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THE ROLE
As a foundational member of our engineering team, you'll be involved in end-to-end development on features across our web product. We have a frequent cadence of shipping new features and a close connection to our market.
You'll have to be willing to get your hands dirty with (and learn) everything across the stack: API design, frontend, backend, data engineering, algorithms, LLMs, startup engineering, analytics, etc.
THE IDEAL CANDIDATE
3+ years of experience building web products, ideally across the stack
Clean simple code, even when solving complex problems
Strong sense of UX
Good systems design
Ability to learn new tech quickly
Enjoyable to work with
TECHNOLOGY STACK
Python, PostgreSQL, FastAPI, Redis, TypeScript, React, Next.js, Tailwind, AWS, Kubernetes, Pinecone, OpenAI
EXAMPLE PROJECTS
Use an LLM to identify references to other sections in the text of the law
Create Rap Genius-style annotations on sections of building code, to create a more interactive user experience
Write algorithms to detect and display how versions of a code have changed through time, so users understand how regulations have evolved
Migrate our NLP algorithms over to use LLMs
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