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idler

idler

Hill-climb any benchmark, for any model, in any domain.

San Francisco
12 employees
Engineering, Product and Design
Series A · $500K
WebsiteX / Twitter

About idler

Hill-climb any benchmark, for any model, in any domain.

Open positions (7)

Executive Assistant

Full-time
San Francisco
$130k – $180k
0.05% - 0.5% equity

Design Engineer

Full-time
San Francisco
$125k – $300k
0.01% - 1% equity

Software Engineer

Full-time
San Francisco
$125k – $400k
0.01% - 1% equity

Special Projects Operator

Full-time
San Francisco
$125k – $400k
0.1% - 1% equity

Forward Deployed Engineer

Full-time
San Francisco
$125k – $400k
0.01% - 1% equity

Offensive Security RL Researcher

Full-time
San Francisco
$200k – $500k

Research Scientist

Full-time
San Francisco
$200k – $500k
0.5% - 1.5% equity

Company details

Team Size12
LocationSan Francisco
IndustryEngineering, Product and Design

Funding

Total raised

$500K

Last stage

Series A

Investors

Y Combinator

Founders

Ivan Chub

Ivan Chub

idler. Previously cofounder of Dark Forest, 0xPARC, Zupass, Hack Lodge; also previously at Facebook, Dynasty, AppSheet.

LinkedIn
Nalu Concepcion

Nalu Concepcion

currently: scaling RL environments. formerly: orchestrated 500+ person parties, monthly @ notsominimoments · swe @ msft · product @ poshmark · data science @ paymongo DM's especially open to book / movie / song recs.

LinkedIn
Tony Goss

Tony Goss

cto @ idler. I (ethically) hacked Dark Forest to win $400k, beat the #1 ranked Dominion player, and play pro ultimate frisbee.

LinkedIn

What happens next.

No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.

01

Confirm the fit

A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.

02

I pitch you to the company

I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.

03

A meeting lands on your calendar

If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.