Remote Founding Software Engineer

at Search Party

Posted 3 weeks ago 7 applied

Description:

  • We are building the world’s leading platform that tracks and manipulates brand presence inside ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and other LLMs replacing Google.
  • Our focus is on solving the challenge of monitoring, measuring, and influencing what AI models say about brands, as they answer over 200 million questions daily.
  • The role involves tackling technical challenges that go beyond a typical SaaS dashboard, including:
    • Multi-Model Interrogation: Systematically querying various LLMs at scale while avoiding rate limits and building robust APIs that adapt to model updates and access restrictions.
    • LLM Response Intelligence: Developing NLP systems to parse unstructured AI responses for brand mentions and competitive positioning.
    • Model Memory Tracking: Monitoring content ingestion into training data and detecting shifts in brand presence in model responses.
    • Prompt Engineering for Brand Injection: Reverse-engineering content formats that influence model training and creating feedback loops for content optimization.
    • Cross-Model Prediction: Managing brand presence across models with different training cycles and predicting effective strategies through model updates.
  • We seek individuals who are passionate about building and have a deep understanding of AI and LLMs, who thrive in fast-paced environments, and who can handle complex API systems.

Requirements:

  • Candidates must have 4+ years of professional experience shipping production-grade code.
  • A deep understanding of modern LLMs, APIs, and model behavior is essential.
  • Expertise in handling rate-limited APIs, including retries and graceful failure management, is required.
  • Experience with NLP, prompt engineering, and extracting structured insights from unstructured data is necessary.
  • Proven ability to work independently in fast-paced environments with minimal direction is a must.
  • Strong debugging skills across distributed systems are required.
  • Familiarity with vector databases, embeddings, and AI agent frameworks is a bonus.

Benefits:

  • The position offers founding equity in a venture-backed company targeting a multi-billion-dollar outcome.
  • Employees will receive direct mentorship from founders who have successfully scaled companies to $1BN+.
  • The company promotes a remote-first culture with a high-intensity, high-ownership workstyle.
  • Team members will have early influence over architecture, tooling, and company culture.
  • There is significant upside potential, as employees will play a key role in shaping a new category.
  • Access to cutting-edge AI tools, credits, and training resources will be provided.
  • An annual offsite event will be held with the full team in iconic locations.