Description:

Instrumentl is a mission-driven startup focused on helping the nonprofit sector with grant discovery and management.
The company is a hyper growth YC-backed startup with over 4,000 nonprofit clients, including organizations like the San Diego Zoo and the University of Alaska.
The role of Software Engineer, AI/ML GenAI involves owning the full lifecycle of AI features, from rapid prototyping to production deployment and ongoing evaluation.
Responsibilities include designing agentic systems, managing RAG end-to-end, managing embeddings at scale, fine-tuning and building evaluation, and collaborating cross-functionally.
The team is fully distributed, but candidates are expected to have significant overlap with Pacific Time Zone working hours.

Requirements:

Candidates must have 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, including 2+ years working with modern LLMs.
Proven experience in taking LLM/RAG systems from prototype to production, owning reliability and observability.
Experience in building tool/function-calling workflows and safe tool integrations.
Strong understanding of document ingestion, chunking, embeddings, and hybrid search.
Hands-on experience with embedding model selection/versioning and vector databases.
Comfort in designing evaluation suites and familiarity with evaluation frameworks.
Proficiency in Python and TypeScript/Node, with familiarity in Ruby on Rails being a plus.
Comfortable with SQL, schema design, and building data pipelines.
A collaborative approach and ability to translate research ideas into user-friendly features.
A results-driven mindset with a focus on speed, quality, and simplicity.

The target salary band for US-based candidates is $175,000 - $220,000/year plus equity.
100% coverage of health, dental, and vision insurance for employees, with 50% coverage for dependents.
A generous PTO policy, including parental leave.
A 401(k) plan is offered.
A company laptop and stipend to set up a home workstation are provided.
Company retreats are organized for in-person time with colleagues.
Employees have the opportunity to work with impactful nonprofits across the US, contributing to meaningful work.

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