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About the role
👋 Hi, I’m Nik. I’m looking for a world-class founding firmware engineer to build Omi with me.
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Omi https://omi.me is AI for your real life.
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Think: wearable memory, voice-first interface, the reverse iPhone.
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In the past 10 months, we’ve:
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Grown to 300K software users
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Hit 100M+ organic video views
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Built 3 working hardware devices
Now I’m ready to go deeper — and I need you.
About ME
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26 y.o.
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🇷🇺 Born on an island in the Pacific (Russia), now in SF
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🧠 Thiel Fellow
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💰 Sold 2 startups — scaled the last to $4M ARR, $3M raised, acquired by Toptal
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💻 Built the first Omi prototypes (hardware, mobile)
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💸 Raised $7M+ total
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🧲 Managed teams across 3 continents
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📈 Drove 100M+ organic impressions for Omi
Check me out at nikshevchenko.com http://nikshevchenko.com
What You’ll DO
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As the first firmware engineer, you’ll:
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Own firmware for omi devices
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Hack other devices to integrate them with omi ecosystem (i.e. apple watch, meta glasses, etc...)
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Help shape product direction, technical stack, and even culture
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Work directly with me every day — we’ll build and launch together
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This is not a “here’s what to do” job — this is “what should we do next?”
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WHAT I’M LOOKING FOR
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Someone who’s built and shipped something impressive. For example:
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Wrote firmware for 1k+ devices
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Or Built a product used by 1M+ people
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Or built something with >$1M revenue
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Or raised >$1M as a founder / solo builder
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Or deeply technical + insanely fast — even if early in your journey
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You don’t need to check every box — but one really strong signal is enough.
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TECH STACK (SO FAR)
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Flutter (might move to React soon)
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Python / Flask
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Firmware: C, Nordic chips
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BLE
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WHY THIS MIGHT BE THE ONE
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You’ll get lots of equity and full ownership over technical direction
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Work on actual AI hardware, not just apps
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Build something that people already love — and want more of
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Help people think and live better with ambient, embodied AI
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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
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II personally check every candidate! If I didn’t respond, something was off. 🥲
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