Founding Lead Software Engineer - Backend in Berlin, Vermont at agenta.ai

About Us:Agenta is an open-source LLM developer platform that builds AI applications powered by Large Language Models (LLMs). We streamline each step of the development lifecycle, enabling teams to develop reliable LLM-powered apps more quickly.
Our product equips teams with necessary tools for collaboration and building reliable LLM applications: prompt management, evaluation and testing, and observability and monitoring.
Visit our GitHub repository: https://github.com/Agenta-AI/agenta
About the Role:As our fourth engineering hire, you will have full ownership over major product features. You will play a significant role in shaping our engineering team's culture and work closely with the founders.
Our Stack:Our backend uses Python+FastAPI, with MongoDB (and potentially Clickhouse) for our database. We use NextJS+React for our frontend and manage deployments with Kubernetes and Docker Compose for management. Our stack primarily runs on AWS using Terraform. You can check out our code at https://github.com/Agenta-AI/agenta
Why Join Us:

• Your work will significantly impact our customers.
• You will help build the company and product's foundation.
• There are massive growth opportunities, not only technically but also professionally.
• Public work exposure through contributions and collaborations on open-source projects.

Sample Projects for the First Few Months:

• Designing a scalable observability architecture for tracing LLM calls and integrating it with OTel.
• Optimizing and enhancing the latency of our observability dashboard for analytics.
• Improving the design of our SDK for prompt management.

About You:

• You have 5+ years of experience in software development and broad knowledge in various technologies (AWS, CI/CD, Kubernetes…).
• Python is your second language
• You're a 10x Engineer, considered a top engineer in your previous roles.
• You possess excellent communication skills, both written and spoken.

Bonus Points:

• Experience in founding a startup or working in an early-stage startup.
• Experience in ML and building LLM applications.
• DevOps or infrastructure experience.
• Some frontend development knowledge (React, NextJS).

Our Company CultureHard Work Makes a Difference:

• While working extensive hours doesn't guarantee success, working too few can lead to failure. We value our work ethic and believe it makes a significant difference.

Ownership:

• Every engineer at Agenta plays both the role of a project manager and a developer. This encompasses designing features, interacting with customers, overseeing deployment, and managing bug reports.

What We Offer:

• Opportunity to work on a challenging problem in a highly competitive market.
• A smart and talented team.
• Ownership and rapid growth opportunities.
• Competitive salary and significant equity in the company

Interested? Please contact us on careers@agenta.ai