AfterQuery
Tech / AI / Software
SoftwareEngineer-Platform/AppliedAI(Fullstack)
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“Software Engineer - Platform/Applied AI (Fullstack) at AfterQuery. Skills: Platform/Applied AI, Fullstack development, Data infrastructure, Data pipelines, Scalability. Build and scale complex data capturing workflows across web (Next. js) and desktop (Python). Architect and optimize data pipelines that experience high throughput, with heavy loads”
What You'll Achieve.
shaping the future development of frontier models; see your impact instantly; ship features fast
Industry & Context.
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Proficiency in JavaScript (Next. js) and Python, with demonstrated experience building full-stack web applications, Experience with serverless architecture and cloud functions for implementing heavy data processing (GCP/AWS), Hands‑on with Redis (caching), Elasticsearch (indexing), and message queues (Kafka/RabbitMQ) to build scalable, low‑latency pipelines, Any background in AI research, LLM evaluation, or human‑in‑the‑loop systems
Nice to Have
founder experience preferred
What You'll Do.
Build and scale complex data capturing workflows across web (Next. js) and desktop (Python)
Architect and optimize data pipelines that experience high throughput
Set engineering best practices and lay the groundwork for future team growth
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Collaborate with the founding team to define product strategy and ship features fast.
Process & Methodology
owning entire projects end-to-end
Full Job Description
As one of our core engineers, you’ll be critical in creating data infrastructure that will be shaping the future development of frontier models. You will be one of our first hires, and will get a lot of responsibility, owning entire projects end-to-end – meaning you can see your impact instantly. COMPANY OVERVIEW AfterQuery https://www.afterquery.com/ is a research lab investigating the boundaries and capabilities of artificial intelligence through novel datasets and experimentation. Our customers are the foundation model labs, and we serve all of the frontier AI labs. We are based in San Francisco, CA, and have raised funding from top investors, including Y Combinator and BoxGroup, ex-partners from Lightspeed and Index Ventures, and senior leadership at Google DeepMind and Meta GenAI. Our founding team brings backgrounds from Jane Street, Meta, Citadel Securities, Google, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Silver Lake, Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research (BAIR), and Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (SAIL). WHY APPLY - Massive Opportunity: We were one of the fastest growing YC companies in our batch, and we believe we can be one of the fastest growing YC companies of all time - Founding role—you’ll define and own our data infrastructure from day one. - Equity & Growth – Competitive salary + equity. As we scale, you’ll have the opportunity to lead and grow an engineering team. - Strong Team: Founding team has experience from Citadel Securities, Meta, Google, Silver Lake, and Morgan Stanley – get to work with the best :) RESPONSIBILITIES - Build and scale complex data capturing workflows across web (Next.js) and desktop (Python) - Architect and optimize data pipelines that experience high throughput, with heavy loads - Collaborate with the founding team to define product strategy and ship features fast. - Set engineering best practices and lay the groundwork for future team growth. REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS - Proficiency in JavaScript (Next.js) and Python,
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