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Founding Engineer

💰 $120,000 - $180,000 🌍 San Francisco, California 📅 08/01/2024

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Job Description

As a Founding Engineer, your responsibility would be to help us build and
scale our product from the ground up. You must be willing to bet on yourself
and build expertise quickly. We’re excited to welcome someone who has a strong
startup mindset. They get a kick from the type 2 fun from spending long hours
on solving impossible tasks, they are willing to embrace ambiguity and be the
live wire for the team during the lows, they are energetic and extremely
passionate about what they’re building, and they are ready to go beyond the
scope of their job responsibilities and do what it takes to win. They like to
have FUN at work. We spend more than 2/3rds of the day working towards a
shared vision. We are looking for someone who derives joy from their work.
It’s not just another job to make ends meet. There’s more to it. They want to
come to work to have fun, learn, innovate, argue, and more! They are curious,
impatient to learn, opinionated, and excited about making a dent in the world.
They are a strong cultural fit. We are building a team that values people and
leads with optimism. We believe in honest, open conversations, resolving
conflicts proactively, and giving space to communicate opinions without
judgment. We have a strong culture of appreciation, celebrations, and
learning. We trust each other to be experts in what we own. We have each
other’s backs especially when things go south. We’re playing the long game.
Your passion and motivation are important to us. Skills: Full-stack
development experience You have designed, developed, and maintained full-stack
web applications You have developed high-performance, high-throughput backend
services You have worked in production environments and have been on on-call
rotations Data experience You have experience working with MapReduce
frameworks like Spark and processing large datasets You can think analytically
and have performed and analyzed A/B tests You have experience building and
deploying machine-learning models You have experience building complex
recommendation systems Cloud architecture experience You have experience
working with cloud services and have designed and maintained cloud
architectures Stewardship You have experience as a tech lead or an OSS
maintainer. You can make high-quality technical decisions You can handle
production issues and think clearly under pressure You have experience
designing and maintaining complex product features Leadership You communicate
bottlenecks quickly and resolve differences proactively You work with the team
to break down problems and evaluate pros and cons effectively You are a team
player and like to understand the context of the product and customers beyond
engineering Traits You obsess with data and enjoy optimization challenges You
are excited about high-stakes projects and delivering for real customers You
excel in chaotic environments Qualifications: 3+ years of industry experience
in full-stack development, data engineering, or machine learning. Strong
proficiency in either frontend or backend languages. Preferred frontend
language is Typescript (NextJS is a plus), and preferred backend language is
anything that is strongly typed (Java, Scala, Rust). Proficiency in SQL and
understanding of database design. (PySpark is a plus) Hands-on experience with
cloud and auth platforms (e.g., AWS, Cloudflare, Clerk) and DevOps practices.
Experience with A/B experimentation, ML modeling, and deployments Why Join Us:
Grow and learn 10X faster compared to big-tech Be a part of the founding team
that’s shaping the future of AI+Growth. Opportunity to work on cutting-edge
technology and solve complex problems. Get first-hand experience in building
0-1 startups alongside founders. Be involved in critical decision-making to
sustain and scale businesses.