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Posted on 2025/02/28

Founding Software Engineer

Protege AI

San Diego, CA, United States

Full-time

Qualifications

  • Experience in creating and optimizing OpenAI prompts for AI-powered applications

  • Fine-tuning LLMs for industry-specific applications

  • Familiarity with Railway or Vercel for serverless deployment and scaling of applications

  • Prior experience working with startups or zero-to-one teams in large tech companies

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

  • 5+ years of software development experience

  • Strong understanding of UX/UI principles with a keen eye for design

  • Interest in startups (extra points for wanting to be a founder one day)

  • Collaborate effectively with team members demonstrating excellent communication and teamwork skills

Responsibilities

  • This engineer will transition from back-end code to front-end UX implementation with tasteful design and scale out our backend as we grow enterprise customers

  • Contribute to overall strategy through systems design and peer reviews

  • Develop and maintain server-side features in Node.js

  • Implement high-quality UX/UI design principles across applications in React.js

  • Rapidly troubleshoot and debug issues, providing effective resolutions to maintain application functionality for customers

  • Demonstrate strong problem-solving and debugging skills in a collaborative team environment

  • Translate product requirements into technical designs showcasing independent thinking and creativity

Full Description

Job Description

What We're Looking For

We are seeking a skilled Full Stack Software Engineer with expertise in Node.js (TypeScript) development, React.js, and associated technologies such as LLM fine-tuning.

This engineer will transition from back-end code to front-end UX implementation with tasteful design and scale out our backend as we grow enterprise customers.

Responsibilities:

• Contribute to overall strategy through systems design and peer reviews

• Develop and maintain server-side features in Node.js

• Implement high-quality UX/UI design principles across applications in React.js

• Rapidly troubleshoot and debug issues, providing effective resolutions to maintain application functionality for customers

• Demonstrate strong problem-solving and debugging skills in a collaborative team environment

• Translate product requirements into technical designs showcasing independent thinking and creativity

Nice-to-Have Skills:

• Experience in creating and optimizing OpenAI prompts for AI-powered applications

• Fine-tuning LLMs for industry-specific applications

• Familiarity with Railway or Vercel for serverless deployment and scaling of applications

• Prior experience working with startups or zero-to-one teams in large tech companies

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

• 5+ years of software development experience

• Strong understanding of UX/UI principles with a keen eye for design

• Interest in startups (extra points for wanting to be a founder one day)

• Collaborate effectively with team members demonstrating excellent communication and teamwork skills

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