Software Engineer

San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Visa Sponsorship

About the role

This is a founding role. You will work directly with Venkat (the CTO) to build deployment configurations and platform features for our customers. You will be expected to help with engineering across the stack, including model architecture research, latency optimization at both the software and hardware level, cloud infrastructure, and product roadmap. You will also work closely with our customers on onboarding, support, and keeping them happy. We're looking for people who have demonstrable experience in deep learning research, cloud computing, software / hardware co-design. You are also expected to have strong organizational skills and strong problem solving skills. A Bachelor's degree in computer science / engineering and experience in engineering ML products is required. Graduate level work in deep learning and transformer models is strongly preferred. If you have experience building a strong engineering culture at an early-stage startup, we'd love to talk with you!

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Required skills

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Python
Torch/PyTorch
Deep Learning
Reinforcement learning (RL)

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Job details

Salary

$100,000 - $140,000

Equity

0.5% - 2%

Location

San Francisco, CA

Experience

0+ years

Company

NameScout
IndustryConsumer
Team Size3

Funding

Total raised

$500K

Last stage

Seed

Investors

Y Combinator
Reach Capital
RRethink Capital Partners

Founders

Venkat Krishnan

Venkat Krishnan

Founder

LinkedIn
Rohan Arora

Rohan Arora

Founder

LinkedIn

What happens next.

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01

Confirm the fit

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02

I pitch you to the company

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03

A meeting lands on your calendar

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