Software x Discover Engineer

About the position

In this role, you’ll work in a small cross-functional team - collaborating closely with designers and product managers - to discover new experiences for researchers. You’ll be responsible for the architecture and design of complex distributed systems, helping shape the future of research together with the team.

Responsibilities

• Design and build systems from the perspective of a single service and platform.
• Design and implement scalable software.
• Rapidly build products based on hypotheses and drive value validation from an engineering standpoint.
• Participate in the team’s on-call rotation to ensure continuous service operation.
• Proactively ensure best practices in testing, observability, architecture, clean code, and documentation.
• Develop features utilizing LLMs (Large Language Models).

Requirements

• Ability to lead the architecture design and implementation of the entire service.
• Demonstrated ability to quickly learn and adapt to new technologies.
• Strong knowledge of fundamental computer science concepts.
• Experience developing and operating large-scale web applications with a focus on UX.
• Capability to build high-quality software, with proficiency in supporting web applications and libraries.
• Willingness to participate in the on-call rotation when required by the team.

Nice to haves

While not specifically required, tell us if you have any of the following.

• Experience in product development utilizing LLMs and Prompt Engineering.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams.
• Proficiency in one or more of the following languages: Rust, C/C++, TypeScript.
• Experience building multi-service platforms and OSS (Open Source Software) development.
• Deep understanding of the challenges within the research-related domain.
• Experience with AWS and Infrastructure-as-Code tools such as Terraform.
• Experience in developing mobile applications and deep knowledge of LLMs.