Artificial Intelligence Engineer

Hiring Thesis

We are hiring builders who have demonstrated founder-like behavior on a small scale. We value curiosity, customer empathy, agency, communication, and evidence of building real software more than framework knowledge, certifications, or years of experience.

Ideal Candidate Persona

The candidate:

• Sees problems and instinctively looks for ways to solve them.

• Builds things without waiting for permission.

• Has shipped software used by real people.

• Understands who benefits from their software and why.

• Learns independently.

• Uses AI as leverage, not as identity.

• Demonstrates humility and intellectual curiosity.

• Can operate under ambiguity and incomplete requirements.

Evidence We Value

Strong signals:

• Open-source contributions

• Active GitHub projects

• Personal products

• Startup experience

• Consulting or freelancing work

• Technical blogs

• Conference talks

• Research publications

• Automation projects

• Real users benefiting from something they built

Technical Expectations

You should be comfortable with most of the following:

• Modern programming languages (Python, TypeScript, JavaScript, Go, Java, or similar)
• APIs and integrations
• Databases and data modeling
• Cloud platforms and deployment workflows
• Full-stack application development
• Version control and collaborative software development
• AI-assisted development workflows