Description:

The Staff Software Engineer at .txt will be responsible for developing and maintaining the tech infrastructure of the company.
This role involves working in a fast-paced environment where the engineer's contributions will directly affect the efficiency and scalability of products and services.
The engineer will focus on distributed systems engineering, specifically building and maintaining efficient, reliable Python code for LLM backend systems.
Collaboration with compiler and research engineers is essential to integrate backend services with methods for guided generation.
The position requires performance optimization of backend components for high throughput, particularly with data-intensive LLM operations.
Maintaining high code quality and enforcing best practices through code reviews, testing, and meaningful commit messages is a key responsibility.

Requirements:

Candidates must have significant public work as an open source contributor to demonstrate role-relevant expertise.
Professional experience as a Python or Rust backend/systems developer is required, with familiarity in frameworks such as FastAPI, Twisted, or ASGI.
A solid understanding of how web frameworks operate is necessary, with the ability to write custom frameworks if needed, though preference is given to community-supported software.
Expertise in large-scale distributed systems and asynchronous network programming is essential.
Proficiency in Git is required, with knowledge of rebase and a commitment to making code changes understandable to teammates.

The company offers cutting-edge technology opportunities, as structured generation is an innovative and evolving field.
A strong emphasis on work-life balance is promoted, with the expectation that employees will not work excessive hours regularly.
The position is fully remote, allowing employees to work from anywhere in the world, with a culture that values written communication.
Competitive compensation and benefits are provided, including market rate pay adjusted for a seed-stage startup, equity options, health and dental insurance, and a 401k plan (for US employees). Additionally, the company will provide a GPU if needed.