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$200,000–$350,000/yr
US

  • Work directly with customers to understand technical requirements and build production solutions.
  • Develop integrations, APIs, and internal tooling to accelerate platform adoption.
  • Own projects from technical discovery through deployment and iteration.

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$200,000–$350,000/yr
US

  • Design, build, and operate production software systems.
  • Own significant technical projects from architecture through deployment.
  • Develop scalable services, APIs, infrastructure, and internal tooling.

The company builds sophisticated infrastructure and software systems. It is a rapidly scaling technology company that values ownership and technical excellence.

UK Ireland

  • Lead technical engagements end-to-end from POC workshops to production deployment, shipping production code directly in customer codebases.
  • Architect solutions that pass customer security reviews, and run high-energy hackathons to accelerate adoption of new solutions.
  • Synthesize field insights from deployments to inform R&D, and build reusable technical assets to support customer adoption.

Twilio delivers innovative communication solutions to hundreds of thousands of businesses and millions of developers worldwide. The company is remote-first, with a strong culture of connection and global inclusion, and a diverse team making a global impact.

UK US

  • Work directly with customers to understand their workflows and define the problem, building production systems on Luma's APIs.
  • Own projects end-to-end, from first conversation to deployed system, prototyping and iterating with real data.
  • Build around platform gaps and feed patterns back to R&D; use AI to accelerate while relying on engineering judgment.

Luma builds unified general intelligence that can generate, understand, and operate in the physical world. Luma is an equal opportunity employer.

APAC

  • Design and deliver significant components and core subsystems of our Kubernetes platform, such as secrets management, workload identity, storage, or cluster networking, from design through production operation.
  • Contribute to the architecture of distributed workloads, working with dependent teams to get runtime and isolation models right, while spending most time hands-on in code.
  • Own operability of built systems including SLOs, failure modes, upgrades, migrations, and on-call, and mentor earlier-career engineers.

ServiceNow is the AI control tower for business reinvention, bringing together any AI, any data, and any workflow to help 85% of the Fortune 500 work smarter, faster, and better. The company fosters an AI-native culture where technology and talent are unstoppable together, with a focus on freeing people from busywork.

$145,000–$190,000/yr
US

  • Own end-to-end architecture of Core Platform including backend services, SDKs, AI-enabled capabilities.
  • Design and implement scalable APIs, event-driven systems, distributed services, and AI-integrated workflows.
  • Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and drive engineering best practices.

Istari is a digital engineering software company building open, scalable infrastructure for engineering data. We focus on rewarding focus, finishing, facts, and fellowship.

APAC

  • Design, build, and operate components of the Kubernetes platform and its core subsystems end to end.
  • Write and review Go code for controllers, operators, platform services, and automation.
  • Help operate the platform, including on-call, incident investigation, and follow-up work to prevent recurrence.

ServiceNow provides an AI platform for business reinvention, helping 85% of the Fortune 500 work smarter. The company fosters an AI-native culture where technology and talent collaborate.

$182,000–$238,000/yr
US

  • Design, code, and debug scalable software applications and APIs in Golang with attention to performance and security.
  • Collaborate with product managers and cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into technical specifications.
  • Provide technical leadership, drive code reviews, and guide the team in AI tooling best practices.

EasyPost is a YC unicorn that makes shipping simple for businesses with the first developer-friendly REST API for shipping. Our team is rapidly growing, and we're builders and problem-solvers who move fast and innovate in an industry that needs it.

Global

  • Own the technical path from customer interest to working deployment, integrating the platform into production AI environments.
  • Build and operate AI/MLOps pipelines, debug complex environments, and create prototypes and demos.
  • Translate customer needs into product improvements, partnering with Sales, Product, and Engineering.

Neuromorphic Labs is a Seed-stage AI startup building a trust layer for production AI, making security, governance, and control intrinsic to every model and deployment. Backed by top-tier VCs, the team is small and fast-paced, emphasizing ownership, high standards, and collaboration with exceptional builders.

$149,200–$214,500/yr
US

  • Architect, design, build, deploy, and maintain Model Serving infrastructure using industry-standard AI tools.
  • Own projects that scale model serving and data processing services to handle 10x traffic.
  • Collaborate closely with MLE and Data Science teams to distill feedback and execute on strategy.

Abnormal AI protects the humans behind the world's most critical organizations from AI-powered cybercrime. Over 4,500 enterprises trust their behavioral AI platform, fostering a culture of innovation and security.

US Unlimited PTO 14w maternity 14w paternity

  • Work directly with customers to understand their workflows and operational constraints.
  • Build and deploy AI-enabled applications, agents, and workflow automation using LLM techniques.
  • Own delivery from prototype to production, including architecture, backend services, and integrations.

Trase Systems provides an end-to-end platform for deploying and optimizing AI in the enterprise, focusing on bridging the 'last mile' of AI adoption. As a startup founded in 2023, the team is small, agile, and collaborative, with a strong emphasis on innovation and direct customer impact.

$114,000–$142,000/yr
US Unlimited PTO

  • Design and operate a scalable, resilient ingress data plane that directly impacts customer value.
  • Leverage advanced automation and infrastructure-as-code to accelerate development speed across a massive fleet.
  • Collaborate with Product, Design, and partner platform teams to champion initiatives that break down silos and foster cross-team excellence.

New Relic provides an intelligent observability platform that helps companies optimize their digital applications. They are a global team of innovators focused on shaping the future of observability, with a culture of diversity and inclusion.

Ireland

  • Design, build, and deploy production systems with focus on scalability, reliability, and security.
  • Develop and maintain automation to streamline operations and eliminate toil.
  • Proactively monitor systems and implement automated incident response to minimize downtime.

Arista Networks is an industry leader in data-driven networking for large data centers, campus, and routing. With over $8 billion in revenue and a culture valuing diversity, Arista is a Great Place to Work for Best Engineering Team and Best Company for Diversity.

EMEA

  • Serve as the strategic technical thought partner to EMEA partner leadership, owning the technical relationship and setting the vision for how Coder fits into each partner's AI and modernization portfolio.
  • Co-create sales plays, develop workshops and Builder Labs, and intervene directly on high-value partner-attached deals across EMEA to drive pipeline and technical wins.
  • Build repeatable assets like reference architectures, enablement modules, and GTM playbooks that scale across the ecosystem without requiring your direct involvement.

Coder is an AI software development company leading the future of autonomous coding by empowering teams to build software faster, more securely, and at scale through AI coding agents and human developers. As a growing startup, we foster a culture of autonomy, innovation, and collaboration, focused on making agentic AI a safe and integral part of every software development lifecycle.

$160,000–$200,000/yr
US

  • Drive planning, scoping, and delivery of complex implementations, managing customer timelines and ensuring launch readiness.
  • Lead technical discovery calls, translate ambiguous requirements into scoped stories, and build trust with stakeholders.
  • Code hands-on in Python, JavaScript, and SQL to debug integrations and build custom solutions.

Federato is an AI-native platform transforming insurance underwriting by automating workflows and optimizing portfolio decisions. Founded by industry veterans, the company is well-funded by investors behind Salesforce and Zoom, fostering a fast-paced, learning-oriented culture.

North America Unlimited PTO

  • Deploy and scale MCP-based AI agents on Kubernetes for enterprise customers across the US-East and EMEA regions.
  • Lead complex technical engagements, build reusable deployment patterns, and mentor engineers on the team.
  • Shape product roadmap by feeding back field insights from regulated industries and defining regional engagement standards.

Stacklok builds the control plane for enterprise AI agents, enabling organizations to run, govern, and secure them on Kubernetes and private cloud. Founded by two Kubernetes creators, the company is already adopted by leading tech and regulated industries, fostering a collaborative, AI-maximalist culture with deep open-source roots.

$65,000–$85,000/yr
US

  • Spearhead custom technical solutions for client onboarding, designing sustainable data integrations beyond core product development.
  • Collaborate with the Implementations team to evaluate client data, define scope, and establish timelines and effort estimates.
  • Write robust, scalable code adhering to best practices, and create reusable tools to enhance operational efficiency.

TrueAccord, a wholly owned subsidiary of TrueML, transforms debt resolution using machine learning and a human-based approach to guide lenders and consumers toward financial health. With a world-class leadership team and proprietary predictive models, they serve millions of Americans annually.

North America

  • Build and deploy production code to support customer AI inference workloads on Tenstorrent's hardware and software stack.
  • Debug and optimize across the full inference stack, from serving layer to kernel dispatch, and translate customer issues into actionable requirements.
  • Operate Kubernetes and observability tools to manage multi-node AI clusters and ensure reliability.

Tenstorrent is leading the industry on cutting-edge AI technology, revolutionizing performance expectations, ease of use, and cost efficiency. Their diverse team of technologists has developed a high-performance RISC-V CPU from scratch, and they value collaboration, curiosity, and a commitment to solving hard problems.

US

  • Build and maintain the Shadeform GPU platform and automated AI infrastructure services.
  • Work on novel solutions to GPU market challenges including provisioning, orchestration, and virtualization.
  • Own the systems that turn fragmented GPU capacity into a reliable, production-ready platform.

Shadeform provides a unified platform for deploying and managing GPU infrastructure across cloud providers, neoclouds, and data centers. They are a remote-first startup focused on innovation and working with the latest AI technologies.

Global Unlimited PTO

  • Deliver on business-critical outcomes by owning backend and data services end-to-end, from design to production operation.
  • Design, build, and operate scalable data pipelines and streaming ingestion for high-volume security telemetry.
  • Contribute to data modeling and warehouse/lakehouse architecture decisions that serve detection, analytics, and product features.

Blackpoint Cyber is the leading provider of world-class cybersecurity threat hunting, detection and remediation technology. Founded by former National Security Agency (NSA) cyber operations experts, the company is in hyper-growth mode, fueled by a recent $190m series C round.

$175,000–$195,000/yr

  • Design and improve monitoring, logging, distributed tracing, dashboards, alerting, SLIs, and SLOs for production health.
  • Build and maintain automation, internal tools, and CI/CD systems to increase engineering efficiency and support reliable deployments.
  • Own complex production incidents from detection to resolution, turning learning into durable improvements and reducing recurring incidents.

Filevine is a Legal AI company delivering Legal Operating Intelligence for the future of legal work. It has earned recognition from Deloitte and Inc. as one of the most innovative and fastest-growing technology companies in the country.