Back-End Developer
Los Angeles, CA, United States
About Us
We have a lot of customers and profit for a startup. Your position with us is secure. We are not a lost ship, hoping to discover product-market-fit island. We are on the island. Come join us. Our GPU marketplace powers AI projects and businesses all over the world.
We are bootstrapped. Your comp includes generous equity. Equity that investors haven't yet been able to purchase. Your salary will increase as we continue to launch new products, hit milestones and grow.
The journey to our destiny will not be easy. Our goal is not the safe harbor of today. You will be taxed, and you will be pushed. We love to work. We can't help it; we are witnessing the birth of AGI.
All technical roles report to Jake Cannell, the CEO and founder. Jake is a prolific writer and thinker on the subject of AI. Two examples from Less Wrong: LOVE in a simbox is all you need (09/28/2022) and The Brain as a Universal Learning Machine (06/24/2015).
We are currently hiring for in person work at our Los Angeles office.
About The Role
We are looking for a strong programmer who can own the backend of the GPU marketplace. Your primary responsibility will be to develop and maintain the server-side logic, databases, and application integration.
The company is engineering-lead with ample opportunity to grow into senior technical or management roles with time. You will be a core contributor that allows Vast to scale to millions of GPUs.
Example Projects:
Migrate a postgres DB from remote RDS to local in-memory
Implement full backend logic for a new SLA reliability feature
Convert adhoc logging file output to a modern logging backend
Quickly investigate and summarize options for new system architectures
Enhance database performance, including schema design and query optimization
Implement robust data security and backup strategies
Optimize cloud infrastructure for scalability and cost-efficiency
You are:
Comfortable in a variety of tools and languages such as Python, C++, SQL, Javascript, React, CSS
Capable and willing to quickly investigate and learn new frameworks and tools
A fan of occasional remote pair programming
Passionate about building scalable and reliable high throughput websites
Excited about the potential of AI
Benefits:
Work from anywhere
Generous compensation, equity, and benefits
Join early into a fast growing, ambitious startup
Opportunity to grow into other technical or management roles
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