Founding Software Engineer

• Improve speed, efficiency, and reliability across core technical systems
• Profile and resolve bottlenecks in code, media pipelines, and infrastructure
• Build tooling for benchmarking, testing, and tracking system regressions
• Tune concurrency, caching, batching, and scheduling for better resource use
• Design clean internal interfaces that hide complexity from the rest of the team
• Stay close to product priorities while solving deep technical problems

• Strong systems thinking - comfortable reasoning about latency, throughput, memory, CPU/GPU, and I/O
• Proven experience improving performance in production software
• Proficiency in C++ or a similar low-level language, along with backend development experience
• Disciplined approach to measuring before optimizing
• Comfortable using AI tools to increase speed, while relying on personal judgment to define and solve problems
• Must be willing to work on-site in San Francisco, CA, * Background in robotics, embedded systems, or electronics engineering
• Comfortable working below the obvious product surface
• Specific examples of performance improvements delivered in production

Tools & Technology:

• C++ or similar low-level languages
• Backend/API frameworks and databases
• Cloud infrastructure and deployment tooling

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