Backend Engineer, Aura

• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, related quantitative field or equivalent experience
• Demonstrated effectiveness delivering new products in research or startup environments
• 4+ years of software engineering and/or product engineering experience
• Strong Python programming skills
• Experience with AI/ML technologies, either traditional ML or generative AI
• Comfort with ambiguity and self-directing work
• You thrive in environments with significant uncertainty and enjoy defining problems as much as solving them
• You're passionate about generative AI technology and stay current with the latest developments
• You're comfortable taking initiative on new concepts without detailed direction
• You're excited about joining a growing team and helping shape its culture and direction
• You're willing to work flexible hours occasionally, including some extended hours

Desirable

• You’ll join a group that brings the spirit of a startup to an established company, giving you both creative freedom and substantial resources
• You’ll need to be comfortable breaking down and tackling large unsolved problems and be willing to work hard to build high quality products with few reference points elsewhere in industry
• You’ll be working at the forefront of generative AI technologies and designing products that don’t yet exist in the commercial space.
• Build backend systems to support AI agents in the user experience
• Build evaluation and monitoring frameworks for AI products in production
• Build tools to measure performance impact of changes to prompts and tools
• Help establish best practices for AI development and deployment