Having a real-time video conversation with an AI is a trippy feeling. Talk about a "feel the AGI moment", it really does feel like the computer has come alive.
I think there is some risk of that. But commitment isn't static. A lot of incredible companies started with founders who were just toying with an idea and weren't committed at all, then they became more committed over time as things started to work.
We might, and I'm sure you're right that there are many great founders not applying to do YC because they don't want to move here.
But I think it would be a better analogy to compare YC to a university, rather than to a company. It's true that many companies operate remotely very effectively. But essentially zero universities have stayed remote since the early days of the pandemic.
Y Combinator (yes, the people who run this site) | Full stack web and AI | San Francisco | Onsite | Fulltime
YC itself hires software engineers from time to time. Many people don't know that YC has a small but very important software team. We run several websites - not just this one, but also workatastartup.com (the main way YC companies hire), a social network for YC founders, and the core infrastructure that YC itself runs on.
Recently, we've been spending most of our time building our own AI agents. Over the last year, YC has mostly funded AI agent companies, so it's been cool to go really deep building our own AI agents too. We're building agents to automate every aspect of what we do, and pushing the limits of what's possible with the current models to do it.
An unusual aspect of being on the YC software team is that you'll get full access to the YC program, founders and partners. The YC batch runs in the same building we work out of, so there are talks with famous founders happening most nights, right downstairs in our building. If you want to start a startup someday, working at YC would be an excellent jumping off point - several YC companies have come from team members who decided to start their own company.
YC works fully in-person in SF. We're happy to help you move here if you're in the US already. Unfortunately we can't sponsor new visas, but we're happy to transfer existing ones.
YC offers highly competitive compensation and benefits.
Y Combinator (yes, the people who run this site) | Software Engineer | Anywhere in US | REMOTE | Full-time
Y Combinator has a small ~10 person team that builds all the software that runs YC. We don't hire for this team very often, but we're looking to hire a couple of people now. Several of the people we've hired have come from prior monthly Who's Hiring threads.
This is a great role for somebody who loves startups and is interested in being part of the YC startup community, and wants to own projects from start-to-finish.
It could also be a great role for someone who's interested in doing a startup in the future (though that's certainly not a requirement). If you're interested in getting funded by YC as a founder in the future, but you don't have a startup that's ready for that yet, joining the YC software team could be a great step. Several former software team members are now running YC startups.
We work primarily in Ruby on Rails and React (learning on the job is fine though), and we spend most of our time coding. That said, we encourage everyone to participate in all of YC -- read applications, join our batch talks, help out with Demo Day and speak up on the projects you'd want to work on.
The software team you'd be joining has about ten people with lots of collective years of start-up and big company experience, so you'll get the best of both worlds: moving fast and shipping and strong teammates/mentors to help you learn. About half of us are YC alums and several of us are parents. We're open to people 2+ years out of school or with 10+ years of experience. Lastly, the work-life balance and compensation are great, and you get to work with people across the company.
YC is fully remote and is hiring people anywhere in the US. We plan to reopen optional, part-time in-person offices in the SF Bay Area in the future for employees in the area.
There are two specific product teams we're hiring for at the moment. The first is https://www.startupschool.org/, which is the world's largest course about startups. The second is the YC admissions team, which is the team that builds software that helps us decide which startups to invest in.
If that sounds interesting, apply below or email me: [email protected]
Y Combinator (yes, the people who run this site) | Software Engineer | Anywhere in US | REMOTE | Full-time
Y Combinator has a small ~10 person team that builds all the software that runs YC. We don't hire for this team very often, but we're looking to hire a couple of people now. Several of the people we've hired have come from prior monthly Who's Hiring threads.
This is a great role for somebody who loves startups and is interested in being part of the YC startup community, and wants to own projects from start-to-finish.
It could also be a great role for someone who's interested in doing a startup in the future (though that's certainly not a requirement). If you're interested in getting funded by YC as a founder in the future, but you don't have a startup that's ready for that yet, joining the YC software team could be a great step. Several former software team members are now running YC startups.
We work primarily in Ruby on Rails and React (learning on the job is fine though), and we spend most of our time coding. That said, we encourage everyone to participate in all of YC -- read applications, join our batch talks, help out with Demo Day and speak up on the projects you'd want to work on.
The software team you'd be joining has about ten people with lots of collective years of start-up and big company experience, so you'll get the best of both worlds: moving fast and shipping and strong teammates/mentors to help you learn. About half of us are YC alums and several of us are parents. We're open to people 2+ years out of school or with 10+ years of experience. Lastly, the work-life balance and compensation are great, and you get to work with people across the company.
YC is fully remote and is hiring people anywhere in the US. We plan to reopen optional, part-time in-person offices in the SF Bay Area in the future for employees in the area.
There are two specific product teams we're hiring for at the moment. The first is https://www.startupschool.org/, which is the world's largest course about startups. The second is the YC admissions team, which is the team that builds software that helps us decide which startups to invest in.
If that sounds interesting, apply below or email me: [email protected]
Having a real-time video conversation with an AI is a trippy feeling. Talk about a "feel the AGI moment", it really does feel like the computer has come alive.