Founding AI Infra Engineer — Backend + ML

davidjoseph-co; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity (~0.5%)

Lunch and dinner stipend

Office gym

Job summary

Simula is seeking a Founding Engineer to blend backend, ML, and traditional system design in a fast-moving startup environment in San Francisco, CA. You will be one of the earliest engineers shaping the engineering culture and building core infrastructure as the company scales.

The role requires a strong portfolio of side projects, a bias for action, and comfort with ownership and cross-functional collaboration with founders and the team.

Qualifications

• 0-3 years engineering.
• Backend + ML + systems.
• Side project track record.

Responsibilities

• Backend systems work with a mix of ML and traditional system design / infrastructure.
• Build features end-to-end across whatever the team is shipping.
• Cross-functional work with the rest of the engineering team and founders.
• Help shape the engineering culture as one of the early hires.

Skills

Backend

ML

Systems

Side projects

Job description

Simula is seeking a Founding Engineer to blend backend, ML, and traditional system design in a fast-moving startup environment in San Francisco, CA. You will be one of the earliest engineers shaping the engineering culture and building core infrastructure as the company scales.

The role requires a strong portfolio of side projects, a bias for action, and comfort with ownership and cross-functional collaboration with founders and the team.