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Company brief · updated 2026-10-19

Wordware

wordware.ai · Consumer · Building the future of work, with Sauna

11open roles
1new in 30 days
0closed in 30 days
0remote-eligible
slowinghiring velocity

What they're building

Execution engine and agent runtime behind Sauna sessions strong signal

Today: "Sauna is an intelligent workspace that collaborates with you, eliminates the busywork, and anticipates what's next" (wordware.ai)

Roles: Senior Platform Engineer · Senior Applied AI Engineer · Staff Engineer · Senior Full Stack Engineer (Back-End)

Requirements mention: agent runtime · execution engine · retries and timeouts · concurrency · agent orchestration · agent memory systems · multi-tenant isolation · sandbox infrastructure

Inference: they are building a hosted execution layer that runs Sauna agent sessions reliably, with memory and multi-tenant isolation. This rests on four Engineering postings that name these systems.

Growth and paid acquisition for Sauna strong signal

Today: "Sauna is an intelligent workspace that collaborates with you, eliminates the busywork, and anticipates what's next" (wordware.ai)

Roles: Growth Engineer · Founding Growth Marketer · Head of Growth · Content Producer

Requirements mention: conversion tracking · Meta Conversions API · fully loaded CAC · unit economics · programmatic SEO · creator program · affiliate program · Turnaround measured in hours, not days

Inference: they are building a paid and content acquisition function around Sauna, with attribution and unit-economics tracking. Four Growth postings point the same way.

Sauna web app front end moderate signal

Today: "Sauna is an AI assistant that does work for you, not just answers questions" (Senior Product Engineer posting)

Roles: Senior Product Engineer

Requirements mention: IndexedDB · WebSockets · caching · optimistic-update · state management

Inference: they are building the Sauna client with client-side caching (IndexedDB) and live updates over WebSockets. One posting supports this directly; the Senior Full Stack Engineer posting also lists React and Vite.

Where the headcount is going

DepartmentOpen
Engineering5
Growth4
Past Founders2

Eleven listed roles, all for Sauna, the assistant Wordware moved to from its earlier developer IDE: Engineering 5 and Growth 4 are specific openings, while the 2 Past Founders listings have been open since November 2024; all are in San Francisco and 7 are senior-level.

Who they need

Seniority: 7 senior, 1 staff, 1 director, 1 mid, 1 unknown level.

Skills named most: TypeScript, Cloudflare Workers, Durable Objects, React, Postgres, Docker, agent systems, IndexedDB, WebSockets, conversion tracking, Meta Conversions API, fully loaded CAC

Locations: All 11 roles are in San Francisco. Six postings state remote: false; five leave remote unstated.

How to use this

If you're applying: Most roles are senior and in San Francisco. If you match the Engineering stack (TypeScript, Cloudflare Workers, Postgres) or the Growth tracking requirements, apply to the matching posting directly. Check each posting for its stated remote status. The company's earlier product was a developer IDE; current hiring is for Sauna.

If you're selling or recruiting: Eleven listed roles. Engineering (5) and Growth (4) are the active openings; the 2 Past Founders listings have been open since November 2024. All roles are in San Francisco, and Growth hiring covers paid acquisition and content. Four roles opened in the prior 30 days and one in the last 30; no roles closed.

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Open roles (11)

TitleDepartmentLocationPosted
Senior Platform EngineerEngineeringSan Francisco2026-10-07
Senior Product EngineerEngineeringSan Francisco2026-09-17
Growth EngineerGrowthSan Francisco2026-09-10
Content ProducerGrowthSan Francisco2026-09-03
Founding Growth MarketerGrowthSan Francisco2026-08-26
Senior Applied AI EngineerEngineeringSan Francisco2026-07-27
Head of GrowthGrowthSan Francisco2026-05-20
Staff EngineerEngineeringSan Francisco2026-03-20
Senior Full Stack Engineer (Back-End)EngineeringSan Francisco2026-03-09
Past Founder with Track Record and ExperiencePast FoundersSan Francisco2024-11-20
Ex-YC FounderPast FoundersSan Francisco2024-11-20