Software Engineer

San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Visa Sponsorship

About the role

Continue is seeking an intense and fast-learning engineer to help us build our open-source product, starting by resolving and learning about user problems on GitHub and Discord. In this role, you will shape our open-source IDE extensions by designing, building, and maintaining a product loved by many, including yourself.

About you

Please keep in mind that we are describing the background that we imagine would best fit the role. If you don’t meet all the requirements, but you are confident that you are up for the task, we absolutely want to get to know you!

  • You are proficient in TypeScript, Node.js, and React / Next.js
  • You have a track record of building side projects
  • You are interested in AI engineering or machine learning
  • You are a rigorous thinker capable of tackling difficult algorithmic problems

What you will do

We’re a startup, so you’ll have to be ready to do whatever is required to accomplish our mission. However, you can definitely expect to:

  • Design and implement new affordances for coding with LLMs as new model capabilities emerge
  • Rapidly experiment and design benchmarks to improve autocomplete and codebase retrieval
  • Iterate on the smallest details to make our chat and autocomplete experiences awesome
  • Play a key role in our GitHub and Discord communities by answering questions and resolving problems

About Continue

Acquired by Cursor

Required skills

Node.js
React
TypeScript

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Job details

Salary

$100,000 - $150,000

Equity

0.1% - 0.5%

Location

San Francisco, CA

Experience

0+ years

Company

NameContinue
IndustryAI
0

Funding

Total raised

$5.1M

Last stage

Seed

Investors

Y Combinator
HHeavybit

Founders

Ty Dunn

Ty Dunn

Nate Sesti

Nate Sesti

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.