Forward Deployed Engineer, Chalk
Plus equity package
Data platform for inference
Be an early applicant
Data platform for inference
21-100 employees
Be an early applicant
Plus equity package
21-100 employees
Company mission
To build data infrastructure to answer the world’s hardest questions.
Role
Who you are
- Technical background including experience writing software or building ML models
- 2+ years experience of professional backend software engineering experience
- Proficient in Python, SQL
- Ability to collaborate effectively in teams of technical and non-technical individuals
- Excellent written and verbal communication, problem-solving, storytelling, and analytical skills
- Experience working closely with sales teams and customers is a plus
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent
Desirable
- Previous experience working with ML/data products or services
- Understanding of Machine Learning Ops/Infrastructure
- Previous experience as a forward-deployed engineer in a high-growth startup focusing on Machine Learning
What the job involves
- You are an exceptional software engineer who is able to build bespoke technical solutions and partner with machine learning teams to develop Chalk’s proprietary infrastructure
- You will work with customers of Chalk to build efficient feature pipelines for problems in healthcare, finance, and recommendation systems
- This role will give you a unique opportunity to work closely with customers, gathering requirements and engineering feature pipelines that support use-cases like cancer detection, fraud prevention, and product recommendation
- This is your opportunity to join us in-person as an early employee and make a significant impact at a high growth start-up
- Write code to implement Chalk technology for Chalk customers and prospects. You will become familiar with Chalk infrastructure and find the best way to integrate and implement them in different environments
- Work closely with our Engineering and Sales teams
- Act as the the primary technical point of contact pre-sales and post-sales (when we are onboarding a new customer or supporting an existing one)
- Recommend new products to customers as their business evolves
- Help interview and grow the Engineering team
Salary benchmarks
Our take
The applications of AI and machine learning are undeniable and vast. However, much of its existing infrastructure was built to support large and lengthy jobs, opposed to the real-time decisions required for the technology to be useful to sectors such as fintech, eCommerce, healthcare and insurance.
This is where Chalk steps in, supplying backbone infrastructure to support real-time AI and ML applications. Its data platform includes features such as a compute engine, an LLM toolchain and integrated monitoring - with applications including anti-fraud, risk assessment and predictive maintenance. Importantly, any data source can be integrated with the platform, meaning the real-time decisions can be made with real-time data.
It's certainly an intriguing proposal, and one that has seen the company net over $60M in funding (and grabbing itself a $500M valuation). It's most recent investment will be used to accelerate development of its platform, onboard new customers, and grow its engineering and go-to-market hubs in San Francisco and New York. Putting the company in a very tasty position for future success.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
May 2025
$50m
SERIES A
Dec 2023
$10m
SEED
Total funding: $60m
Company benefits
- Full medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and Health Savings Account (HSA)
- Expert healthcare guidance and live one-on-one support
- 401(k) retirement savings
- Generous holiday schedule
- Generous PTO annually
- Daily lunch and dinner on us
- Flex commuter benefits
- Grab a ride home on us
Company HQ
Mission District, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Marc Freed-Finnegan
(Co-Founder & CEO)Former Product Lead (Merchant Journey) at Stripe. Co-founded and was CEO of Index, which was acquired by Stripe. Worked at Google for 5 years, ultimately as Product Lead for Google Wallet.
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