Software Engineer
- Salary
- $180K - $220K
- Level
- Mid
Not stated in the posting: work type, visa.
Open. First seen 13 October 2026.
About the role
Location: San Francisco, CA
Work Model: Onsite
Industry: Applied AI / AI research data
Compensation: $180K-$220K base, $280K-$500K OTE
About the Company
Our partner is a fast-growing applied AI company that builds high-quality reinforcement-learning environments, agents, and data sold to the world's leading frontier AI labs. They recently grew from under twenty people to more than fifty in a matter of months and have reached a nine-figure revenue run rate. Their work directly powers foundation-model development across the industry.
The Opportunity
As one of the first engineering hires, you will build and scale the data infrastructure behind the company's products: complex data workflows and high-throughput pipelines that hold up under heavy load. You will work across Next.js on the web and Python for desktop applications.
This is a high-ownership IC role for an engineer who ships fast, owns projects end to end, and wants their work to directly power the most important model development happening today.
Responsibilities
- Build and scale complex data workflows that support the company's core products.
- Architect and optimize high-throughput data pipelines that perform under heavy load.
- Ship web features in Next.js and desktop applications in Python.
- Own projects end to end, from design through production.
- Help set engineering best practices as one of the earliest members of the team.
Requirements
- Experience building and scaling complex data workflows and high-throughput data pipelines.
- Experience with heavy-load, production systems.
- Strong Python, plus experience with Next.js or a comparable modern web framework.
- A track record of owning projects end to end and shipping quickly in a fast-paced environment.
- Background at a top-tier tech company, financial institution, or high-growth startup; data infrastructure for AI/ML systems is a plus.
- A track record of meaningful tenure and impact at previous companies.
- Able to work onsite in San Francisco.
What this role asks for
Particular to this role
JavaScript · Next.js
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Python
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Other openings for this role
2 open postings for this role in San Francisco, first posted 12 October 2026. The company is likely hiring for more than one position. None has been taken down and posted again.
- 13 October 2026 – open (this posting)
- 12 October 2026 – open
Salary context
213 other open postings titled Software Engineer state a salary: median USD 140,000 to USD 200,000 a year.
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