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Init

Backend engineer

CompanyInit
Websiteinit.ai
RoleBackend engineer
Typefull-time
Role taxonomyBackend
SpecialtiesBackend
LocationNew York NYC, San Francisco SF, Boulder
Salary
Apply viaEmailjobs@init.ai
Hiring notes
TechJavaScriptReactGoJavaPostgreSQLML/AI
Parsed locationsNew York NYC, San Francisco SF, Boulder
Posted bydeet
PostedFeb 1, 2016
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Original posting

Init.ai | New York (NYC), San Francisco (SF), Boulder | Full-Time Init.ai is a platform that makes building conversational apps simple for developers. We handle integration with messaging services, natural language processing, and business logic, including integration with third-party APIs. We are hiring for two positions: Backend engineer (or full stack) * Help build and develop our platform and APIs * It's a developer facing product, so consistency and reliability are critical. Build something you'd want to use. * Modern tech stack: Go, JavaScript, Postgres, DynamoDB for primary API; Go, Torch, Java, and Clojure for NLP components * Help figure out how to scale training and deployment of customer-specific machine learning models while maintaining high performance and reliability * Work closely with the client tools team to help develop CLI tools and a management console (in React) Machine learning engineer * This role is part research, part engineering. We want to push the boundaries of the NLP field while actively deploying those findings into the world * Research, develop, extend, and productize our NLP and machine learning systems, based on cutting edge techniques * Would be responsible for developing and improving models and systems, as well helping to deploy the models in a scalable and efficient manner * Potential to publish significant findings if developed Email jobs@init.ai if interested.