workflows, develop production agents, and create evaluation and review tooling. You will also handle production incidents and ensure that the systems you build are reliable and effective, contributing to a mission-driven company that aims to improve the hourly workforce experience.
- benefits
- 3/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Workstream as an employer.
What you need
- Experience building and operating at least one AI agent or agentic workflow in production
- Strong engineering judgment across models, orchestration, APIs, data and integrations, permissions, observability, and evaluations
- Experience working directly with customers or end users in discovery, implementation, or incident resolution
- Ability to break down messy workflows into deterministic steps and define testing for each part
- Commitment to preventing plausible but wrong AI output from reaching customers
- Ability to thrive in zero-to-one ambiguity and own outcomes
Nice to have
- Exposure to a regulated domain (payroll, payments, tax, benefits, labor compliance)
What you get
- Competitive salary and equity
- Comprehensive health coverage: medical, dental, and vision (95% of premiums for employees and 85% for dependents)
- In office amenities and stocked kitchen
- 401K Plan
- Flexible PTO
Worth weighing
- No specific salary listed
- Role involves handling production incidents and ensuring system reliability, which may involve high accountability
- The position is hybrid with 1 to 2 days in-office, which may not suit everyone
Summarised from Workstream's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by Workstream on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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