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### **Salary and Benefits**
* Fully remote position
* $170-$215K yearly salary
* Significant equity component
* Fully paid medical, dental, and vision
* Unlimited vacation
* 401k
* Company laptop
* Yearly onsites
### **About the Role**
We're looking for a versatile engineer who loves solving complex problems
across the entire stack. You'll help build and scale our AI runtime engine,
working on everything from API design to infrastructure to user interfaces.
**T-Shaped Engineer** : We're looking for someone with deep expertise in one
area (whether that's frontend architecture, distributed systems, API design,
or infrastructure) combined with the breadth to work effectively across our
entire stack. You should be able to architect complex solutions in your
specialty while still being comfortable diving into Next.js, React,
TypeScript, Python, or Golang as needed. Think specialist capabilities with
generalist instincts – you're the go-to expert for something specific, but can
contribute almost anywhere.
**DevOps** : Experience with cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and
container orchestration is a plus. We're building for scale from day one, so
if you've worked with Kubernetes or have strong opinions about infrastructure-
as-code, we want to hear them.
**AI/ML** : Familiarity with machine learning concepts and frameworks helps.
You don't need to be an ML expert, but you should be excited about building
systems that make AI accessible and practical for business.
### **About You**
**Technically Versatile** : You're energized by the chance to work on
different technical challenges. Whether it's crafting APIs, optimizing
infrastructure, or building interfaces, you're ready to jump in where needed.
**Independent** : We're still figuring things out, so you should be
comfortable making decisions without perfect information or explicit
direction.
**Open to Ideas** : Our users constantly bring us new perspectives and
challenges. You should be excited about engaging with different viewpoints and
ready to adapt your approach based on real-world feedback.
**Pragmatic** : You know when to build something robust and when to ship
something quick and iterate. You can balance technical debt with getting stuff
done.
User-Focused: At the end of the day, we're here to solve real problems for
real users. You should care about that more than perfectly clean code (though
we like that too).
### **About the Engineering Team**
We're a small crew of self-starters who own our work end-to-end. No
bureaucracy or outdated tech here – just a clean, modern stack and the freedom
to shape how we build things. As a senior member, you'll have major input into
our technical decisions and how we work.
Every day brings different challenges across the AI development chain – from
data workflows to API design to scaling infrastructure. The constant is our
focus on delivering real value for users. Well-written code matters, but
impact matters more.
And where else can you name your servers after Soundgarden songs!
### **About the Company**
Our goal is to help businesses cut through the smoke and mirrors of AI to
realize (or not) its true value. Sandgarden is a runtime engine that provides
a rapid way to prototype, iterate, and deploy AI integrations. We are not an
AI company; we provide the tooling to businesses trying to quickly figure out
how to actually make AI useful.
Sandgarden raised $4.5M in pre-seed funding and put together a team of eight
veterans who’ve either founded startups previously or worked for them from the
earliest days. We are not dreamers; we are doers (well ok, we dream a little).
We are collaborative, pragmatic, and outcome-oriented. We are fully remote. We
value our lives outside of work and give the space to live them. We prioritize
respect, kindness, individuality, and dogs!