$12 trillion in goods move by freight every year, coordinated by people copy-pasting between email and spreadsheets. We're building the AI that changes that.

Sidecar builds AI to run the global supply chain.

Ever wonder how your phone got to you from a factory in Shenzhen? Or how the jacket you ordered from Italy made it to your door in 5 days?

Behind every shipment is a freight forwarding company, a logistics middleman coordinating ships, customs, warehouses, and trucks across continents. These companies still run on emails, spreadsheets, PDFs, and terminal software from 1998. Their teams manually extract info from documents, and respond to hundreds of emails and phone calls daily to execute business specific workflows.

Sidecar is a 24×7 Virtual AI Teammate for these Logistics Service Providers that calls, emails and logs into systems and everything else to execute a complex task.

We are hiring a Founding AI Engineer.

Here's what you'll work on

• Browser-native AI agents that can operate any TMS/ERP, even those with no APIs

• Document & email understanding systems

• LLM-powered agents with memory, tool-use, and real-world edge-cases

• Fault tolerant, low latency Voice AI systems

• Core infrastructure for building and monitoring thousands of autonomous workflows

We are backed by leading Silicon Valley VC's, Angel Investors and Industry Advisors and pay top-bracket salaries alongside equity compensations.

Here is a short checklist to gauge if we would be the right fit for you.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience creating AI-first production grade automation solutions.

• Advanced skills in scripting languages: Python and JavaScript.

• Practical experience with JavaScript frameworks and TypeScript, especially for React.

• Experience in building scalable back-end infra and API Integrations.

• Familiarity with cloud platforms: AWS (Amazon Web Services) and Google Cloud Platform.

• Comfortable with virtual development environments and tools (pip, uv, etc.).

• Excellent problem-solving skills, creativity, and autonomy in technical execution.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (preferred).

Preferred Skills

• Experience working with OpenAI API or similar AI/ML platforms.

• Startup experience or previous roles in fast-paced, high-growth environments.

• Willingness and ability to rapidly learn and adapt to new technologies and methodologies.

Experience

• Minimum 2 years of relevant experience in full-stack development, AI-driven automation, or related fields.

• Proven track record in building and deploying production-grade AI solutions.

• Experience with logistics, supply chain, or similar domains is a plus but not required.

We work 996 out of our offices in San Francisco and Bangalore. We are highly selective and believe in only hiring and retaining the best.

If you want to work with messy data and frontier AI applications with real-world entropy.