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Elicit · 4 months ago

AI Engineer

Oakland, CA

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$195K/yr - $320K/yr

Elicit is an AI research assistant focused on enhancing reasoning capabilities through language models. They are seeking an AI Engineer to implement backend functionalities and maintain high-quality standards for their product, which aims to support researchers in their decision-making processes.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Data Center AutomationDatabaseInformation Technology

Growth Opportunities

Responsibilities

Backend implementation of our "living document"

Building Elicit into a product researchers can’t live without

Keeping Elicit’s bar for quality high

Qualification

PythonNode.jsKubernetesTypeScriptNext.jsMachine LearningDistributed SystemsGitHubCommunication SkillsProblem Solving

Required

Strong technical aptitude that allows you to move comfortably around our back-end tech stack, with strong computer science fundamentals

A genuine curiosity and enthusiasm for the capabilities of language models

A defensive, fault-first mindset

Above-average communication skills. Elicit is a small, highly-collaborative team, so you'll frequently be tapped to communicate complex engineering topics with stakeholders across the company

A sense of joy in what you do. One thing we love about our team at Elicit is that everybody's a craftsperson who cares deeply about their field

Benefits

Flexible work environment: work from our office in Oakland or remotely with time zone overlap (between GMT and GMT-8), as long as you can travel for in-person retreats and coworking events

Fully covered health, dental, vision, and life insurance for you, generous coverage for the rest of your family

Flexible vacation policy, with a minimum recommendation of 20 days/year + company holidays

401K with a 6% employer match

A new Mac + $1,000 budget to set up your workstation or home office in your first year, then $500 every year thereafter

$1,000 quarterly AI Experimentation & Learning budget, so you can freely experiment with new AI tools to incorporate into your workflow, take courses, purchase educational resources, or attend AI-focused conferences and events

A team administrative assistant who can help you with personal and work tasks