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Compound AI ยท 2 months ago

Member of Technical Staff -- Founding Software Engineer

Compound AI is an applied research lab focused on enhancing knowledge workers in finance through AI. The role involves building complex, high-performance backend systems to support AI-native products, working closely with the founding team to implement scalable infrastructure and services.

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Responsibilities

Build complex, high-performance backend systems that power our AI-native products for finance
Work closely with the founders, implementing scalable infrastructure and services that enable cutting-edge AI advances to be delivered reliably at scale

Qualification

High-performance backend systemsStatically-typed languagesComputer science fundamentalsCloud deployment GCPCloud deployment AWSCloud deployment AzureDockerKubernetesAI augmentationProblem-solving

Required

Have experience implementing complex, high-performance backend systems from scratch with high reliability
Are an expert in at least one statically-typed language (e.g. Go, Rust, C++), have a strong bias for type-safety, and can decide the best programming language for a task considering trade-offs (velocity, scalability, maintainability)
Have a strong understanding of computer science fundamentals, algorithms, and databases
Are experienced in deploying services (docker, kubernetes) to at least one of GCP, AWS, Azure
Use AI to augment yourself, but you also augment AI (thoroughly review AI-code, catch its bugs, and call-out poor design)
Are invigorated by high-performing peers and doing high-quality work
Love technically challenging problems

Benefits

Comprehensive Medical/Dental/Vision insurance for you and dependents, including $0 premium plan with company HSA contribution
401(k) plan with 4% match
Catered daily team lunch
Urban downtown San Mateo office, 5-minute walk from Caltrain and free parking
Time off as you need it
Top-quality computers and ergonomic workspace
Corporate AI subscriptions as much as you need for work

Company

Compound AI

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Compound is the world's first AI Analyst for finance that delivers work you can trust.

Funding

Current Stage
Early Stage
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