**About the Role**
We are looking for a strong programmer who can own the backend of the Vast.ai
GPU marketplace. Your primary responsibility will be to develop and maintain
the server-side logic, databases, and application integration.
The company is engineering-lead with ample opportunity to grow into senior
technical or management roles with time. You will be a core contributor that
allows Vast to scale to millions of GPUs.
**Example Projects:**
* Migrate a postgres DB from remote RDS to local in-memory
* Implement full backend logic for a new SLA reliability feature
* Convert adhoc logging file output to a modern logging backend
* Quickly investigate and summarize options for new system architectures
* Enhance database performance, including schema design and query optimization
* Implement robust data security and backup strategies
* Optimize cloud infrastructure for scalability and cost-efficiency
**You are:**
* Comfortable in a variety of tools and languages such as Python, C++, SQL, Javascript, React, CSS
* Capable and willing to quickly investigate and learn new frameworks and tools
* A fan of occasional remote pair programming
* Passionate about building scalable and reliable high throughput websites
* Excited about the potential of AI
**Benefits:**
* Work from anywhere
* Generous compensation, equity, and benefits
* Join early into a fast growing, ambitious startup
* Opportunity to grow into other technical or management roles
**About Us**
We have a lot of customers and profit for a startup. Your position with us is
secure. We are not a lost ship, hoping to discover product-market-fit island.
We are on the island. Come join us. Our GPU marketplace powers AI projects and
businesses all over the world.
We are bootstrapped. Your comp includes generous equity. Equity that investors
haven't yet been able to purchase. Your salary will increase as we continue to
launch new products, hit milestones and grow.
The journey to our destiny will not be easy. Our goal is not the safe harbor
of today. You will be taxed, and you will be pushed. We love to work. We can't
help it; we are witnessing the birth of AGI.
All technical roles report to Jake Cannell, the CEO and founder. Jake is a
prolific writer and thinker on the subject of AI. Two examples from Less
Wrong: [LOVE in a simbox is all you
need](https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/WKGZBCYAbZ6WGsKHc/love-in-a-simbox-is-
all-you-need) (09/28/2022) and [The Brain as a Universal Learning
Machine](https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/9Yc7Pp7szcjPgPsjf/the-brain-as-a-
universal-learning-machine) (06/24/2015).
We are currently a remote first company. Our headquarters are in Los Angeles.
Vast.ai focuses on Cloud Computing, Gpu, and Artificial Intelligence / Machine
Learning. Their company has offices in Los Angeles. They have a small team
that's between 1-10 employees.
You can view their website at <https://vast.ai/> or find them on
[Twitter](https://twitter.com/vast_ai) and
[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/12622737).
