Backend Engineer

About Us

Hilbert.app empowers you to prove your skills and knowledge instantly. Companies use our platform to interview candidates they never thought possible, breaking barriers of age, class, and appearance. Talent is everywhere, but opportunity isn’t. From gifted 18-year-olds to brilliant 60-year-olds, many never get a fair shot. We’re here to change that. By shifting focus from traditional gatekeepers like universities and immigration systems, we’re unlocking the potential of the global south as the next frontier and encouraging companies with capital to give that talent a fair shot.

Opportunity

Hilbert.app is run by linktr.ee/joshuavantard who also founded "Intelligent Crazy People". Intelligent Crazy People is a community of the world's top founders, of billion $ companies and real Silicon Valley OGs like Peter Thiel, Sam Altman, Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg's friends. Members include billionaires, early Googlers, early OpenAI'ers and all the big names you have heard in podcasts from Joe Rogan's to Lex Fridman's.

Stack

Our stack's Next.js, Typescript, Node.js and MongoDB. We will use new technologies when necessary. We are looking for candidates who will have no problem learning new things fast.

Role

The role will be extensive with a wide variety of projects. You will start by developing a system which gathers and interprets live data at scale. Later on you will work on side scripts and core functionality allowing all levels of our operations and application to be streamlined. This may range from integrating LLMs and OpenAI's Whisper with our interview system, re-architecting the database, debugging and ensuring reliability of our AWS integrations to make sure interviews run smoothly, integrating webRTC, building an integrated IDE to test candidates' coding abilities at scale and tools to gamify the running of our own team including task management systems.

Requirements

• Good grasp of NodeJS.
• Articulate communicator with excellent command of English.
• Strong internet connection of 100 mbps+.
• Systems thinkers with a good grasp of logic, probability and questioning assumptions.
• Able to think and search for things via Google and LLMs to come up with creative solutions. A solid understanding of the best research practices like how to Google things.
• Ability to work until deadlines are actually complete.
• Willing and able to occasionally do full-stack work when needed.
• Able to produce work fast and willing to have their time tracked.

Ideal Candidates

• Experience with AWS, Typescript, Nextjs. Reactjs and Python.
• Knowledge of and and ability to learn a range of other technologies.
• Good background and understanding of mathematics, logic and/or useful computer science concepts such as data structures.

Application & Interview Process

1. Apply via Wellfound and drop us your email and mobile number.
2. 1st round interview to chat for 5 minutes and send you an automated interview lasting ~2 hours.
3. 2nd round systems thinking interview lasting 30 minutes.
4. Offer stage where we discuss an offer.