AI Builder, Earnin
$189-231k
Plus equity
More information about location
2 days a week in office (Mountain View, CA)
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501-1000 employees
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$189-231k
Plus equity
More information about location
2 days a week in office (Mountain View, CA)
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To build a financial system that works for people.
Role
Who you are
- 3+ years of full-time software engineering experience
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, or a related technical discipline or equivalent industry experience
- Hands-on experience with LLM integration patterns — prompt engineering, RAG pipelines, tool/function calling, and agent architectures
- Proficiency and comfort working across the stack when needed
- Experience with MCP, LangChain, or comparable orchestration frameworks
- Experience with open source LLM models
- Strong opinions about developer experience and a track record of building things other engineers actually use
- You can translate complex technical systems into clear, practical solutions for non-technical stakeholders and communicate clearly on deliverables
- You are thoughtful about privacy, governance, and responsible AI, especially in an HR context where data is sensitive
- Experience using AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Cursor, ChatGPT, or similar tools) as part of your software development workflow?
- Familiarity with HR and other key operations systems (Workday, Greenhouse, or similar) is a plus, not a requirement
What the job involves
- EarnIn is making AI-native operations a core capability — not an initiative, but how our business functions are designed, run, and scaled
- We're not hiring someone who dabbles in AI. We're hiring an AI builder who looks at every internal workflow and asks: how could an agent help humans do this better? You will build the agents, automations, and integrations that power how we hire, develop, and scale EarnIn's people and operations
- The tools and automations you build will run in production, making real decisions for the teams that keep EarnIn operating — so the community we serve can access their pay when it matters most
- This is not a prompt engineering role. It is not a tools administrator role. You are a builder
- Agent development: Build and deploy agents that automate high-volume People and Operations workflows — approvals, reporting, intake, reconciliation
- Recruiting automation and analytics: Automate screening, scheduling, and pipeline workflows so recruiters spend time on humans, not process; build reporting and AI-powered insights that surface real-time visibility into velocity, quality, cost, and other key recruiting metrics
- Internal tooling: Create lightweight internal apps that replace manual spreadsheet and email-based processes
- Safe AI patterns: Establish guardrails and review loops that keep automated decisions auditable and compliant
Our take
Paying bills is an inevitable part of life, but paying them late or dipping into overdrafts can result in fees. This is the reality for millions of workers who have to wait for their paychecks to arrive – and the problem that companies like EarnIn are trying to solve. By allowing hourly workers access to their pay as it is earned rather than on a fixed date, it hopes to provide all Americans with the ability to deal with immediate costs without going into arrears.
Unlike competitors in this growing space, Earnin charges no mandatory fees, instead gaining revenue through a voluntary tipping system. It also requires no credit checks to access its services, which puts it ahead of the growing number of digital banking solutions. This approach has garnered it a strong user base of business customers who offer Earnin as an employee benefit.
Earnin has managed to continue its steady growth even while the wider tech landscape suffered setbacks, which suggests a wise leadership. It also continues to improve its offering and expand its network of businesses, aiming to give every employee in America control of the money they've earned.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
42% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Dec 2018
$125m
SERIES C
Sep 2017
$39m
SERIES B
Total funding: $190.1m
Company benefits
- 401k
- FSA
- Mental health resources
- Employee Resource Groups
- Stipend for growth opportunities
- Pet friendly office
- Work from home opportunities
- Health insurance
Company HQ
Evergreen Park, Palo Alto, CA
Leadership
Ram Palaniappan
(Founder & CEO)Was Senior Operations Manager at Reflect.com, a P&G company. Served as President of UniRush from 2004 to 2012.
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