Heroic Story

AI-native Book Publishing

AI Engineer

$80K - $180K / 0.10% - 3.00%
Location
Los Angeles / Remote
Job Type
Full-time
Experience
Any (new grads ok)
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Jay Rosenkrantz
Jay Rosenkrantz
Founder

About the role

Founding AI Engineer - Realm Chef

Join us in giving storytelling its next great leap forward

We believe we're standing at the threshold of the most important evolution in storytelling since Homer. Not incremental change - a fundamental transformation in how human creativity flows from imagination to reality.

The core bet: By removing every technical barrier between author and story through intelligence, we can unlock a new golden age of narrative art. We're not building tools. We're building the first true Author OS.

What We're Looking For

We need someone who:

  • Has built real AI systems that ship and scale
  • Can architect intelligent systems that feel magical yet reliable
  • Thinks in first principles about both technical and creative problems
  • Has the rare ability to make hard technical decisions that compound positively over years
  • Wants to leave a lasting legacy in how stories are created and shared

The Technical Challenge

You'll be designing and building systems that:

  • Understand narrative at a deep semantic level
  • Generate contextually perfect creative assets in real-time
  • Scale elegantly as our story graph grows
  • Feel invisible to authors while being transformatively powerful

Why This Matters

The next decade will determine whether AI amplifies or diminishes human creativity. We're betting everything on amplification - that intelligent systems can give storytelling more soul, not less.

The Right Person Will:

  • See this as their life's work, not just their next role
  • Have strong opinions about AI architecture, weakly held
  • Think in decades, not quarters
  • Want to build something that matters

We’re backed by leading entertainment and technology investors, but more importantly, we're backed by authors who tell us we're building their dream. If you want to help write the next chapter in how humanity tells stories, we should talk.

First 90 Days

Instead of a prescriptive plan, we'll work together to:

  • Develop the technical vision that matches the magnitude of our mission
  • Make the key architectural decisions that will compound over years
  • Build deep relationships with authors to understand their creative process
  • Set patterns for how AI can serve creativity, not replace it

Is this the challenge you've been waiting for?

About Heroic Story

We're building the world's first true Author OS - an intelligent engine that will transform how stories are created, shared, and loved. Our mission is to give storytellers superpowers, removing every barrier between imagination and reality through AI.

Founded by brothers who've pushed creative boundaries across VR gaming, Twitch streaming, and Hollywood, we combine deep technical expertise with an innate understanding of what makes stories work. Our CEO, a former world-class poker player, brings the same strategic depth and calculated boldness that won millions to our mission of empowering creators.

We're a team of rebellious optimists who believe we're standing at the threshold of storytelling's next great evolution. The printing press gave stories reach. We're giving them wings.

Heroic Story
Founded:2019
Team Size:5
Location:Los Angeles, CA
Founders
Jay Rosenkrantz
Jay Rosenkrantz
Founder
Scott Rosenkrantz
Scott Rosenkrantz
Founder