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Build the browser that will power the next million AI agents - we're pioneering an entirely new category of infrastructure
Influence key technical decisions that will define how humans use the internet in the years to come
Solve complex problems in distributed systems, browser automation, and AI infra
Shape our open-source ecosystem and engage with a growing community of AI engineers
Join a deeply technical founding team obsessed with API design, performance, and reliability
Enjoy a high-trust work environment that values your hustle and supports your personal growth.
Founding team-level equity as employee #6-7 :67:
Benefits:
- Interesting and challenging work
- Competitive salary & Early team equity
- Full Health and dental insurance for you and your family (based on country requirements)
- Regular team events and off-sites
- Brand-new laptop setup and technical equipment
- Subsidies or full coverage for Gym memberships

Our tech stack is mostly Typescript — this helps with cohesion on the frontend/backend/orchestration allowing anyone to jump in and help anywhere
Frontend is written in Vanilla React + TailwindCSS + Shadcn, built using Vite, and deployed on Vercel
We use Fastify, Node.js, Zod, NATs, and Drizzle on the backend with Redis, PostgreSQL, and S3 for our primary data stores
For infra, we rely on Pulumi, Go, Firecracker VMs, and Docker
GitHub, Discord, Notion, Figma - you know the deal

User First, Always: The developers building on Steel and their end-users come first. Our infrastructure is mission-critical to some of the most important AI apps—we succeed only when our users succeed.
Open Source at Heart: We build in the open and contribute back to the community. Open source isn't just a strategy for us—it's fundamental to how we create better software and push the entire field forward.
Move with Speed & Urgency: Speed is our #1 business strategy. We make quick, deliberate decisions, learn rapidly through action, and stay intensely focused on what moves the needle.
Build for the Long Term: Infrastructure is a decades-long game and we want to go the distance. We tackle building enduring services the only way we know how — Gradatim Ferociter.
Be Obsessed: Beyond the point that most would consider reasonable. We're obsessive about API design, performance, and reliability—not because we have to be, but because we want to be. If you consider your craft as an extension of yourself, you'll fit right in.
Show, Don't Tell: Start with the experience we want developers to have—the docs they'll read, the demos that'll make them say "wow." Then work backwards until the implementation matches the magic.

Hiring Process

We move fast and respect your time. The entire process typically takes 2-3 weeks, with responses within 48 hours after each stage.

Async Technical Exercise We’ll send you a quick async technical coding exercise to get the fundamentals out of the way. It’s designed to be completed in less that 2 hours.
Initial Chat with Hussien (CEO) | 30 minutes Let's talk about what excites you and how we might build amazing things together.
Technical Discussion with Nasr (CTO) | 90 minutes Discuss the technical challenges we're tackling and how you think about solving hard problems we face at Steel.
Implementation Interview | 1-2 hours Live coding session focused on practical problems you'd tackle in the role. No LeetCode, just practical work challenges.
Work Trial (paid) | 1 work week The best way to know if we'll do great work together is to actually build something together. You'll work on a meaningful project that we actually plan to ship, with our full team and codebase access.
Final Chat with Hussien | 30 minutes Align on expectations and address any remaining questions.
Decision & Offer Fast turnaround because when we find the right person, we know it.

SALES AND GROWTH

Build the browsers that will power the next million AI agents - we're pioneering an entirely new category of infrastructure
Influence key technical decisions that will define how humans use the internet in the years to come
Solve complex problems in distributed systems, browser automation, and AI infra
Work with the world’s most innovative AI companies building agents for healthcare, supply chain, accounting, and more
Set up the GTM function as a founding team member. As the company grows, you become the leader of this function
Join a deeply technical founding team obsessed with API design, performance, and reliability
Enjoy a high-trust work environment that values your hustle and supports your personal growth.
Founding team-level equity as employee #6-7 :67:
Benefits:
- Interesting and challenging work
- Competitive salary & Early team equity
- Full Health and dental insurance for you and your family (based on country requirements)
- Regular team events and off-sites
- Brand-new laptop setup and technical equipment
- Subsidies or full coverage for Gym memberships

We move fast and respect your time. The entire process typically takes 2-3 weeks, with responses within 48 hours after each stage.

Initial Chat with Hussien (CEO) | 45 minutes Quick intro. Let's talk about what excites you and how you think about building GTM/Growth from scratch.
Deep Dive | 60 minutes Walk us through your experience. For GTM: deals you've closed and how you'd approach Steel's sales. For Growth: campaigns you've run and your growth strategy for Steel.
Team Interviews | 90 minutes Meet Nasr (CTO) and discuss working with product/engineering.
Work Trial (paid) | 3-5 days Build something real for Steel. Could be a sales playbook, growth strategy, content plan, or GTM analysis based on our actual data.
Final Chat with Hussien | 30 minutes Align on expectations, comp, equity, and vision for the role.
Decision & Offer Fast turnaround because when we find the right person, we know it.