Founding Firmware Engineer

Responsibilities

• As the first firmware engineer , you'll:
• Own firmware for omi devices
• Hack other devices to integrate them with omi ecosystem (i.e. apple watch, meta glasses, etc...)
• Help shape product direction, technical stack, and even culture
• Work directly with me every day - we'll build and launch together
• This is not a "here's what to do" job - this is "what should we do next?"
• What I'm Looking For
• Someone who's built and shipped something impressive. For example:
• Wrote firmware for 1k+ devices
• Or Built a product used by 1M+ people
• Or built something with >$1M revenue
• Or raised >$1M as a founder / solo builder
• Or deeply technical + insanely fast - even if early in your journey
• You don't need to check every box - but one really strong signal is enough.
• Tech Stack (so far)
• Flutter (might move to React soon)
• Python / Flask
• Firmware: C, Nordic chips
• BLE
• Why This Might Be the One
• You'll get lots of equity and full ownership over technical direction
• Work on actual AI hardware , not just apps
• Build something that people already love - and want more of
• Help people think and live better with ambient, embodied AI
• Let's make humans 1000x smarter with AI by 2026.
• Let's make robots help in every apartment by 2028.
• Let's create the metaverse
• II personally check every candidate!
• If I didn't respond, something was off. 🥲

Benefits

Additional Information

👋 Hi, I'm Nik. I'm looking for a world-class founding firmware engineer to build Omi with me. Omi is AI for your real life. Think: wearable memory, voice-first interface, the reverse iPhone. In the past 10 months, we've: Grown to 300K software users Hit 100M+ organic video views Built 3 working hardware devices Now I'm ready to go deeper - and I need you. About Me 26 y.o. 🇷🇺 Born on an island in the Pacific (Russia), now in SF 🧠 Thiel Fellow 💰 Sold 2 startups - scaled the last to $4M ARR, $3M raised, acquired by Toptal 💻 Built the first Omi prototypes (hardware, mobile) 💸 Raised $7M+ total 🧲 Managed teams across 3 continents 📈 Drove 100M+ organic impressions for Omi Check me out at nikshevchenko.com

Your Match

How well this role fits your profile.

Company Intel

What employees say

Worked at omi? Share your experience