Founding Engineer & Manager - Full stack agentic application

Senior Founding Engineering Manager – Full Stack (Agentic AI Systems)

Location: Bangalore (In-office)

Experience: 6+ years

Compensation: ₹30 LPA fixed + meaningful ESOPs

About Zippy

Zippy is building India’s first screen-free AI companion for kids — a hardware + AI ecosystem that blends physical play, storytelling, and agentic intelligence. We are a seed-stage startup backed by 4 VCs, building a long-term category-defining global product & company out of Bangalore, at the intersection of AI, hardware, and children’s media.

We are looking for a Senior Founding Engineering Manager who is deeply hands-on and excited to build agentic AI application systems from scratch. This is not a role for someone optimizing for short-term salary. This is for someone who wants to build, own, and grow into a long-term engineering leadership position.

Role Overview

For the first 12 months, this is a hands-on coding role. You will arc...