founding software engineer

il y a 1 jour

Paris, Île-de-France STATION F Temps plein

About
Hello, we're nao Labs
We are building an
open-source AI agent for data analytics
.

We are an early stage start-up with
2 cofounders
- we joined
Y Combinator
Spring 2025 batch and STATION F and are now based in Paris 11.

We already have a first product - AI IDE for data people - used by
100+ data teams
. We are now rolling out a
new product
- the open source analytics agent. So we're looking for a founding engineer to help us build it

We are a cofounding team with 18+ years experience in data/AI:

  • Claire, our CEO, was Data Scientist at BCG Gamma, then head of data at sunday
  • Christophe, our CTO, was staff Data Engineer at FreeNow, then worked as a freelance for Blablacar, Qonto. He then created his own blog and data community,

Job Description
We're looking for

As a founding engineer, you'll join us to inventing a new, better way to work on data with AI.

You will be a fit if...

  • You've already built and shipped a real product end-to-end
  • You have hands-on experience building agentic systems
  • You have strong product instinct: you care about UX & design quality
  • You want to join an early-stage startup and build tech and team from scratch
  • You're ready to work independently, ship fast and 80/20, make decisions, and own outcomes.

As we will be a small team of 4 people, we like to have everyone bring the most they can to the product. So we'll work as a team on tech/product roadmap, and you'll be fully included in the sales/business strategy as well.

You will

  • Own and build across the entire stack — frontend, backend, and AI features
  • Design and ship core systems powering nao, including agentic workflows for data work and intuitive UIs for chat-based analytics
  • Shape product roadmap by turning user feedback and company goals into technical and product decisions.
  • Work in a small, fast-moving team, collaborating daily with the founders to invent how data teams use AI to work better and faster.
  • Build the future of nao tech team with us

Preferred Experience
You are

  • Entrepreneurial — ready to build, ship, and iterate fast
  • Autonomous and curious — ready to learn constantly on the newest AI technologies
  • Passionate for software engineering and interested in building open source tools.

Tech

The Product Has 3 Main Components

  • nao-cli (open source): data teams use nao-cli to create a repo with all the context to go in their analytics agent. Built in Python.
  • nao-ui (open source): data teams deploy an UI on top of this context repo, so anyone in their company can chat with the data, create analytics and charts. Built with
  • nao cloud (paying): for data teams that want out of the box agentic analytics. nao-cli + ui combined in an UI.

Recruitment Process

Apply
Interested? Send us your CV and a brief note about why you're interested in this role to Bonus points if you include a link to your GitHub or showcase a project you've worked on

Interviews will be: interview with each founder + technical interview + one in-person meting.

Start Date
: Flexible

Compensation
: competitive salary + early equity

Location
: Mainly on-site in our Paris 11 office. Remote available.

Join us at nao Labs and help shape the future of data work. Let's build something incredible together

Additional Information

  • Contract Type: Full-Time
  • Location: Paris
  • Possible partial remote

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