Software Engineer, New Grad (2027)

Engg; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Startup equity

Health insurance

Competitive benefits

Job summary

Together AI in San Francisco is seeking an early career Software Engineer to design scalable systems, build product features, and optimize performance-critical code. You’ll collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver robust, user-focused solutions and contribute to our mission of cutting-edge technology.

This role is on-site at our HQ in San Francisco, joining engineering teams spanning Machine Learning, Platform Engineering, Infrastructure, and Inference.

Qualifications

• Pursuing or recently completed degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field.
• Solid CS fundamentals including data structures, algorithms, and systems thinking.
• Hands-on experience via internships, personal projects, or prior roles.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain high-quality software across the tech stack.
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and engineers to deliver features.
• Take ownership of projects end to end with high autonomy.
• Participate in code reviews, debugging, and performance optimization.
• Contribute ideas to shape product direction and infrastructure.

Skills

CS fundamentals

Internships / projects

Git & collaborative workflows

Problem solving

Learning mindset

Education

Pursuing CS/Software Engineering

Tools

Cloud platforms

Distributed systems

Job description

About the Role

As an early career Software Engineer, you’ll work on a variety of projects, from designing scalable systems, building product features, to optimizing performance-critical code.

You’ll collaborate with cross-functional teams to build robust, user-focused solutions and contribute to our mission of delivering cutting-edge technology.

This role is ideal for recent graduates with a strong foundation in software development and a passion for learning.

This role is on-site at our HQ in San Francisco, CA and you’ll be placed into one of our engineering teams spanning Machine Learning, Platform Engineering, Infrastructure, and Inference.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain high-quality software across our tech stack from low-level system to customer-facing UIs.
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and engineers to deliver features and improvements.
• Take high autonomy over your work - own projects end to end.
• Participate in code reviews, debugging, and performance optimization.
• Contribute ideas to shape the direction of our products and technical infrastructure.
• Work on real, meaningful projects and learn from experienced professionals along the way.

Requirements

• Actively pursuing a degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, earned or expected by Summer 2027.
• Solid CS fundamentals (data structures, algorithms, systems thinking).
• Past hands-on experience through internships, personal projects, or previous roles.
• Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git) and collaborative development workflows.
• Ability to solve problems creatively and communicate trade-offs effectively.
• Enthusiasm for learning and thriving in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
• Bonus: Experience with web development, databases, distributed systems, or cloud platforms, OSS contributions.

About Together AI

Together AI, the AI Native Cloud, is purpose-built for AI engineers. AI application developers get high-performance inference that scales reliably, fine-tuning and reinforcement learning for creating frontier-level specialized models, and pre-training at massive scale for fully custom intelligence, all around a marketplace of leading open models that teams can run, adapt, and own. Trusted by Cursor, Decagon, ElevenLabs, Salesforce, and Zoom, Together serves 400+ trillion tokens a month.

Compensation

• US base salary range for this full-time position is: $150,000 - $160,000 + equity + benefits.
• Startup equity, health insurance and other competitive benefits.

Equal Opportunity

Equal Opportunity Together AI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is proud to offer equal employment opportunity to everyone regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status, and more.

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