Gem

Gem

Senior Software Engineer - AI Products

San Francisco, USA · Senior · Full-time

Sponsorship not specified$30k-$50kDetected 228 days ago
PythonViteFull-Stack DevelopmentElasticsearchSnowflakeVector DatabasesMachine LearningTensorFlowPyTorchdbtData EngineeringNLPLLMsRAGCRMRecruitingCollaborationMentoring

About the role

  • We're hiring senior and staff engineers to join our AI product engineering team.
  • This team provides high ownership with the opportunity to experiment, prototype and then ship to tproduction.
  • Nothing is off the table if it makes our search faster and more accurate.

Responsibilities

  • at Gem, software engineers don't just build around models, they work directly on them.
  • You'll fine-tune LLMs and embedding models, rethink our search architecture, clean and optimize data flows, and make calls on what systems and infrastructure we use.
  • You'll integrate directly with LLMs and rerankers, experiment with new models as they launch, build evaluation systems to measure what actually matters, and own the entire stack from Snowflake data pipelines to embedding queries to the UI someone sees in their browser.
  • Recruiting is an industry ripe for AI transformation, the features you build will directly help companies discover and hire exceptional talent, impacting their success.
  • fine-tuning LLMs and embedding models for recruiting queries, testing new providers as they launch, building systems to evaluate what actually improves search quality
  • Here's what makes this different: at Gem, software engineers don't just build around models, they work directly on them.
  • You'll have high ownership, lots of say in how we build, and the opportunity to shape both technology and team norms as we scale.

Requirements

  • You are product-oriented and you don't hesitate in making decisions.

Nice to have

  • About Gem Gem is the only AI-first all-in-one recruiting platform.
  • It brings together your ATS, CRM, sourcing, scheduling, and analytics - plus 800+ million profiles to source from - with AI built into every workflow.
  • Over 1,000 organizations - from startups to industry leaders like Zillow, DoorDash, and Asana - trust Gem to fuel their growth.
  • With an industry-leading 4.8/5 rating on G2, Gem is the platform recruiters actually love to use.
  • Gem has raised $148M from renown investors including Accel, Greylock, ICONIQ, Sapphire, and Meritech.
  • With Gem, you can experience the power of a truly connected recruiting platform - one consistent interface, unified data, smarter AI recommendations, and simplified permissions.

Skills

  • Factors including location, level, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience will determine compensation.

Compensation

  • The annual cash compensation range for this position is $190,000-$260,000 based on level in addition to equity & benefits.
  • The range displayed on this job posting reflects the minimum and maximum compensation.
  • Factors including location, level, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience will determine compensation.

Benefits

  • Compensation: The annual cash compensation range for this position is $190,000-$260,000 based on level in addition to equity & benefits.

Company info

  • Forbes America's Best Startup Employers 2026 Great Place to Work Certified, 2024 Fortune Best Workplaces for Millennials, 2023 We work in our San Francisco office three days per week.
  • In-person collaboration is core to how we ship quickly and build great products together.
  • About the Role We're hiring senior and staff engineers to join our AI product engineering team.
  • Reasonable hours Weekly team events and happy hours Regular hackathons for experimental features Team from Meta, Uber, and Dropbox This role offers the chance to work on a small, world-class team (ex-Meta, Uber, Dropbox) building real products in a fast-moving, user-focused environment.
  • If you're excited by the idea of shipping something impactful, iterating quickly, and seeing your work change how companies hire - we'd love to talk to you.
  • Benefits 10-year stock option exercise window Flexible Time Off and 16 paid holidays (including company wellness days) Best-in-class medical, dental, and vision coverage $1,200 annual learning and development stipend 16 weeks paid parental leave for all parents, plus $1,500 new-parent perk and flexible return-to-work options
  • You enjoy mentoring, working cross-functionally, and working directly with customers.
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