Staff Software Engineer, Merge
Applied AI
$209-232k
+ Equity
5 days a week in office
One API for all integrations
Open for applications
One API for all integrations
101-200 employees
Open for applications
$209-232k
+ Equity
5 days a week in office
101-200 employees
Company mission
To make secure data access easy.
Role
Who you are
- We are hiring a backend engineer with ML/AI experience onto our Automation & Applied AI team
- 7-10+ years of full-time software engineering experience, with at least 2+ years working with ML/AI systems in production
- Proven experience building production applications that incorporate ML models (e.g., LLMs, recommendation systems, classification models)
- Experience with serving and scaling ML models
- Startup or SaaS experience preferred, with an ability to perform in a fast paced environment dealing with ambiguous technical challenges
- Experience with Python, Golang, & AWS cloud infrastructure (or similar technologies)
What the job involves
- Our team is focused on harnessing Applied AI and large language models (LLMs) to build net-new, externally facing products and to drive internal efficiency through automation, intelligent tooling, and AI-native user experiences
- Build and maintain AI-powered applications: Design production-grade software that integrates machine learning models into real-world systems
- Fine-tuning and prompt engineering: Adapt base models to specific product needs through techniques like few-shot prompting, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), or fine-tuning
- Tooling and infrastructure: Develop internal tools, orchestration systems, and evaluation frameworks to support ML product development
- Experimentation: Run A/B tests and analyze performance metrics to guide model and product iterations
- Leadership and autonomy: Participate in roadmapping and architecture discussions, leading large projects from initial inception to production
- Cross-functional teamwork: Work across disciplines, from infra to UX, to ship full-stack AI features
Our take
Merge API helps B2B companies navigate the increasing number of APIs needed to integrate SaaS products. Its unified API provides access to dozens of payroll, recruiting, accounting, and HR platforms using a single integration layer. It also offers integration management tools. Together, these features are designed to help businesses work with a large number of APIs without compromising on efficiency.
Merge was founded in 2020 and has already built a large client base for itself, including Deed, AngelList, Ramp and Reachdesk. It has also expanded into new areas, providing support for CRM tools, ticketing systems and project management functions.
After increasing annual revenue by over 30 times in 2022, Merge raised investment funds in a Series B round led by Accel. The company is utilizing this influx of funding to hire additional talent and build out its product into new verticals such as an on-premises offering for enterprises.
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Insights
57% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Oct 2022
$55m
SERIES B
Nov 2021
$15m
SERIES A
Total funding: $74.5m
Company benefits
- Healthcare
- Unlimited PTO
- Parental Leave
- 401k
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Shensi Ding
(Co-Founder)Studied Computer Science at Columbia before joining Credit Suisse as an Investment Banking Analyst. Previously Chief of Staff at Expanse.
Gil Feig
(Co-Founder)A Columbia graduate who has worked for LinkedIn and Wealthfront as a Software Engineer. Previously Head of Engineering at Canvas.
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