Software Engineer

About Athina AI

Athina is pioneering the development of an innovative IDE tailored specifically for AI development. Our mission is to redefine how teams prototype, experiment, train, evaluate, and monitor AI products, setting the stage for a new era of software that will be radically different from anything we've seen before.

We are supported by top investors such as Y Combinator, Flourish Ventures, and founders of successful AI and SaaS companies. Our team includes engineers who have built complex systems at Google and Swiggy, and a second-time founder who scaled his last startup to $8M in revenue. We're collaborating with leading AI companies worldwide to reshape their product development processes and are committed to building a world-class team to tackle these open-domain, unsolved challenges. If you're passionate about shaping the future of software, we invite you to join us.

About the Role

As a Fullstack Engineer at Athina AI, you will play a crucial role in building the next generation of AI development tools. This role requires a blend of strong technical skills, creativity, and a passion for solving complex problems.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and Development: Architect, develop, and maintain complex software systems from inception to deployment, ensuring high performance and scalability.
• Collaboration: Work closely with a small, dynamic team to design and build products that effectively solve real-world problems and provide exceptional user experiences.
• Full-Stack Development: Contribute to both frontend and backend development, ensuring seamless integration, functionality, and performance across the entire technology stack.
• Problem-Solving: Tackle challenging, unsolved problems in AI development, including data generation, curation, annotation, and the evaluation of complex AI products.
• Innovation: Continuously explore and implement new technologies and methodologies to enhance our product offerings and stay ahead in the evolving AI landscape.

Skills & Qualifications:

• Required:
  • A minimum of 3+ years of experience as a Software Engineer, with a proven track record of designing and developing complex software systems from the ground up.
  • Strong expertise in both frontend and backend development, with advanced knowledge of Node.js, Python, React, and SQL.
  • Deep understanding of software architecture, system design, and scalable web technologies, with the ability to create robust and maintainable code.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a demonstrated ability to tackle challenging technical issues and deliver innovative solutions.
  • Ability to quickly learn and adapt to new technologies, tools, and methodologies in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
  • A strong passion for staying up-to-date with the latest trends in AI, software development, and technology, with a desire to continuously improve and innovate.
• Preferred:
  • Enthusiasm for Generative AI, with a penchant for tinkering and hacking.
  • Excitement about solving unsolved problems in AI development.
  • Based in San Francisco or willing to relocate.

Our Technology Stack:

• Database: Postgres
• API Server: Node.js + Typescript
• Workers: Python (for running evaluations and background jobs)
• Evaluations Library: Python (open-source)
• Frontend: React.js + Typescript

Challenges We're Tackling:

• Generating, curating, and annotating data for training and testing AI models.
• Evaluating the performance and efficacy of complex AI products.
• Prototyping and testing AI agents with intricate behaviors.

If you're ready to build the toolkit that will define the next decade of software development, we want to hear from you. Visit our website at http://athina.ai to learn more.