(NYC / Remote, Full-Time)
About the Role
We’re searching for a founding engineer to help build the future of Plastic. That means actively iterating on the current version of Honcho while co-creating the next version of our novel user represenation networking infrastructure and what lies beyond.
This role requires a full-stack engineer who can architect, build, and maintain complex systems from the ground up. That involves making critical technical decisions across the entire stack, from crafting intuitive user interfaces to designing robust backend systems, and managing cloud deployments. More than that, Plastic has several active projects, so context switching acumen is a must.
It’s an opportunity for high-agency problem solving at multiple layers of abstraction. We need someone passionate about owning projects end-to-end with a track record of successfully deploying and maintaining production systems. If you’re excited by solving problems at the edge, learning on the fly, and searing your mark into fundamentally new technological paradigms, let’s talk.
About You
- 3-4 years experience in similar roles or equivalent
- High cultural alignment with Plastic Labs’ ethos
- Primary location +/- 3 hrs of EST
- All requirements listed for our Full-Stack Engineer role, plus…
- Adept thinking globally & locally, at multiple layers of abstraction, & high-level synthesis
- Comfortable solving problems with high-agency, broad freedom, & significant responsibility
- Impulse for rapid learning & opinionated application
- Experience managing projects & shipping/owning end-to-end
- Experience in system design, maintaining projects, deploying, optimization, architecture, & rapid iteration
- Experience in DevSecOps
- Up to date interest in OS AI community & LLM technologies
- Complementary interest or experience in cryptography, machine learning, distributed systems, identity, etc a plus
- Complementary interests in cognitive sciences (cs, linguistics, neuroscience, philosophy, & psychology) or other adjacent interdisciplinary fields a plus
How to Apply
Please send the following to dev@plasticlabs.ai:
- Resume/CV in whatever form it exists (PDF, LinkedIn, website, etc)
- Portfolio of notable work (GitHub, pubs, ArXiv, blog, X, etc)
- Statement of alignment specific to Plastic Labs—how do you identify with our mission, how can you contribute, etc? (points for brief, substantive, heterodox)
Applications without these 3 items won’t be considered, but be sure to optimize for speed over perfection. If relevant, be sure to credit the LLM you used.
And it can’t hurt to join Discord and introduce yourself or engage with our GitHub.
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