Gooseworks is an early-stage YC W23 startup building self-improving AI agents that run growth for consumer brands by generating high-volume short-form video creative for ads, UGC, and organic channels. The system indexes a brand’s existing assets - videos, product shots, testimonials, and ad performance - into a context layer, then produces and iterates on Meta/TikTok creatives while learning from ad results, competitors, trends, and human feedback. The company reports rapid traction (200+ paying users and 30,000+ ad creatives generated in two months), operates with a small founding team of five in San Francisco, and runs its own workflows on agent harnesses.
The Founding Creative Engineer role is a 0→1 position responsible for owning growth and distribution, designing creator channels operated by AI, defining voice on X and LinkedIn, teaching the creative agent the “taste layer,” and executing launches end-to-end. Successful candidates must show proof-of-work in short-form content (IG/TikTok/YouTube), possess technical AI video skills, think in systems, and know how to build agent harnesses. The job emphasizes high ownership, rapid experimentation, and messy fast loops. Compensation is $120K-$200K with 0.50%-1.50% equity, remote or San Francisco, with an interview process that includes work samples, a take-home exercise, and a paid on-site trial.
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