Senior Software Engineer
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Job Location:
San Francisco, CA - USA
Yearly Salary:
$ 200000 - 250000
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Senior Software Engineer
Engineering
Prolific
Prolific is not just another player in the AI space we are the architects of the human data infrastructure thats reshaping the landscape of AI a world where foundational AI technologies are increasingly commoditized its the quality and diversity of human-generated data that truly differentiates products and models.
The role
Were looking for impact-focused Software Generalists to join our specialized team focused on serving frontier model creators and enterprise AI application developers. As a full-stack engineer you will work across Prolifics domains to solve customer and product problems.
This is an exciting opportunity to work directly with frontier AI companies making critical technical decisions that balance scrappy startup execution with scalable reliable engineering as Prolific revolutionizes research for the AI community. Youll will have regular in person collaboration with customers and our US team as well as collaborate closely with our UK-based tech teams.
What youll bring to the role
- Over 4 years of experience in a product engineering role
- Can translate business concepts into software models
- Ability to quickly learn and adapt across the breadth of Prolifics domains
- Familiar working in both monoliths and distributed systems
- Strong communication and collaboration skills for direct customer interaction
- Good understanding of modern web applications and architecture design patterns
- Experience supporting applications in production environments
- Judgment to balance scrappy startup execution with scalable reliable engineering
- Comfort with rapid iteration and responding to customer queries with urgency
- Experience with some of our technology stack:
- Python (we use Django & Fast API)
- TypeScript and JavaScript (we use )
- SQL and NoSQL databases (we use MongoDB and PostgresSQL)
- Building and deploying to the cloud (we use GCP Kubernetees Github Actions & CircleCI)
- Instrumenting monitoring & observability (we use Datadog)
What youll be doing in the role
This is a unique engineering role at Prolific.
In this role you will operate with high ownership and a product mindset at start-up pace to solve customer problems and capture business opportunities irrespective of the technology required to do so.
You will be part of a cross-functional Product Engineering team optimised for the success of a single customer group. You will collaborate directly with account managers customer success specialists and customers to deeply understand their problem spaces. You will ideate and build with autonomy supported by a high-performing team.
This role will see you work across Prolific domains to solve customer problems needing you to get up to speed quickly and deliver across shared codebases to a high engineering standard. You will also help support our systems in production & respond to incidents when required.
Key Technologies
- Cloud Platforms: Google Cloud Platform and AWS
- Programming Languages: Python JavaScript and TypeScript
- Frameworks: Django Rest Framework Container-based and Serverless architectures
- Databases: MongoDB and DynamoDB
- DevOps and Monitoring: CircleCI GitHub Actions Kubernetes Celery EventBridge and DataDog
Why Prolific is a great place to work
Weve built a unique platform that connects researchers and companies with a global pool of participants enabling the collection of high-quality ethically sourced human behavioral data and feedback. This data is the cornerstone of developing more accurate nuanced and aligned AI systems.
We believe that the next leap in AI capabilities wont come solely from scaling existing models but from integrating diverse human perspectives and behaviors into AI development. By providing this crucial human data infrastructure Prolific is positioning itself at the forefront of the next wave of AI innovation one that reflects the breath and the best of humanity.
Join us to enjoy a competitive salary benefits and remote working within our impactful mission-driven culture. At Prolific our compensation packages for eligible roles include base salary equity and benefits. Many roles also include the opportunity to earn a cash variable element such as a bonus or commission. Each job posting shows a salary range that reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hires based on the roles location as well as your skills experience and relevant education or training. You can check the job postings subtitle to see where the position is based. Your recruiter will also be happy to share the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
For pay transparency the base salary range for this full-time role in San Francisco is $200000 - $250000 per annum.
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Required Experience:
Senior IC
Key Skills
- Spring
- .NET
- C/C++
- Go
- React
- OOP
- C#
- AWS
- Data Structures
- Software Development
- Java
- Distributed Systems
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