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<h2><strong>About Us</strong></h2><p style="min-height:1.5em">Sequen AI is leading the charge for building frontier ranking models for search and recommendations. Sequen AI's technology specializes in designing end-user behavior for large consumer enterprises.</p><h2><strong>About the Role</strong></h2><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Build and scale platform components to handle Sequen’s rapid growth</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Design and architect platform components that are composable and deliver value for a variety of use cases</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Collaborate closely with product teams to understand their needs and build platform capabilities that accelerate their feature delivery</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Make build vs buy decisions, evaluating and implementing 3rd party solutions when most impactful</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Set technical direction and vision for various product and platform features</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Partner with research to quickly prototype and launch new capabilities based on research breakthroughs</p></li></ul><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><h2><strong>About You</strong></h2><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Have 8+ years of practical experience as a backend or platform engineer building scalable distributed systems</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Firm grasp of Go</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Have strong coding skills and experience with service-oriented architectures</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Have worked in early start-up or otherwise fast moving, rapidly evolving environments, and have ideally built products from 0 to 1</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Take full ownership of your work, navigate ambiguity effectively, and proactively overcome obstacles to deliver results</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Are comfortable diving into any part of the system, whether it's infrastructure, services, or product frontends, to deliver effective solutions</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Enjoy working with a fast-paced team tackling cutting-edge problems in AI ranking</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Take a product-focused approach and care about building solutions that are robust, scalable, and easy to use</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Have a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or comparable experience</p></li></ul><p style="min-height:1.5em">Strong Candidates May Also</p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Have firm grasp of Python</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Know their way around kubectl and terraform</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Have worked with NLP and ML models and understand their capabilities and limitations</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Have experience with REST APIs</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Have experience with React and Frontend frameworks</p></li></ul><h2><strong>What We Offer</strong></h2><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">High-autonomy IC role shaping backend architecture and platform evolution</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">The opportunity to build mission-critical systems powering advanced ML experiences</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Very competitive salary: 230k-280k + equity</p></li></ul><p style="min-height:1.5em">Health insurance, unlimited time off, awesome team</p>

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