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Founding Software Engineer

$225k

The North Consulting

Overview

The mission is to build a digital humanoid coworker that can work alongside people, using the same tools designed for humans. This role involves solving challenging AI, engineering, and product problems to create a superhuman AI coworker that can free up individuals to focus on more intellectually stimulating tasks. The team consists of experienced builders and former founders backed by top investors and operators in Silicon Valley.

Responsibilities

The scope of the work described above outlines the responsibilities for this role.

Qualifications

  • 6+ years of experience building production software.
  • Strong interest in working and experimenting with the latest AI advancements. You have caught the LLM bug and want to spend the next phase of your career going deeper.
  • Strong CS and engineering fundamentals.
  • Proficiency with Python and/or Typescript + React. Understanding of the modern web stack.
  • Good intuition for making technical, product, and business tradeoffs.
  • Experience doing 0-to-1 engineering work at either startups or personal projects.
  • Good sense for product design and UX.

Nice-to-have

  • Experience with deep learning modeling and infrastructure at large scale.
  • Experience working on low latency real-time systems.
  • Experience working at early-stage and fast-growing companies.
  • Open to work in office

Max Salary
$225,000

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