About Recruiting from Scratch: Recruiting from Scratch is a leading talent firm dedicated to connecting exceptional candidates with top companies. Our fully remote team collaborates with organizations across North America, South America, and Europe to ensure they find the best talent.
Why Join Us? Become part of a transformative company that is innovating the landscape of government contracting. As an early member of our team, you will play a key role in shaping our future success.
- Exciting Market Opportunities: We have secured significant contracts with government and defense contractors globally.
- Elite Team: Work alongside professionals hailing from top companies such as Anduril, Robinhood, Google, Amazon, and more, including members of startups valued at over $1B in the defense sector.
- Attractive Compensation: Enjoy industry-leading salary and equity offerings.
Key Challenges: Join us in harnessing Generative AI and autonomous technology to revolutionize government-related initiatives. Together, we will enhance efficiency, security, and creativity in traditional operations.
- Safeguarding Sensitive Information: Work with highly confidential data from critical government contracting sectors.
- Advancing AI Solutions: Tackle challenges that push the boundaries of AI capabilities in government contexts.
- Exploring New Frontiers: Address unique challenges in natural language processing and optimize AI models for government needs while ensuring compliant data handling.
Your Role: As an essential team member, your contributions will include:
- Product Development: Build and enhance our core platform, driving our product's innovative edge.
- Impacting Change: Collaborate closely with team members to transform government contracting and procurement operations.
- Tackling Complex Problems: Address unprecedented issues in applying large language models within government settings.
- Agile Iteration: Work closely with customers to rapidly iterate and improve user experience, system performance, and security.
- Growing Together: Play a critical role in expanding our engineering team.
Qualifications: - Strong proficiency in a backend programming language (e.g., Python).
- Experience with relational databases like Postgres.
- Demonstrated success in creating outstanding software, particularly in enterprise environments.
- Experience with AI and large language models is a plus, but not mandatory.
- A genuine commitment to user experience and a passion for building exceptional products.
- A demonstrated interest in startups or early-stage companies.
- Availability to work within the SF Bay Area or willingness to relocate.
Experience Requirements: - A minimum of 5 years experience in backend engineering, focusing on product development and platform scaling.
- Proficiency in AWS; on-prem deployment experience is advantageous.
- Experience in designing and constructing large, complex systems.
- A versatile skill set across server, database, and deployment technologies is crucial.
Bonus Skills: - Background as an early engineer in a rapidly growing startup.
- Experience in notable product organizations (e.g., Linear, Ramp).
Compensation: $140-230k base salary + equity
Benefits: - Comprehensive health benefits package
- Unlimited PTO