About SandboxAQ
SandboxAQ is a highgrowth company delivering AI solutions that address some of the worlds greatest challenges. The companys Large Quantitative Models (LQMs) power advances in life sciences financial services navigation cybersecurity and other sectors.
We are a global team that is techfocused and includes experts in AI chemistry cybersecurity physics mathematics medicine engineering and other specialties. The company emerged from Alphabet Inc. as an independent growth capitalbacked company in 2022 funded by leading investors and supported by a braintrust of industry leaders.
At SandboxAQ weve cultivated an environment that encourages creativity collaboration and impact. By investing deeply in our people were building a thriving global workforce poised to tackle the worlds epic challenges. Join us to advance your career in pursuit of an inspiring mission in a community of likeminded people who value entrepreneurialism ownership and transformative impact.
About the Role
SandboxAQs AI Team is seeking a highly accomplished veteran software engineer to design and rapidly prototype AIfirst SaaS products incorporating Large Quantitative Models (LQMs) and agentic frameworks. A successful candidate must be comfortable owning the endtoend lifecycle of both internal and external facing software systems and applications and have significant industry experience bringing products from conception to production and deployment.
Knowledge of best practices for AI and software development is critical. The candidate will be part of a diverse team consisting of AI researchers engineers and machine learning experts where they will play a key role in efficient and effective enablement of the technologies being developed.
What Youll Do
- Design implement and test complex software systems for AIfirst SaaS products incorporating LQMs and agentic frameworks as part of a small but highlyfunctioning team of engineers and scientists.
- Serve as a goto technical expert to support successful development and deployment of software.
- Uphold quality and efficiency standards for the team.
- Advocate for and lead efforts to implement industry best practices for AI and software development.
Core Responsibilities
- Design and Plan: In partnership with your colleagues you will take ownership of significant portions of the software stack. You will help with planning and prioritization by assessing both current and longer term software needs breaking plans down into a series of manageable tasks and resolving competing priorities.
- Implement: You will execute on your plans by carrying your ideas through from conception to completion.
- Communicate: You will regularly communicate progress on your various efforts and give team presentations on newly developed tools and technologies when applicable/appropriate. You will also thoroughly document your work in appropriate forums including code comments and design documents.
Minimum Qualifications
- BS in Software Engineering Computer Science or equivalent field of study
- Willing and able to travel both within the continental US and internationally as required (less than 20 of the time) to support customer engagements meet with contracting partners and attend customer product demonstrations.
- 10 years of postgraduate experience in software development (preferred) systems engineering robotics systems analysis or other related fields
- Experience developing highlyavailable performant scalable web applications
- Strong expertise in programming languages such as Python or TypeScript. Experience with other languages (e.g. Java C Rust etc. preferred
- Long successful history of bringing software from initial conception through to architecture development testing and release into production.
- Proficiency in software development methodologies and best practices (e.g. Agile practices CI/CD testdriven development.
- Strong Linux fundamentals (bash scripting operating system configuration) and familiarity with common developer and devops tools such as Terraform Git Github and the Atlassian suite tools Jira and Confluence.
Nice to Haves
- MS or PhD in Software Engineering Computer Science or equivalent experience
- Equivalent experience includes tech leadership in a complex space driving technical design and crosscollaboratively across multiple teams and organizations
- Experience working with AI and machine learning frameworks (e.g. TensorFlow PyTorch)
- Knowledge of cloud computing platforms (e.g. GCP AWS)
- Experience with software development and interfaces on the cloud (e.g. GCP AWS)
The US base salary range for this fulltime position is expected to be $167k $269k per year. Our salary ranges are determined by role and level. Within the range individual pay is determined by factors including jobrelated skills experience and relevant education or training. This role may be eligible for annual discretionary bonuses and equity.
SandboxAQ welcomes all.
We are committed to creating an inclusive culture where we have zero tolerance for discrimination. We invest in our employees personal and professional growth. Once you work with us you cant go back to normalcy because great breakthroughs come from great teams and we are the best in AI and quantum technology.
We offer competitive salaries stock options depending on employment type generous learning opportunities medical/dental/vision family planning/fertility PTO (summer and winter breaks) financial wellness resources 401(k) plans and more.
Equal Employment Opportunity: All qualified applicants will receive consideration regardless of race color ancestry religion sex national origin sexual orientation age citizenship marital status disability gender identity or Veteran status.
Accommodations: We provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities in job application procedures for open roles. If you need such an accommodation please let a member of our Recruiting team know.
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