Senior Full Stack Engineer, Proton.ai
AI Squad
$60-90k
+ Stock Options
More information about location
AI industry cloud platform for distributors
Job no longer available
AI industry cloud platform for distributors
101-200 employees
Job no longer available
$60-90k
+ Stock Options
More information about location
101-200 employees
Company mission
To build the industry platform for distributors - one data layer, one AI brain, every workflow connected.
Role
Who you are
- Strong full stack engineering skills: You have at least 5 years of experience as a software engineer with proven ability to work across the entire stack (frontend, backend, databases), with mobile development experience being optional, but a plus
- Startup mindset: You're pragmatic, nimble, and have a good record of shipping features, iterating fast, and working closely with users and PMs
- Strong software engineering skills: You have a proven track record of writing and deploying quality code at a senior level
- Problem-solving skills: You enjoy tackling difficult problems and can understand and take action on complex ideas quickly
- Independence: You take ownership of your work and thrive when given creative freedom. You like to experiment with new concepts and learn from mistakes
- Agility: You can adapt to new and interesting challenges in a fast-paced startup environment
- Team spirit: You recognize when you need support and are quick to support others when they need the same
- Communication skills: You can explain complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
Desirable
- Prior startup experience is required
- Interest in LLM tooling and APIs is a plus
- Familiarity with GCP is a plus
- Experience with mobile development is a plus
What the job involves
- We're looking for a product-minded Senior Full Stack Engineer to join our AI Squad
- In this role, you'll help define and ship end-to-end features that leverage our AI/ML capabilities to add value to our customers
- As a Senior Full Stack Engineer in our AI Squad, you'll be responsible for developing and implementing features across our entire stack that enhance our CRM platform for distributors
- You'll work closely with our users, product managers, and ML engineers to create robust, scalable solutions that integrate with our AI-driven features including recommendation systems, personalization, and insight generation
- This role will report to an Engineering Manager
- Design and implement full stack features that integrate with our AI/ML systems
- Develop and maintain backend services in Python that support our AI-powered functionality
- Adapt responsive and intuitive frontend interfaces that showcase our AI capabilities
- Work with databases and design efficient data storage patterns for AI-related features
- Collaborate with ML engineers to integrate their models into production systems
- Ensure high performance, reliability, and scalability of the features you build
- Participate in code reviews and contribute to engineering best practices
Our take
Proton.ai is part of a new wave of companies rethinking how sales teams operate in an increasingly digital-first world. Rather than simply digitizing existing workflows, it uses automation and AI to reduce manual effort and guide decision-making, so sales reps can focus on the right customers, products, and moments to engage.
The sales automation market is booming, but also crowded, forcing companies to specialize and stand out. Proton.ai has done exactly that by focusing on wholesale distributors, an often overlooked segment with complex inventories, fragmented systems, and highly relationship-driven sales processes. Its tools are designed to help both reps and customers navigate large product catalogues across multiple channels, bringing a layer of intelligence to what has traditionally been a manual, operationally heavy space.
That focus is now evolving into a broader platform play, with the company recently announcing an AI-powered "industry cloud" for distributors, combining CRM, product information management, eCommerce recommendations, and order automation into a single system. By replacing disconnected point solutions with a unified data layer, the company is positioning itself less as a tool and more as a core infrastructure for wholesale sales. Backed by strong funding and growing adoption, this shift gives Proton.ai a clear path to scale.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-38% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Apr 2023
$10m
SERIES A
Jan 2022
$20m
SERIES A
Total funding: $30m
Company benefits
- Company stock options: We believe everyone should own a part of something they help build, so we offer company equity to all employees.
- Flexible schedule: Work is important to us. As is being flexible. We know life doesn’t always land outside of a 9-5 schedule and make space for you to live your life.
- Unlimited Required PTO: We offer unlimited PTO, and we make sure everyone takes at least 2 weeks off per year.
- Company wellness days: In addition to company holidays, we offer wellness days, when the whole company takes a day off to rest and recuperate.
- 12 weeks paid parental leave: 12 weeks paid parental benefit for all parents (birthing, non-birthing, adopting, fostering).
- Health benefits: Get access to great healthcare benefits.
- 401k with employer contribution: We believe it's important to help our team plan for the future. For U.S. employees (for now), we directly contribute a 3% match of your salary to a 401k.
- Company-paid off-sites: Enjoy in-person brainstorming and team-building. All expenses covered so you can focus on bonding with the entire team.
Company HQ
Cambridge Highlands, Cambridge, MA
Leadership
Benjamin Cohen
(Founder & CEO)Prior to founding Proton.ai in 2018, Benjamin worked in Data & Marketing at Danaher Corporation. He was also a Researcher at Harvard Business School, where he graduated with a Bachelor's in Applied Mathematics.
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