Founding Firmware Engineer
👋 Hi, I’m Nik. I’m looking for a world-class founding firmware engineer to build Omi with me.
- Omi https://omi.me 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 http://nikshevchenko.com
WHAT YOU’LL DO
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 ...