CANDIDATES MUST BE LOCATED WITHIN ~1 HOUR OF RTP NORTH CAROLINA (CHAPEL HILL, DURHAM, RALEIGH)

Company Overview

Virnika is an early-stage startup building an AI agent platform designed to transform restaurant operations. Founded by industry veterans with deep knowledge of restaurant technology, we are passionate about solving the unique challenges faced by this sector. We’ve already achieved key milestones: raising capital from the Tweener Fund and Primordial, and securing the NC Idea Seed Grant. With our MVP in the field and plans to raise a seed round in Q1, we’re growing fast and looking for someone who can help us accelerate. As a small team of three, your contributions will be pivotal in shaping our direction and driving our success.

Role Overview and Impact

We’re looking for a talented engineer to help turn our prototypes and MVPs into scalable, production-ready tools that can support our first $10M in revenue—without needing extensive oversight. Our CTO, Logan, holds a Ph.D. in AI and brings deep technical expertise, but we need your skills to elevate our systems to the next level.

In this role, you’ll:

Shape and implement technical architecture, bringing your ideas to life.
Build mission-critical systems that enable our AI agents to excel in restaurant operations.
Operate with autonomy in a no-micromanagement environment.

Whether you aspire to lead and mentor others as the team grows or prefer to focus on building exceptional systems, we’ll support your career ambitions. If you’re extraordinary at engineering and want to stay hands-on, we celebrate that too.

Core Responsibilities

Architect and develop low-latency AI systems and data pipelines
Build robust cloud infrastructure and full-stack applications
Create and maintain integrations with restaurant POS systems
Lead development of internal tools and customer-facing products
Guide technical strategy and mentor future team members

Must Have

5+ years building production software systems
Expert-level JavaScript/TypeScript development
Production experience with modern frontend frameworks (React, Next.js)
Strong cloud infrastructure and deployment skills
Problem-solving mindset and ability to learn quickly

Nice to Have

Experience with LLMs in production environments
Restaurant tech background (POS, ordering systems)
Real-time systems and WebSocket expertise
Early-stage startup experience
CI/CD pipeline development

Tech Stack

Frontend: Next.js
Backend: JavaScript
Database: Supabase
Infrastructure: Render.io

Key Projects

Rebuild phone agent service for improved reliability
Scale admin dashboards from prototype to production
Develop a universal POS integration framework
Create developer tooling for system management

Location Remote (North Carolina-based candidates only)

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