AfterQuery · 2 days ago
Founding Software Engineer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Mid, Senior Level
$140K/yr - $250K/yrAfterQuery is pushing the frontier of LLMs and AI Agents through novel datasets and experimentation. They are seeking a Founding Software Engineer to take end-to-end ownership of projects that enhance AI evaluation, working on both research and platform engineering tasks.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)B2BBig DataData Collection and Labeling
Responsibilities
Design and build scalable systems: RL environments, APIs, and human-in-the-loop platforms
Collaborate across research, product, and design to ship features quickly
Write clean, maintainable code and contribute to documentation
Participate in code reviews and design discussions
Solve real-world scalability and reliability challenges
Contribute to the core infrastructure powering data and evaluation for leading AI labs
Qualification
Required
Strong coding fundamentals in Node.js / TypeScript, Python and/or Go
Deep understanding of distributed systems, scalability challenges, and system design
Familiarity with cloud platforms (GCP/AWS), Kubernetes, APIs, NoSQL databases
Ability to reason about trade-offs and balance speed vs reliability
Strong communication skills and a bias toward ownership, curiosity, and delivering simple solutions to complex problems
Preferred
Experience with RL environments, agentic systems, or human-in-the-loop workflows
Benefits
Generous equity grant vested over 4 years
Daily lunch & dinner covered
Free gym membership
Health insurance
Company
AfterQuery
Research lab investigating the boundaries of AI capabilities. Serving every frontier AI lab.
Founded in 2024
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$0.5M2025-03-12Pre Seed· $0.5M
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