Software Engineer

Location
San Francisco, California, United States
Posted
Oct 13, 2026
Last seen
Oct 14, 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.

Pay

Compensation: $180K-$220K