engineering

what is wordware?

we're building the all-in-one platform for AI development.

here's what that actually means:

the core: a programming language for building just AI assembly language for the new reasoning unit (LLM) is English, so let’s put it front and centre and incorporate best concepts from software engineering:

• conditional statements

• loops

• function calling functions (aka in fancy language multi-agent communication) — this is more difficult than it seems because of the needed type system (see below)

• type system (especially important for interacting with multimodal LLMs where one output might have to be transformed to be passed on forward to the next step of the flow which might incorporate an LLM which can only interact with specific modalities)

• easy linking with Tools (custom or prebuilt and ready to use: speech-to-text, image generation, ElevenLabs, research and many more

the ide: where the magic happens like notion met vscode and had a baby. build and test AI flows instantly, see results in real-time, iterate fast.

deployment: choose your flavor

• api mode:

  • plug your AI engine straight into your product

  • forget about prompt management hell

  • focus on features, not infrastructure

• workflow mode:

  • automate your work with triggers and actions

  • start small, scale to entire business processes

  • connect everything - it's an operating system for AI

• wordapps & repository:

  • deploy as public/private web apps

  • share your flows github-style

  • let others fork and build on your work

  • control what people see (from basic UI to full process)

engineering @ wordware

tl;dr we need someone who can build fast, think big, and doesn't mind wearing multiple hats. you'll be crafting the foundation of an ai development platform used by hundreds of thousands of builders. if you've ever wanted to see your code shape an entire industry, this might be your jam.

the bigger picture: we're not just talking to traditional developers. we're reaching the next 500 million people who will be "coding" with plain english - lawyers, designers, product managers, founders, and domain experts of all kinds. our product needs to thread an impossible needle: deep enough for engineers, accessible enough for everyone else, and compelling enough to show both groups why this matters.

what you'll actually be doing:

• architecting stuff that matters:

  • collaborative ide for ai development (think google docs meets vscode)

  • real-time multi-user editing with y.js

  • llm orchestration that actually works

  • crafting the foundations of AI agents that no-one has solved yet

• writing a ton of code (mostly typescript/next.js)

• keeping our stack running smoothly (aws/cloudflare)

• talking to users when they break things

• sometimes making product decisions on the fly

• solving hard problems, for example:

  a core part of wordware is the executor that interprets the wordware schema to run the agents. these agents can have arbitrarily long duration especially when they request input from a human. they also need to have extremely low latency for the realtime case. plus be highly reliable. oh, and they need to be traceable and debuggable by our end users and scale from zero to thousands in a matter of seconds.

you should probably:

• have built real things that real people use (4+ years)

• be comfortable with our stack:

  • typescript + next.js + react

  • tiptap + y.js for collab

  • all the llm apis (openai, anthropic, mistral, etc)

• actually enjoy the chaos of startup life

• have experience building with AI - an “AI engineer”

• fix things without being asked

• care about users more than your code

• it’s a bonus if you have been a founder/cto in the past, currently all engineers raised VC but we are okay to branch out

real talk:

• sf only, lots of work, meals at the office

• you'll be shipping to production day 1

• sometimes you'll build features without full specs - you’ll need to uncover the unknown requirements

• you might have to make ux decisions when designers/founders are busy

• your code will impact hundreds of thousands of developers

• yes, we actually do crossbow competitions

if you've ever:

• built something complex from scratch

• wished you could fix developer tools

• wanted to shape how ai is built
  

ps: we're backed by spark capital, felicis, and y combinator ($30m seed — biggest out of YC round) but we still work like a seed startup. and yes, the office will have a sauna and be 30m from the sea 🥵