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anything

<div>Anything
Anything is the AI product engineer for the next wave of entrepreneurs.
 
 
It's an AI agent that turns English into apps. Everything you need make money on the internet built in - mobile, web, design, AI, backend, infra, payments.
 
 
Launched Aug 7th. https://x.com/anything 
Hit $5m rev and growing quickly 
Try it at anything.com
Role<h1 class="jobSectionHeader">
What this role is</h1>
This role is for people who want to grow faster than they could anywhere else. You will work on real AI systems from day one and take ownership of meaningful product work. You will tackle challenging problems, learn new tools constantly, and operate in an environment where speed, ambition, and personal growth are core expectations. You will be supported by senior engineers but trusted to figure things out, push through ambiguity, and build systems that reach millions of users. This is a place for people who want to develop world class skills early in their career.
You will be expected to move fast with clarity&ndash;reasoning through tradeoffs, writing things down when helpful, and choosing solutions that fit the broader system.<h2 class="jobSectionHeader">
How you will operate</h2><ul><li>
Break down complex or unclear problems into clear steps and propose practical solutions</li><li>
Make thoughtful tradeoffs between speed, correctness, and long-term maintainability</li><li>
Build AI powered features using TypeScript and modern AI frameworks</li><li>
Collaborate closely with product and design to align on goals and ship with confidence</li><li>
Talk with users and use the product yourself to understand real-world needs and opportunities</li><li>
Push through obstacles with resourcefulness and a strong problem-solving mindset</li><li>
Learn new concepts quickly and apply them to real production challenges</li><li>
Stay up to date on the latest in AI research and engineering</li><li>
Take on tasks that stretch your abilities and work hard to close skill gaps quickly</li><li>
Contribute to a culture of ownership, ambition, and fast-paced learning</li></ul>
AI is a rapidly evolving field, and no one here has all the answers. We value humility, openness to feedback, and a willingness to revise your thinking as you learn. Strong opinions are welcome when they are paired with curiosity and respect for evidence.<h2 class="jobSectionHeader">
Primary outcomes</h2>
Your success will be measured by:
1. Independent problem-solving and execution 
You take goals, investigate unknowns, evaluate options, and deliver solutions without waiting for extensive guidance.
2. Fast skill growth 
You significantly expand your technical range within your first months through hands-on work and deliberate learning.
3. Shipped product impact 
Your features improve user experience, performance, and product depth in measurable and well-reasoned ways<h1 class="jobSectionHeader">
Required background</h1>
Candidates typically show:<ul><li>
A strong technical foundation from a top CS program or equivalent hands-on experience building real systems</li><li>
Evidence of ambitious, self-driven projects or internships that required problem solving and ownership</li><li>
Solid programming fundamentals and comfort with TypeScript</li><li>
Exceptional ability to read deeply, reason clearly, and communicate complex ideas</li><li>
Curiosity about AI systems and a desire to push beyond easy or obvious solutions</li><li>
A personal track record of learning quickly and putting in real effort to master difficult skills</li><li>
Experience working in fast-paced environments while balancing care with urgency.</li></ul><h1 class="jobSectionHeader">
Nice to have</h1><ul><li>
Prior internships in AI, backend, or infrastructure engineering</li><li>
Previously been one of the first 10 hires at startup</li><li>
Personal projects that show initiative, creativity, and independent thinking</li><li>
Backgrounds or interests that span technical and non-technical domains (e.g. writing, design, philosophy, economics, etc)</li></ul><h1 class="jobSectionHeader">
Why this role matters</h1>
We are building products on the frontier of AI and that requires a team that learns fast, thinks clearly, and works hard. You will grow more in one year here than in several years at a typical company. You will take on challenges that stretch your abilities and solve problems that materially shape the future of the product.
In all roles 
We look for:
Intense. Ship fast. Cycles are hours, not weeks. Hard to outwork.
Ownership. Grab the #1 priority and relentless to deliver.
Fearlessness. Risk on. Do the unknown / uncomfortable. Say &quot;good&quot; to bad news.
Taste. Obsess over quality. Know what &ldquo;great&rdquo; looks like. No slop.
Play. Curiosity, joy, and energy.
Sound like you?
Come do the most meaningful work of your career. 
 
Applying
Submit here and we'll reach out if it's a fit. 
 
Note: we get 100s of low quality AI generated applications daily. We do want to meet you if you're excellent and really care.
 
 
If you want to stand out, after you submit, send resume + a short note to marcus@anything.com w/ subject line &quot;[Role] | Your Name&quot; (bullets work!)
Compensation Range: $125K - $200K</div>

Backend Engineer - AI

Arcade

<div>
 
 About Arcade
 
 
 
 Arcade is building the world&rsquo;s first AI physical product creation platform, where imagination becomes reality. Our platform lets anyone design, purchase, and sell custom, manufacturable products using natural language and generative AI. We believe everyone should have the power to create physical goods as easily as they post online, and we&rsquo;re building the infrastructure to make that real.
 
 
 We&rsquo;ve raised $42M from a world-class group of investors, including Reid Hoffman, Forerunner Ventures (Kirsten Green), Canaan Partners (Laura Chau), Adverb Ventures (April Underwood), Factorial Funds (Sol Bier), Offline Ventures (Brit Morin), Sound Ventures (Ashton Kutcher), Inspired Capital (Alexa von Tobel), and Torch Capital (Jonathan Keidan). Our angel investors include Elad Gil, Ev Williams, Marissa Mayer, Sara Beykpour, Kayvon Beykpour, Anna Veronika Dorogush, Eugenia Kuyda, David Luan, Sharon Zhou, Kelly Wearstler, Karlie Kloss, Colin Kaepernick, Christy Turlington Burns, and Jeff Wilke.
 
 
 Arcade is headquartered in San Francisco&rsquo;s Presidio and led by serial entrepreneur Mariam Naficy (Minted, Eve), and a founding team with deep experience in generative AI, design systems, and supply chain. We&rsquo;re pioneering a new category at the intersection of AI, personal expression, and on-demand manufacturing, and we&rsquo;re building fast.
 
 
 
 Role Summary
 
 
 
 As a Software Engineer at Arcade, you will work across our backend and AI systems to power the real-time, intelligent workflows that bring generative creation to life. You will own critical infrastructure, from model orchestration to caching layers to inference pipelines, and partner closely with AI research, product, and design to launch entirely new user experiences.
 
 
 This role is for systems-minded builders who care about performance, reliability, and clarity. You will move quickly, work collaboratively, and ship ambitious products that define new creative possibilities. You&rsquo;ll be joining a fast-moving, highly technical team where engineers ship bold ideas quickly and own them end-to-end.
 
 
 
 What You'll Do
 
 
 
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 Design and build scalable backend systems for model execution, prompt orchestration, agentic workflows, and real-time inference
 </li>
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 Own infrastructure for core user actions, including API design, job queues, caching, observability, and deployment
 </li>
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 Collaborate across AI research, product, and design to bring new capabilities into production
 </li>
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 Build core primitives for text-to-product creation, such as model pipelines, tool integrations, retrieval flows, and evaluation frameworks
 </li>
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 Continuously improve performance, latency, and stability across inference-heavy systems
 </li>
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 Contribute to a high-trust, high-velocity engineering culture
 
 
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 </ul>
 
 We're Looking For Engineers Who
 
 
 
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 Have strong backend and infrastructure foundations and enjoy building fast, reliable systems
 </li>
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 Have experience owning production systems that interact with real users or real-world data
 </li>
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 Are excited about generative AI and have worked with LLMs, agent frameworks, vector search, or multimodal tools
 </li>
 <li>
 Move quickly from prototype to production and thrive in high-agency environments
 </li>
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 Care about product quality and user experience, even when working deep in the stack
 </li>
 <li>
 Bring energy, taste, and humility to everything they do
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 What You Bring
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 A background in Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, or a similar field
 </li>
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 Must be available to start sometime between January and August 2026
 </li>
 <li>
 Experience building and scaling backend systems in production
 </li>
 <li>
 Proficiency with Python and backend frameworks such as Django or FastAPI
 </li>
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 Familiarity with cloud infrastructure tools like GCP, Kubernetes, Docker, and Pub/Sub
 </li>
 <li>
 Hands-on experience with LLM pipelines, model orchestration, or prompt tooling in production or personal projects
 </li>
 <li>
 Strong debugging, performance tuning, and system design skills
 </li>
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 Bonus: experience at early-stage startups, with generative AI products, or in creative tooling
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 Additional
 
 
 
 Competitive compensation
 
 
 Lunch provided daily
 
 
 Company events
 
 
 Arcade is an equal opportunity employer. We&rsquo;re committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and supportive team, and to creating a platform where anyone, anywhere, can make something meaningful.
 
 
</div>

Software Engineer

Sciforium

<div>
 Sciforium is an AI infrastructure company developing next-generation multimodal AI models and a proprietary, high-efficiency serving platform. Backed by multi-million-dollar funding and direct sponsorship from AMD with hands-on support from AMD engineers the team is scaling rapidly to build the full stack powering frontier AI models and real-time applications.
 
 
 We offer a fast-moving, collaborative environment where engineers have meaningful impact, learn quickly, and tackle deep technical challenges across the AI systems stack.
 
 
 
 Role Overview
 
 
 
 This role offers a unique opportunity to work on the core systems that power Sciforium&rsquo;s multimodal AI models. You&rsquo;ll help build the model serving platform working across C++, Python, runtime execution, and distributed infrastructure to create a fast, reliable engine for real-time AI applications.
 
 
 You&rsquo;ll gain hands-on experience with performance engineering, learn how large AI models are optimized and deployed at scale, and collaborate closely with ML researchers and experienced systems engineers. If you enjoy delighting customers with a great Developer Experience, care deeply about performance, and want exposure to the full AI stack, this role provides both high-impact work and strong growth potential.
 
 
 
 Key Responsibilities
 
 
 
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 <li>
 Interactive AI Chat interface: Design and build a low-latency, chat-like interface for users to test our LLMs.
 </li>
 <li>
 Developer Console: Build the mission-critical UI where users generate API Keys, set budget limits, and view real-time usage graphs
 </li>
 <li>
 Payments &amp; Billing: Integrate Stripe (or similar) to handle complex subscription models.
 </li>
 <li>
 Documentation Portal: creating a dynamic API reference section
 </li>
 <li>
 CLI/SDK Integration: Write simple client-side wrappers to help users connect to our API endpoints easily.
 </li>
 <li>
 Backend APIs: Building secure API gateways and implementing low latency streaming solutions.
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 Must-Haves
 
 
 
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 <li>
 Bachelor&rsquo;s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field (or equivalent practical experience)
 </li>
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 3+ years of software engineering experience, with a focus on front end development.
 </li>
 <li>
 Strong proficiency in Typescript, Python.
 </li>
 <li>
 Understanding of responsive design, and UX fundamentals
 </li>
 <li>
 Strong collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across engineering and ML teams.
 </li>
 <li>
 Comfortable working from the office and contributing to a fast-moving, high-ownership team culture.
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 Nice to Have
 
 
 
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 <li>
 Experience with ML systems engineering, open source inference engine like vLLM, Sglang, or TRT-LLM
 </li>
 <li>
 Streaming Expertise: You understand the difference between WebSockets and Server-Sent Events (SSE) and know how to handle "jittery" network streams without freezing the UI.
 </li>
 <li>
 Billing integration: Experience integrating Stripe Elements, managing webhooks for payment success/failure, and handling "SaaS" logic (pro-rating, tiers).
 </li>
 <li>
 Documentation Mindset: You appreciate good DX (Developer Experience). You know how to render an API spec into a readable web page.
 </li>
 <li>
 Python/Backend Knowledge: You can read a FastAPI or vLLM backend codebase to understand how data is being sent to you
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 Why Join Us
 
 
 
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 <li>
 Opportunity to build frontier-scale AI infrastructure powering next-generation LLMs and multimodal models.
 </li>
 <li>
 Work with top-tier engineers and researchers across systems, GPUs, and ML frameworks.
 </li>
 <li>
 Tackle high-impact performance and scalability challenges in training and inference.
 </li>
 <li>
 Access state-of-the-art GPU clusters, datasets, and tooling.
 </li>
 <li>
 Opportunity to publish, patent, and push the boundaries of modern AI
 </li>
 <li>
 Join a culture of innovation, ownership, and fast execution in a rapidly scaling AI organization.
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 Benefits Include
 
 
 
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 Medical, dental, and vision insurance
 </li>
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 401k plan
 </li>
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 Daily lunch, snacks, and beverages
 </li>
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 Flexible time off
 </li>
 <li>
 Competitive salary and equity
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 Equal opportunity
 
 
 
 Sciforium is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.
 
 
</div>

Software Engineer, Fullstack

Asana

<div>
 The AI Integrations team is looking for an experienced software engineer to empower builders with the context and tools to deploy powerful workflows across people and apps. The team owns making workflows across apps powerful by using AI, context from third-party systems and our automation engine.
 
 
 This role is based in our San Francisco office with an office-centric hybrid schedule. The standard in-office days are Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday. Most Asanas have the option to work from home on Wednesdays. Working from home on Fridays depends on the type of work you do and the teams with which you partner. If you're interviewing for this role, your recruiter will share more about the in-office requirements.
 
 
 
 About The Team
 
 
 
 AI Studio is Asana&rsquo;s flagship AI product, our no-code automation engine platform that empowers teams to integrate AI-driven automation directly into their workflows, powering the world&rsquo;s largest companies&rsquo; important workflows. The AI Integrations team is a critical part of this product as workflows are accomplished by not only Asana but also other tools such as Slack, Gmail, Confluence, and many more.
 
 
 Our team sits at a unique intersection of product, platform, and ecosystem. We aim to build integration product features that delight end users with important context from their third-party systems. We also aim to build a platform for other developers to expose their integrations and relevant data to drive powerful AI workflows. You&rsquo;ll be solving customer problems with new product launches, and be a platform force multiplier for other Asana engineers, our customers, and the developer ecosystem.
 
 
 Our full-stack team is composed of integration experts and AI engineers who have worked across many different Asana product features. We move quickly and deliberately to unlock new features for our customers and own our integration product experiences end to end.
 
 
 
 Responsibilities
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Work with a talented team of software engineers using cutting-edge AI models such as Claude 3.7, GPT-4.5, and o1.
 </li>
 <li>
 Collaborate with product to build develop robust, intuitive integrations in Asana&rsquo;s AI Studio.
 </li>
 <li>
 Design and implement reusable patterns in our backend platform, enabling internal and external developers to build and scale integrations within AI Studio quickly.
 </li>
 <li>
 Enable LLM-powered automation by integrating AI-driven actions into third-party tools such as Slack, Gmail, and Confluence, optimizing workflow efficiency.
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 You might thrive in this role if you:
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 3+ years of experience, working across the stack within large, well-maintained codebases.
 </li>
 <li>
 Are comfortable diving into third-party APIs and their documentation and understand their nuances.
 </li>
 <li>
 Have worked on full-stack building features that involve both UI and backend development.
 </li>
 <li>
 Are an excellent communicator and cross-functional collaborator.
 </li>
 <li>
 Engage with their teammates in a spirit of openness and curiosity.
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 At Asana, we're committed to building teams that include a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills, as this is critical to helping us achieve our mission. If you're interested in this role and don't meet every listed requirement, we still encourage you to apply.
 
 
 
 What We&rsquo;ll Offer
 
 
 
 Our comprehensive compensation package plays a big part in how we recognize you for the impact you have on our path to achieving our mission. We believe that compensation should be reflective of the value you create relative to the market value of your role. To ensure pay is fair and not impacted by biases, we're committed to looking at market value which is why we check ourselves and conduct a yearly pay equity audit.
 
 
 For this role, the estimated base salary range is between $171,00 - 209,000. The actual base salary will vary based on various factors, including market and individual qualifications objectively assessed during the interview process. The listed range above is a guideline, and the base salary range for this role may be modified.
 
 
 In addition to base salary, your compensation package may include additional components such as equity, sales incentive pay (for most sales roles), and benefits. If you're interviewing for this role, speak with your Talent Acquisition Partner to learn more about the total compensation and benefits for this role.
 
 
 We strive to provide equitable and competitive benefits packages that support our employees worldwide and include:
 
 
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 Mental health, wellness &amp; fitness benefits
 </li>
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 Career coaching &amp; support
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 Inclusive family building benefits
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 Long-term savings or retirement plans
 </li>
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 In-office culinary options to cater to your dietary preferences
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 These are just some of the benefits we offer, and benefits may vary based on role, country, and local regulations. If you're interviewing for this role, speak with your Talent Acquisition Partner to learn more about the total compensation and benefits for this role.
 
 
 
 About Us
 
 
 
 Asana is a leading platform for human + AI collaboration. Millions of teams around the world rely on Asana to achieve their most important goals, faster. Asana has been named to Fortune's Best Workplaces for 7+ years and recognized by Fast Company, Forbes, and Gartner for excellence in workplace culture and innovation. We offer an exceptional office-centric culture while adopting the best elements of hybrid models to ensure that every one of our global team members can work together effortlessly. With 13+ offices all over the world, we are always looking for individuals who care about building technology that drives positive change in the world and a culture where everyone feels that they belong.
 
 
 
 Join Asana&rsquo;s Talent Network
 
 to stay up to date on job opportunities and life at Asana.
 
 
</div>

Software Engineer, AI Integrations

Citizen Health

<div>
 
 Who We Are
 
 
 
 Citizen Health was founded on the belief &mdash; shaped by firsthand lived experiences navigating healthcare &mdash; that having the right advocate is the single most important factor in achieving better care and outcomes. By uniquely combining data, AI, and community, Citizen is building a personalized AI advocate powered by patients' complete medical histories and data from thousands of other patients to generate personalized insights for clinical decisions and day-to-day challenges. Starting in rare and complex conditions, patients share their data in exchange for value, enabling biopharma and researchers with seamless access to patients and regulatory-grade data, shaving years off drug development for much-needed treatments.
 
 
 Citizen is founded by experienced entrepreneurs with multiple successes under their belts and is funded by top-tier investors including 8VC, Transformation Capital, and Headline Ventures, among others. We are a mission-driven team excited to be building the future of consumer healthcare.
 
 
 
 The Role
 
 
 
 We're seeking a full-stack Software Engineer to work on the development of our patient, partner, and company web applications. This role is crucial in creating intuitive, efficient, and responsive user interfaces that will directly impact our users' experience and our platform's success.
 
 
 As a key part of our engineering team, you will build high-performance, scalable, and accessible user interfaces that use AI to serve diverse user groups including rare disease patients, healthcare providers, researchers, and our internal teams.
 
 
 You will join a team that highly leverages the latest AI coding assistants (e.g. Cursor, Claude Code, Codex, etc.) to implement features at very high velocity.
 
 
 Your work will be at the heart of our mission, translating complex health data and research findings into user-friendly interfaces that empower patients, facilitate groundbreaking research, and streamline our internal operations.
 
 
 
 Who You Are
 
 
 
 You&rsquo;re a builder and problem-solver who thrives in fast-paced, innovative environments. You&rsquo;ve worked on consumer or data-rich products, enjoy end-to-end ownership, and collaborate closely with teammates to ship real value. You&rsquo;re comfortable diving into your strengths (frontend, backend, or full-stack) and curious about how AI can improve the experiences we deliver for patients, providers, researchers, and internal teams.
 
 
 You will likely be a fit if you have
 
 
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 0-3 years of professional software engineering experience with a track record of launching user-facing features or services.
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 Strength in one or more of the following:
 </li>
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 Frontend: JavaScript/TypeScript with a modern framework (e.g., React/Vue), semantic HTML/CSS, accessibility, and performance for data-heavy UIs.
 </li>
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 Product Engineering: Strong product sense and UX instincts; you use user needs, data, and experiments to guide decisions and iterate quickly.
 </li>
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 Working knowledge of performance, scalability, and security fundamentals appropriate to your layer (e.g., web perf, API efficiency, data modeling, auth).
 </li>
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 Experience with testing (e.g., Jest, React Testing Library, Cypress, PyTest) and comfort with code reviews and iterative development.
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 You will receive bonus points if you have
 
 
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 Experience with frontend state management (e.g., Redux, MobX, Recoil) or a backend framework (e.g., Express, FastAPI, Spring, Fiber).
 </li>
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 Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and modern build tooling.
 </li>
 <li>
 Proficiency with databases (SQL or NoSQL) and writing simple queries to inform product decisions.
 </li>
 <li>
 Experience with analytics/experimentation and/or accessibility best practices.
 </li>
 <li>
 Exposure to cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP/Azure), containers, and observability is a plus.
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 Why Join Us?
 
 
 
 At Citizen Health, You Will Be Part Of An Ambitious Mission To Build Innovative AI-driven Solutions That Redefine The Consumer Healthcare Experience And Improve Outcomes For Millions. We Value Curiosity, Creativity, And Collaboration, And We Believe In Empowering Every Team Member To Have An Impact. Here, You&rsquo;ll Find
 
 
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 The chance to work on pioneering AI technologies and solve complex problems that push the boundaries of what&rsquo;s possible in healthcare
 </li>
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 The freedom to lead your projects and shape the company&rsquo;s direction in a mission-driven environment where your work makes a real impact
 </li>
 <li>
 A fast-paced, high-growth setting that brings expanding opportunities and clear paths for career progression
 </li>
 <li>
 A supportive culture of learning, experimentation, and innovation, where new ideas are encouraged and explored
 </li>
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 A commitment to empathy and diversity, recognizing that our greatest strengths come from our varied perspectives and experiences
 </li>
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 Regular team activities and knowledge sharing, all within a culture that prioritizes well-being and connection
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 Additional Perks
 
 
 
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 Competitive salary + equity package
 </li>
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 Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
 </li>
 <li>
 Unlimited paid time off, including a generous parental leave
 </li>
 <li>
 Flexible hybrid work environment
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 
 Our Commitment to Diversity &amp; Inclusion:
 
 Citizen Health is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences. Everyone deserves an equal chance to contribute and grow here &mdash; regardless of race, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status.
 
 
 
 
 
 Don't meet every qualification?
 
 No worries! We believe that passion, curiosity, and the right mindset are just as important as a checklist of skills. If you&rsquo;re excited about what we&rsquo;re building, we encourage you to apply.
 
 
 
 Compensation Range: $100K - $180K
</div>

Early Career Software Engineer

OpenAI

<div>
 
 About The Team
 
 
 
 Our mission at OpenAI is to discover and enact the path to safe, beneficial AGI. To do this, we believe that many technical breakthroughs are needed in generative modeling, reinforcement learning, large scale optimization, active learning, among other topics.
 
 
 
 About The Role
 
 
 
 As a Software Engineer, you will help build AI systems that achieve levels of performance that were previously impossible. This means strong engineering fundamentals&mdash;designing and optimizing core ML systems, writing highly reliable low-level code, and advancing the algorithms and infrastructure that power our models. The end goal in every project is the same: push the frontier forward.
 
 
 The Compiler/Kernels team is responsible for the performance-critical software stack that brings OpenAI&rsquo;s custom silicon to life. We design and build the compilers, languages, and high-performance kernels that allow researchers to fully exploit our first-party accelerators. This includes advancing Triton and its backend, developing new compiler passes, and creating the tooling needed to write fast, correct, and deeply optimized kernels for brand-new hardware.
 
 
 We partner closely with the hardware team to unlock new capabilities and ensure our custom silicon can support the next generation of frontier models.
 
 
 If you love compilers, kernels, and shaping how entirely new AI hardware is programmed, this role is for you. We&rsquo;re looking for engineers who are self-directed, comfortable in ambiguous technical spaces, and excited to identify and solve the highest-leverage problems.
 
 
 
 We&rsquo;re Looking For a Track Record Of
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 3+ years of relevant engineering experience, ideally in systems, compilers, ML frameworks, or performance engineering
 </li>
 <li>
 Owning problems end-to-end, including learning new hardware and software domains as needed
 </li>
 <li>
 Bonus: contributions to ML frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, JAX, TensorFlow) or compilers (e.g., LLVM, MLIR, XLA), or experience programming custom or specialized accelerators
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 About OpenAI
 
 
 
 OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core, and to achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity.
 
 
 We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic.
 
 
 For additional information, please see OpenAI&rsquo;s Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement.
 
 
 Background checks for applicants will be administered in accordance with applicable law, and qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment consistent with those laws, including the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the California Fair Chance Act, for US-based candidates. For unincorporated Los Angeles County workers: we reasonably believe that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship with the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment: protect computer hardware entrusted to you from theft, loss or damage; return all computer hardware in your possession (including the data contained therein) upon termination of employment or end of assignment; and maintain the confidentiality of proprietary, confidential, and non-public information. In addition, job duties require access to secure and protected information technology systems and related data security obligations.
 
 
 To notify OpenAI that you believe this job posting is non-compliant, please submit a report through this form. No response will be provided to inquiries unrelated to job posting compliance.
 
 
 We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, and requests can be made via this link.
 
 
 OpenAI Global Applicant Privacy Policy
 
 
 At OpenAI, we believe artificial intelligence has the potential to help people solve immense global challenges, and we want the upside of AI to be widely shared. Join us in shaping the future of technology.
</div>

Software Engineer, Triton Compiler

<div>
 
 About The Team
 
 
 
 The ChatGPT team works across research, engineering, product, and design to bring OpenAI&rsquo;s technology to the world.
 
 
 We seek to learn from deployment and broadly distribute the benefits of AI, while ensuring that this powerful tool is used responsibly and safely. We aim to make our innovative tools globally accessible, transcending geographic, economic, or platform barriers. Our commitment is to facilitate the use of AI to enhance lives, fostered by rigorous insights into how people use our products.
 
 
 
 About The Role
 
 
 
 We are looking for an experienced fullstack engineer to join our new ChatGPT Growth team to spearhead high-impact projects that amplify the user base of ChatGPT and Plus Subscribers. Your role will include projects such as optimizing account access, notifications, SEO, fostering value discovery, and virality. As we are in the nascent stages of growth at OpenAI, we will rely on you to discover pivotal areas where strategic bets or incremental efforts can catalyze significant impact. We value engineers who are impact-driven, autonomous, adept at discerning crucial insights from experimental results, and have a strong intuition for how to remove barriers to unlocking the magic of ChatGPT.
 
 
 
 In This Role, You Will
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Drive long-term growth of ChatGPT through a combination of data analysis, product ideation, and experimentation to optimize product experiences.
 </li>
 <li>
 Plan and deploy backend APIs necessary to power these product experiences.
 </li>
 <li>
 Execute on projects by working closely with research, product, design, data science and other members of product teams to land impact on product goals.
 </li>
 <li>
 Create a diverse and inclusive culture that makes all feel welcome while enabling radical candor and the challenging of group-think.
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 You Might Thrive In This Role If You
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Shipped features on web that optimize the user funnel, such as landing pages, product pages, purchase flows, search flows, etc.
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 Are highly analytical and have experience designing and implementing A/B tests, with a scientific approach to data-based experiments. You know exactly what and how to track business metrics and KPIs.
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 Have a voracious and intrinsic desire to learn and fill in missing skills. An equally strong talent for sharing that information clearly and concisely with others
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 Are comfortable with ambiguity and rapidly changing conditions. You view changes as an opportunity to add structure and order when necessary
 
 
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 About OpenAI
 
 
 
 OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core, and to achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity.
 
 
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 At OpenAI, we believe artificial intelligence has the potential to help people solve immense global challenges, and we want the upside of AI to be widely shared. Join us in shaping the future of technology.
 
 
 Compensation Range: $160K - $385K
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