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Promptfoo
Senior
| Company | Promptfoo |
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| Website | promptfoo.dev ↗ |
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| Roles | - Senior
- Staff Engineers, Former Technical Founders
- Experienced Operators
- Senior Full-stack Product Engineer
- Solutions Engineer / Architect
- Senior / Staff Applied-ML & LLM Security Engineer
- Red-Team Researcher
- Developer Advocate / DevRel
- Product Marketing
- Michael, co-founder/CTO
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| Type | full-time |
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| Role taxonomy | Leadership / ManagementSoftware EngineeringFull-stack / Product EngineeringCustomer / Field / DevRelAI / ML / ResearchSecurityGTM / Business / OpsFounder / Cofounder |
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| Specialties | Leadership, Software Engineering, Product Engineering, Solutions Engineering, LLM, Security, DevRel, GTM / Ops |
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| Location | San Mateo CA · Remote (US) · Hybrid |
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| Salary | — |
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| Apply via | Application link — https://www.promptfoo.dev/careers/ · careers@promptfoo.dev |
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| Hiring notes | — |
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| Tech | TypeScriptPythonML/AI |
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| Parsed locations | San Mateo CA |
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| Regions | US |
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| Posted by | dangelosaurus |
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| Posted | Jul 2, 2025 |
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| Source | View on Hacker News ↗ |
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Original posting
Promptfoo | Senior/Staff Engineers, Former Technical Founders & Experienced Operators | Remote (US time zones) / Hybrid San Mateo CA | Full-time
Promptfoo is the MIT-licensed open-source toolkit 100 k+ developers use to evaluate and secure their LLM apps. We are funded by top investors and operate as a tight, all-senior team of high-agency builders, former founders, and owner-operators.
10+ open roles
- Senior Full-stack Product Engineer (TypeScript + Python)
- Solutions Engineer / Architect (multiple positions available).
- Senior / Staff Applied-ML & LLM Security Engineer
- Red-Team Researcher
- Developer Advocate / DevRel
- COO / Chief of Staff
- Product Marketing (Cybersecurity experience preferred)
- Account Executives (Cybersecurity sales background preferred, Bay Area Required)
Even if none of these titles fit exactly, reach out — we hire great builders.
How to apply
1. Skim https://github.com/promptfoo/promptfoo and run
`npx promptfoo@latest init --example getting-started`
2. Email careers@promptfoo.dev with subject line “HN” and a short, personalized intro
(LinkedIn, resume, or GitHub link welcome).
3. I reply to every thoughtful application and will send swag if you try (or contribute to) Promptfoo.
– Michael, co-founder/CTO
Careers page (not every role posted): https://www.promptfoo.dev/careers/