Cactus

Kernels & Engine for running AI on phones

AI Inference Engineer

$120K - $180K0.10% - 1.00%San Francisco, CA, US / Remote
Job type
Full-time
Role
Engineering, Android
Experience
Any (new grads ok)
Visa
Will sponsor
Skills
Android, iOS, React Native
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Henry Ndubuaku
Henry Ndubuaku
Founder

About the role

Role Description

AI Inference Engineers build and maintain the AI SDKs for mobile developers, leveraging experience in native mobile development, artificial intelligence and cross-platform frameworks like React-Native and Flutter. AI inference engineers are also forward deployed to enterprises to get them started. This role requires ownership and high sense of agency.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in CS, Engineering, or relevant experience.
  • Strong background in React Native library development
  • Experience with native mobile development (iOS, Android)
  • Experience with LLMs, AI agents and machine learning
  • Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment
  • A sense of urgency and interest in startups

Benefits:

  • $120,000 - $180,000 base salary
  • Generous equity based on experience
  • Health insurance, gym membership, etc.
  • Work at a YC startup experience

Cactus Repo: https://github.com/cactus-compute/cactus

About Cactus

Cactus is a cross-platform open-source framework for running AI models locally on smartphones. Cactus completed a highly oversubscribed fundraising round and now actively scaling the engineering team.

Cactus
Founded:2025
Batch:S25
Team Size:3
Status:
Active
Location:San Francisco
Founders
Henry Ndubuaku
Henry Ndubuaku
Founder
Roman Shemet
Roman Shemet
Founder