Founding Engineer (AI)

Momentic AI

$150K — $180K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Experience with LLM performance tuning, including prompt engineering and context management strategies.
  • Experience with LLM evaluations and observability.
  • Proficient in integrating LLMs into applications using modern tech stacks (Python, TypeScript, etc.).
  • Minimum 3 years of relevant experience.

Responsibilities

  • Solve complex problems involving product and technical ambiguity.
  • Develop and maintain the AI-native automated testing platform.
  • Create and improve integrations for LLMs in various applications.
  • Collaborate with a lean team to build high-quality software that meets customer needs.
  • Manage projects autonomously and deliver code efficiently.

Benefits

  • Unlimited supply of sparkling water.
  • Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental insurance.
  • 401K retirement plan.
  • Unlimited paid time off (PTO).
  • Engaging team offsites and social events.
Full Job Description
You're perfect for this role if...
  • You enjoy solving hard problems that have both product and technical ambiguity
  • You have strong engineering fundamentals, code efficiently, and you know what you're great at and what you're less great at
  • You dislike meetings and would much rather focus your time on building, being productive, and shipping code
  • You thrive when you have autonomy, own as many of the details as possible, and project manage your own work
  • You're in SF or you're willing to relocate, you love working in-person, and you're serious about joining us to build a culture we'll all love

Must-have qualifications
  • Experience with LLM performance tuning, including prompt engineering and context management strategies
  • Experience with LLM evaluations and observability
  • Experience integrating LLMs into real-world applications using a modern tech stack (Python, TypeScript, etc.)
  • Familiarity and experience with supervised fine-tuning (SFT) and/or reinforcement learning fine tuning (RLFT) on platforms such as fireworks, Together AI, or Baseten
  • Familiarity with evaluation dataset engineering, prompt engineering, LLM as a judge verifiers, and RL environments
  • 3+ years of experience


Nice to have
  • Experience with supervised or reinforced fine-tuning
  • Experience with classical machine learning techniques such as template matching, bounding box detection, and OCR
  • Experience running statistical experiments


Our stack

React, TypeScript, Next.js, Node.js, PostgreSQL, Google Cloud, Kubernetes

Benefits
  • Competitive Medical, Vision, Dental insurance
  • 401K
  • Unlimited PTO
  • Offsites and events (French Laundry last quarter)
  • Fully stocked kitchen (Unlimited supply of sparkling water!)


Sponsorship

We can sponsor TN, E-3, or J-1 Visas. We can't sponsor/transfer H1B Visas or Green Cards (I-140) at this time.

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