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Mercor

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 Mercor is hiring experienced Python Engineers
 
 to support a variety of high-impact research collaborations with leading AI labs. Freelancers will help improve AI systems through work extending coding benchmarks that reflect real-world development across diverse languages and domains.
 
 
 This is a unique opportunity to apply your engineering expertise toward shaping the next generation of intelligent systems.
 
 
 
 Key Responsibilities
 
 
 
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 Develop and validate coding benchmarks in Python by curating issues, solutions, and test suites from real-world repositories
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 Ensure benchmark tasks include comprehensive unit and integration tests for solution verification
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 Maintain consistency and scalability of benchmark task distribution
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 Provide structured feedback on solution quality and clarity
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 Debug, optimize, and document benchmark code for reliability and reproducibility
 
 
 
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 Ideal Qualifications
 
 
 
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 3&ndash;10 years of experience as a backend software engineer, ML engineer, or applied data scientist
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 Degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field
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 Strong proficiency in Python
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 Experience with debugging, testing, and validating code
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 Comfortable with technical writing and attention to detail
 
 
 
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 Project Timeline
 
 
 
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 Start Date: Immediate
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 Duration: 1 month
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 Commitment: Part-time (15&ndash;20 hours/week)
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 Schedule: Fully remote and asynchronous &ndash; flexible working hours
 
 
 
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 Compensation &amp; Contract
 
 
 
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 $80 per hour plus lucrative bonus per approved task (1 task takes approximately 1 hour to complete)
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 Median average pay inclusive of bonuses is $200/hr
 
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 Independent contractor
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 Daily payment via Stripe Connect
 
 
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 Application &amp; Onboarding Process
 
 
 
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 Upload your resume
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 AI interview: A short, 15-minute conversational session to understand your background, experience, and interest in the role
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 Brief assessment testing real-world coding ability, technical depth, and debugging approach
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 Follow-up communication within a few days with next steps and onboarding details
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 About Mercor **Mercor is a San Francisco-based company specializing in connecting elite professionals with cutting-edge AI initiatives. Our investors include Benchmark, General Catalyst, Adam D&rsquo;Angelo, Larry Summers, and Jack Dorsey. Thousands of professionals across engineering, research, and creative fields have partnered with Mercor on frontier projects shaping the future of AI.
 
 
 
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 Apply today and leverage your software engineering expertise to help build the future of AI-driven systems!
 
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Backend Software Engineer: Python

Astranis

<div><div>Astranis builds advanced satellites for high orbits, expanding humanity's reach into the solar system. Today, Astranis satellites provide dedicated, secure networks to highly-sophisticated customers across the globe&mdash; large enterprises, sovereign governments, and the US military. With five satellites on orbit and many more set to launch soon, the company is servicing a backlog of more than $1 billion of commercial contracts. 
 
Astranis is the preferred satellite communications partner for buyers with stringent requirements for uptime, data security, network visibility, and customization.Astranis has raised over $750 million from some of the world's best investors, from Andreessen Horowitz to Blackrock and Fidelity, and employs a team of 450 engineers and entrepreneurs. Astranis designs, builds, and operates its satellites out of its 153,000 sq. ft. headquarters in Northern California, USA.</div><div>
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Software Engineer - Backend</h2>

As a Software Engineer on the Platform team, you'll design and build services that autonomously control satellites, monitor telemetry for anomalies, and provide real-time situational awareness to keep our fleet safe and online. You'll also be building the core components and services that power the rest of our software organization, enabling every team to move faster and more reliably.

You will be shaping the foundation of software that has to work flawlessly &ndash; because our satellites depend on it.

This role will contribute to both our commercial and US government programs.
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Role</h3>
<ul><li>Design and build high-performance, reliable, mission-critical software that is used to send commands to space</li>
<li>Take full ownership of features, working across backend and infrastructure</li>
<li>Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to define software requirements, architectures, and designs</li>
<li>Continuously assess the evolving tech landscape and advocate for innovations that will improve our system</li>
<li>Mentor teammates, share knowledge, and help raise the technical bar</li>
</ul><h3 class="jobSectionHeader">Requirements</h3>
<ul><li>0-5 years of professional experience as a software engineer</li>
<li>Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical field</li>
<li>Strong proficiency in Python</li>
<li>Experience with distributed systems and microservice architectures</li>
<li>Experience and understanding of databases (Postgres, etc)</li>
<li>Experience and understanding of pub/sub and streaming systems (RabbitMQ, Flink, etc)</li>
<li>Track record of delivering high-impact features and improvements in a collaborative environment</li>
</ul><h3 class="jobSectionHeader">Bonus</h3>
<ul><li>Experience with Kubernetes</li>
<li>Experience introducing metrics and monitoring to increase system stability</li>
<li>Proficiency in C++, Go, Rust</li>
<li>Experience building fleet management systems</li>
</ul></div><div><div>U.S. Citizenship, Lawful Permanent Residency, or Refugee/Asylee Status Required</div>
<div>(To comply with U.S. Government space technology export regulations, applicant must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the United States, or other protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3))</div>
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<div>Our mission and our products are meant to connect the world and everyone in it, regardless of gender, race, creed, or any other distinction. We believe in a diverse and inclusive workplace, and we encourage all people to join our team and bring their unique perspective to help make us stronger.</div></div></div>

Software Engineer - Backend, Platform

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 1. Role Overview
 
 
 
 Mercor is partnering with a leading AI research group to enhance the performance and reliability of code generation and reasoning models. We&rsquo;re seeking experienced software engineers with a strong foundation in backend systems, documentation standards, and real-world programming constraints. This project centers on evaluating and improving AI-generated technical content &mdash; including API guides, code snippets, and documentation. This is a short-term, high-impact opportunity ideal for engineers who value clarity, correctness, and practical problem-solving.
 
 
 
 2. Key Responsibilities
 
 
 
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 Review and validate AI-generated API documentation, guides, and design notes
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 Identify edge cases, implementation gaps, and inaccuracies in technical outputs
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 Suggest or write improved code snippets and documentation content
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 Assess model responses for correctness, clarity, and utility in real-world development
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 Provide structured feedback on input validation and error handling logic
 
 
 
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 3. Ideal Qualifications
 
 
 
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 2+ years of experience as a software engineer with a focus on backend or systems work
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 Proficiency in at least one major programming language (e.g., Python, Go, Java)
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 Prior experience writing or maintaining technical documentation or API guides
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 Strong understanding of input validation, defensive programming, and software design patterns
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 Excellent written communication and analytical skills
 
 
 
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 4. More About the Opportunity
 
 
 
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 Remote and asynchronous &mdash; set your own schedule
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 Expected commitment: :10&ndash;20 hours/week
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 Short-term contract engagement, with potential for follow-on work
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 Tools and templates provided for structured contributions
 
 
 
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 5. Compensation &amp; Contract Terms
 
 
 
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 $80/hour
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 U.S.-based
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 Payments issued weekly via Stripe Connect
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 You&rsquo;ll be classified as an independent contractor
 
 
 
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 6. Application Process
 
 
 
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 Submit your resume to get started
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 You&rsquo;ll then complete a short form to showcase your technical expertise
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 If there&rsquo;s a good fit, we&rsquo;ll follow up within a few business days
 
 
 
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 7. About Mercor
 
 
 
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 Mercor is a talent marketplace that connects top experts with leading AI labs and research organizations
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 Our investors include Benchmark, General Catalyst, Adam D&rsquo;Angelo, Larry Summers, and Jack Dorsey
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 Thousands of professionals across domains like law, creatives, engineering, and research have joined Mercor to work on frontier projects shaping the next era of AI
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Software Engineer / Backend Developer (Junior / Senior)

DoorDash

<div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader">About the Team</h2>

The Backend Developer Experience (DevEx) team builds the core systems, tools, and environments that empower engineers to develop, test, and ship high-quality services quickly and confidently. We own and evolve the developer experience for DoorDash's backend monorepos, maintain the Bazel-based build ecosystem, provide the paved-path DevContainers-based development platform for engineers &amp; agentic workflows, and develop IDE and tooling. Our mission is to remove friction, improve iteration speed, and ensure a consistent, reliable developer experience across every stage of DoorDash's software development lifecycle.
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About the Role</h2>

As a Software Engineer on the Backend Developer Experience team, you will shape how engineers build, test, and ship code at DoorDash. You'll design and develop the core systems and tooling that backend engineers rely on every day, from Bazel language rules and monorepo libraries/workflows, to high-fidelity DevContainer environments, to agentic, productivity-enhancing AI workflows.

Your work will directly improve build and test performance, monorepo reliability, developer onboarding, and the overall productivity of thousands of engineers. You'll have the opportunity to work on high-impact, large-scale developer infrastructure that powers a global engineering organization.

Join us to help define the future of DoorDash's developer experience, build systems used daily across the company, and collaborate with a team committed to creating a fast, reliable, and joyful developer experience. You will report into the Engineering Manager of our Backend Developer Experience team in our Developer Platform organization. You must be located in either San Francisco, CA, Sunnyvale, CA, Los Angeles, CA, Seattle, WA, or New York, NY
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You're excited about this opportunity because you will&hellip;</h2>
<ul><li>Improve the developer workflow inside our monorepos through tooling, automation, and paved-path standards.</li>
<li>Build and evolve the Bazel-based backend build ecosystem, including rules for Go, Python, and Kotlin.</li>
<li>Develop and enhance DevContainer-based local and remote development environments that offer fast, consistent, and production-faithful developer workflows.</li>
<li>Create and extend IDE plugins and tooling that streamline code navigation, build/test, and rapid feedback loops.</li>
<li>Contribute to AI-native developer tooling, enabling intelligent workflows for code generation, testing, debugging, and knowledge retrieval.</li>
<li>Design and build robust, scalable internal systems with engineering excellence and long-term maintainability in mind.</li>
</ul><h2 class="jobSectionHeader">We're excited about you because&hellip;</h2>
<ul><li>You have 2+ years of experience in backend, infrastructure, or developer experience engineering.</li>
<li>You're proficient in Go, Python, Kotlin, or other modern backend languages.</li>
<li>You've worked with build systems (e.g., Bazel, Gradle) or have built developer tooling, frameworks, or platform components that improve developer productivity.</li>
<li>You have hands-on experience with large-scale monorepos and understand the challenges of operating in them.</li>
<li>You're familiar with Bazel, remote build execution, and build caching.</li>
<li>You have experience with DevContainers, IDE extensions, or other local development tooling.</li>
<li>You have knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud infrastructure.</li>
<li>You have a background in building AI-assisted developer tools or integrating LLM-backed workflows.</li>
<li>You're motivated by making engineers' lives better across the stack by improving developer workflows, performance, and reliability, and you enjoy eliminating toil and inefficiencies across the company.</li>
</ul><div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader">About DoorDash</h2>

At DoorDash, our mission to empower local economies shapes how our team members move quickly, learn, and reiterate in order to make impactful decisions that display empathy for our range of users&mdash;from Dashers to merchant partners to consumers. We are a technology and logistics company that started with door-to-door delivery, and we are looking for team members who can help us go from a company that is known for delivering food to a company that people turn to for any and all goods.
 
 
DoorDash is growing rapidly and changing constantly, which gives our team members the opportunity to share their unique perspectives, solve new challenges, and own their careers. We're committed to supporting employees' happiness, healthiness, and overall well-being by providing comprehensive benefits and perks including premium healthcare, wellness expense reimbursement, paid parental leave and more.
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Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion</h2>

We're committed to growing and empowering a more inclusive community within our company, industry, and cities. That's why we hire and cultivate diverse teams of people from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We believe that true innovation happens when everyone has room at the table and the tools, resources, and opportunity to excel.

Statement of Non-Discrimination: In keeping with our beliefs and goals, no employee or applicant will face discrimination or harassment based on: race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, age, gender, marital/domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability status, or veteran status. Above and beyond discrimination and harassment based on &quot;protected categories,&quot; we also strive to prevent other subtler forms of inappropriate behavior (i.e., stereotyping) from ever gaining a foothold in our office. Whether blatant or hidden, barriers to success have no place at DoorDash. We value a diverse workforce &ndash; people who identify as women, non-binary or gender non-conforming, LGBTQIA+, American Indian or Native Alaskan, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latinx, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, differently-abled, caretakers and parents, and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. Thank you to the Level Playing Field Institute for this statement of non-discrimination.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and any other state or local hiring regulations, we will consider for employment any qualified applicant, including those with arrest and conviction records, in a manner consistent with the applicable regulation.

If you need any accommodations, please inform your recruiting contact upon initial connection.</div></div>

Software Engineer, Backend Developer Experience

Arcade

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 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
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 Own infrastructure for core user actions, including API design, job queues, caching, observability, and deployment
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 Collaborate across AI research, product, and design to bring new capabilities into production
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 Build core primitives for text-to-product creation, such as model pipelines, tool integrations, retrieval flows, and evaluation frameworks
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 Continuously improve performance, latency, and stability across inference-heavy systems
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 Contribute to a high-trust, high-velocity engineering culture
 
 
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 We're Looking For Engineers Who
 
 
 
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 Have strong backend and infrastructure foundations and enjoy building fast, reliable systems
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 Have experience owning production systems that interact with real users or real-world data
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 Are excited about generative AI and have worked with LLMs, agent frameworks, vector search, or multimodal tools
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 Move quickly from prototype to production and thrive in high-agency environments
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 Care about product quality and user experience, even when working deep in the stack
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 Bring energy, taste, and humility to everything they do
 
 
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 What You Bring
 
 
 
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 A background in Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, or a similar field
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 Must be available to start sometime between January and August 2026
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 Experience building and scaling backend systems in production
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 Proficiency with Python and backend frameworks such as Django or FastAPI
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 Familiarity with cloud infrastructure tools like GCP, Kubernetes, Docker, and Pub/Sub
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 Hands-on experience with LLM pipelines, model orchestration, or prompt tooling in production or personal projects
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 Strong debugging, performance tuning, and system design skills
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 Bonus: experience at early-stage startups, with generative AI products, or in creative tooling
 
 
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 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.
 
 
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Software Engineer

Lyft

<div>At Lyft, our purpose is to serve and connect. We aim to achieve this by cultivating a work environment where all team members belong and have the opportunity to thrive.

Lyft is looking for an experienced Backend Engineer from a scope of disciplines. We are growing our team with people who want to build, improve and incorporate technologies that make the lives of our community more enriched. As an engineer at Lyft, you'll collaborate with teams like product, data science, analytics, and operations on code that empower us to iterate quickly, while focusing on delighting our passengers and drivers.

About the Team:

The Business Travel &amp; Lyft Pass teams enable organizations to provide customized ride benefits at scale - whether that's employees expensing business trips and earning rewards, patients accessing healthcare-compliant transportation, or transit riders connecting the first and last mile within geofenced service areas.

As a backend engineer, you'll build systems that power complex benefit rules, location restrictions, and integrations with expense providers like Concur and Expensify. This is a high-growth area for Lyft with meaningful impact potential.
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Responsibilities:</h2>
<ul><li>Write well-crafted, well-tested, readable, maintainable code</li>
<li>Have the ability to explain the various trade offs made in decisions</li>
<li>Participate in code reviews to ensure code quality and distribute knowledge</li>
<li>Implement tasks with good quality code leading to positive execution</li>
<li>Participate in resolving ongoing incidents</li>
<li>Unblock, support, effectively communicate, and obtain buy-in within your team to achieve results</li>
</ul><h2 class="jobSectionHeader">Experience:</h2>
<ul><li>Minimum 1 - 3 years of software engineering industry experience</li>
<li>BSc/MSc in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, related field or relevant work experience</li>
<li>Experience with Python, Go.</li>
<li>Ability to work with a low-ego, highly collaborative, and cross-functional team.</li>
</ul><h2 class="jobSectionHeader">Benefits: 
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<ul><li>Great medical, dental, and vision insurance options with additional programs available when enrolled</li>
<li>Mental health benefits</li>
<li>Family building benefits</li>
<li>Child care and pet benefits</li>
<li>401(k) plan to help save for your future</li>
<li>In addition to 12 observed holidays, salaried team members have discretionary paid time off, hourly team members have 15 days paid time off</li>
<li>18 weeks of paid parental leave. Biological, adoptive, and foster parents are all eligible</li>
<li>Subsidized commuter benefits</li>
<li>Lyft Pink - Lyft team members get an exclusive opportunity to test new benefits of our Ridership Program</li>
</ul>
Lyft is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive workplace that fosters belonging. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, age, genetic information, or any other basis prohibited by law. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.

Lyft highly values having employees working in-office to foster a collaborative work environment and company culture. This role will be in-office on a hybrid schedule &mdash; Team Members will be expected to work in the office 3 days per week on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. Lyft considers working in the office at least 3 days per week to be an essential function of this hybrid role. Your recruiter can share more information about the various in-office perks Lyft offers. Additionally, hybrid roles have the flexibility to work from anywhere for up to 4 weeks per year. #Hybrid

The expected base pay range for this position in the San Francisco area is $128,000 - $160,000. Salary ranges are dependent on a variety of factors, including qualifications, experience and geographic location. Range listed is not inclusive of potential equity offering, bonus or benefits. Your recruiter can share more information about the salary range and total compensation offerings specific to your working location and other factors during the hiring process.

Total compensation is dependent on a variety of factors, including qualifications, experience, and geographic location. Your recruiter can share more information about the salary range specific to your working location and other factors during the hiring process.</div>

Software Engineer, Lyft Business

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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 Interactive AI Chat interface: Design and build a low-latency, chat-like interface for users to test our LLMs.
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 Developer Console: Build the mission-critical UI where users generate API Keys, set budget limits, and view real-time usage graphs
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 Payments &amp; Billing: Integrate Stripe (or similar) to handle complex subscription models.
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 Documentation Portal: creating a dynamic API reference section
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 CLI/SDK Integration: Write simple client-side wrappers to help users connect to our API endpoints easily.
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 Backend APIs: Building secure API gateways and implementing low latency streaming solutions.
 
 
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 Must-Haves
 
 
 
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 Bachelor&rsquo;s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field (or equivalent practical experience)
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 3+ years of software engineering experience, with a focus on front end development.
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 Strong proficiency in Typescript, Python.
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 Understanding of responsive design, and UX fundamentals
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 Strong collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across engineering and ML teams.
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 Comfortable working from the office and contributing to a fast-moving, high-ownership team culture.
 
 
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 Nice to Have
 
 
 
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 Experience with ML systems engineering, open source inference engine like vLLM, Sglang, or TRT-LLM
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 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.
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 Billing integration: Experience integrating Stripe Elements, managing webhooks for payment success/failure, and handling "SaaS" logic (pro-rating, tiers).
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 Documentation Mindset: You appreciate good DX (Developer Experience). You know how to render an API spec into a readable web page.
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 Python/Backend Knowledge: You can read a FastAPI or vLLM backend codebase to understand how data is being sent to you
 
 
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 Why Join Us
 
 
 
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 Opportunity to build frontier-scale AI infrastructure powering next-generation LLMs and multimodal models.
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 Work with top-tier engineers and researchers across systems, GPUs, and ML frameworks.
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 Tackle high-impact performance and scalability challenges in training and inference.
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 Access state-of-the-art GPU clusters, datasets, and tooling.
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 Opportunity to publish, patent, and push the boundaries of modern AI
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 Join a culture of innovation, ownership, and fast execution in a rapidly scaling AI organization.
 
 
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 Benefits Include
 
 
 
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 Medical, dental, and vision insurance
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 401k plan
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 Daily lunch, snacks, and beverages
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 Flexible time off
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 Competitive salary and equity
 
 
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 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

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