Senior Software Engineer, AI (Founding Engineer)

Caddie; Ontario; Remote; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative startup is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join their founding team and drive the development of cutting-edge AI solutions. This role offers the unique opportunity to work on impactful projects that enhance e-commerce conversion through advanced AI technology. As the first software engineer, you will have significant equity ownership and the chance to influence the direction of the product from the ground up. If you are passionate about building incredible products and thrive in a fast-paced startup environment, this is the perfect opportunity for you to make a difference and grow alongside the company.

Benefits

Significant equity ownership

Work on exciting AI products

Play a major role in shaping the v1

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in modern web applications development.
• Full-stack experience with Typescript, REST APIs, and React.

Responsibilities

• Build and shape the product infrastructure and core features.
• Collaborate closely with co-founders to develop innovative solutions.

Skills

Web Application Development

Typescript

RESTful APIs

React

AI and ML

Startup Mindset

Education

Degree in Computer Science

Tools

NestJS

Pulumi

Terraform

LLama 2

OpenAI APIs

LangChain

LangGraph

E-commerce APIs (e.g. Shopify, Magento)

Job description

Senior Software Engineer, AI (Founding Engineer)

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Base pay range

$150,000.00/yr - $200,000.00/yr

Introduction to Caddie:
Caddie helps e-commerce companies improve their online conversion with an AI Superbar. It combines search with personalized sales assistance. It helps customers find products and answers their questions to drive purchasing behaviour. We use AI and machine learning to guide customers similarly to a salesperson in a store. We're a Y Combinator company with $3M+ in funding. We’re currently in stealth mode, working with a set of large e-commerce customers who are paying us to help them fix their conversion.

About The Role

As a Senior Software Engineer (Founding Engineer), you’ll play a critical role in building and shaping Caddie. We’re still pretty early, so you’ll get a chance to work on infrastructure, AI, ML, core features, and everything in between. Our product has a small front-end footprint so most of the work is backend. You’ll work hand-in-hand with the co-founders to go from zero to one.

What We’re Looking For

• 5+ years of experience building modern web applications
• Degree in Computer Science or related discipline
• Full-stack experience that includes Typescript, RESTful APIs, React
• A passion for building something incredible from the ground up
• A startup mindset (collaborate, move quickly, iterate)

Bonus Points

• Worked on search, AI or ML products
• Experience with any of the following: NestJS, Pulumi, Terraform, LLama 2, OpenAI APIs, LangChain, LangGraph, e-commerce APIs (e.g. Shopify, Magento)
• Worked with microservices, Domain-driven design, Object Oriented Programming.

Job Details

Title: Senior Software Engineer, AI
Salary: $150k - $200k
Equity: 0.50% to 1%
Location: Greater Toronto Area / Ontario (Remote)

Highlights

• 1st Software Engineer on the team
• Significant equity ownership
• Work on exciting AI products
• Play a major role in shaping the v1

How to Apply

Please apply directly on this page. We’d still love to hear from you if you don't have any of the bonus points. You might have other bonus points we haven’t listed. Talk soon!

The Caddie Team

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Engineering and Information Technology

Industries

Software Development