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Alien Labs

Founding Engineer

CompanyAlien Labs
Websiteangel.co
Roles
  • Founding Engineer
  • Familiar with one or more backend programming languages
Typefull-time
Role taxonomySoftware EngineeringBackend
SpecialtiesSoftware Engineering, Backend
LocationSan Francisco
Salary$75k–125k/yr + equity (“$75K – $125K”)
Apply viaApplication linkhttps://angel.co/alien-labs/jobs/134898-founding-engineer?utm_source=profile_module_job_listing
Hiring notesSponsors visas.
TechPythonGoRubyML/AI
Parsed locationsSan Francisco
Posted byscg
PostedMay 3, 2016
SourceView on Hacker News ↗

Original posting

San Francisco | Founding Engineer | Alien Labs | Full-Time, On-site | VISA | https://angel.co/alien-labs Alien Labs is building bots that automate routine or repetitive work, allowing teams to spend more time on work that requires creativity and emotional intelligence. We don't care about the source of your education, we care about your abilities! Day to day you will: • Apply state-of-the-art NLP methods to valuable real-world applications • Prototype and optimize deep learning systems • Work with our proprietary corpus of user data • Work with other engineers and designers to develop new features and easy-to-use interactions • Actively influence which technologies and frameworks we use across our stack You are: • Excited to build products that span many services & technologies • Familiar with one or more backend programming languages (Python, Go, C++, Ruby, etc.) • Interested in developing creative and polished conversational UI/UX • Comfortable with theoretical computer science, algorithms, reading research papers, etc. • Bonus: Research or practical experience with Machine Learning, Deep Learning (TensorFlow, Theano, Torch, Caffe, etc.) or NLP (NLTK, spaCy, etc.) • Bonus: Experience with computer science (ACM, USACO, IOI CodeJam, TopCoder, etc.) or math (IMO, USAMO, PUTNAM, etc.) competitions Benefits: • Generous equity package, (1.0% – 4.0%) including a 10-year exercise window and benefits (vacation days, health, dental, vision insurance) • Competitive salary ($75K – $125K) • State of the art equipment (laptop, monitor, headphones, etc.) • Free lunch, dinner, snacks, etc. • Introvert friendly environment (closed floor plan, few interruptions, etc.) Details at https://angel.co/alien-labs/jobs/134898-founding-engineer?ut...