Software Engineer

Location: Sunnyvale, CA Compensation: $120,000-$300,000 (based on experience), equity Role Type: Full-time About the Company We are hiring a member of technical staff to help build the technical foundation of an AI-driven marketplace for young workers (age 16-24). Our platform connects students with project-based learning opportunities that build real skills employers actually want. On the other side, we operate a managed workforce marketplace, connecting companies with vetted contract based workers for short and long term projects. This is a full-stack role. You will be responsible for integrating frontend, backend, data, and AI components into a coherent, reliable product. Our core matching and recommendation logic is developed in collaboration with an academic research lab and is likely to involve LLM-based systems. While this is not a research role, you will work closely with researchers and stay adjacent to state-of-the-art methods, helping translate research ideas into production-ready systems. What You Will Own End-to-end ownership of core product systems, from user experience to backend services Integration of AI- and LLM-based matching components into production workflows Designing interfaces between models and application logic, including confidence handling and fallbacks Building full-stack features that connect user signals, task data, and marketplace decisions Designing system logic for cold start, task failure, retries, and quality control Making early architectural decisions that shape the long-term technical direction of the platform Who We are Looking for 3-5 years of professional development experience with a track record of shipping products Full-stack development across frontend, backend, and data systems, including but not limited to cloud environments, databases, and more Fast-paced startup schedule. Understanding how LLM-based systems behave in real products (latency, variance, failure modes) Collaborating with research partners and turning research artifacts into deployable components Operating in an early-stage environment where product and system boundaries evolve quickly Research Collaboration You will work with an academic research lab that develops core AI and LLM-based matching models You will help define interfaces, constraints, and evaluation criteria for production use You will not be responsible for publishing papers Your responsibility is to ensure research ideas can survive real users, real data, and real failures Pay: $120,000.00 - $300,000.00 per year Benefits: 401(k) 3% Match Dental insurance Health insurance Life insurance Paid sick time Paid time off Vision insurance Education: Bachelor's (Required) Location: Sunnyvale, CA 94085 (Preferred) Work Location: In person