🧠 About Cortex
Cortex is the internal developer portal that cuts noise for developers with paved paths to production. Companies like Dropbox, Adobe, and Docker use Cortex to catalog, score, and assign action to improve service quality and velocity, so devs can get back to work that drives the business forward.
📍Location
We’re fully remote and welcome candidates from anywhere in the US! We have all-company offsites a few times a year where we fly the whole team out to meet in person, build stronger relationships, kick off important projects, and have fun!
🤝 The Team
We are a mighty group of ~100 passionate individuals excited about building a product that developers love. We recently raised $60M in Series C Funding this year led by Scale Ventures (with participation from Sequoia, IVP, and others) to build the Future of Developer Experience. You can read more about it here.
💼 Job Summary
We are seeking a Lead Software Engineer – Artificial Intelligence to join our team. As the Lead Software Engineer – Artificial Intelligence, you will be leading and managing AI projects while working closely with Product and Engineering teams to build new and innovative solutions leveraging AI/ML skills to solve enterprise-level problems.
💻 Responsibilities
- Apply modern AI techniques to tackle complex problems, including applications of LLMs
- Design, develop, and implement AI components that seamlessly integrate our product
- Identify scalable AI use cases across the platform that contribute to the long-term roadmap
- Stay informed on emerging ML/AI trends, introducing new ideas and technologies for team evaluation and potential implementation
✔️Qualifications
- Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent work experience
- 7+ years of hands-on experience designing and implementing scalable, high-performance backend systems
- 2+ years of experience solving complex problems using modern AI techniques
- Experience with existing LLMs such as Anthropic, OpenAI
- Solid technical foundation around building backend systems
- Passion for staying updated on the latest AI research and AI systems
- Excellent communication and collaboration abilities
- Proven track record in mentoring and coaching engineering team members
- Previous experience at a hyper growth startup is a plus
🌴 Perks & Benefits
- Competitive salary and equity
- National medical, dental & vision insurance (we cover 100%!)
- Fully covered life insurance
- $400 monthly perks stipend
- $1000 yearly Learning & Development stipend
- 401k plan
- Pet Insurance
- Unlimited PTO
- Remote & flexible working hours
- Gender-neutral parental leave
- All-Company Retreats (previously San Diego, Miami, Austin)
✏️ Noteworthy
Our job titles may span more than one career level. The base pay for this role starts between $200,000-$265,000. The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, such as: training, transferable skills, work experience, business needs and market demands. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. This role is eligible for equity and benefits.
Cortex is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Cortex is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please email people@cortex.io
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