Simile
Forward Deployed Engineer - Member of Technical Staff
San Francisco · Staff+
Sponsorship not specified$200k-$400kDetected 145 days ago
TypeScriptPythonJavaC++Full-Stack DevelopmentData StructuresCloud PlatformsMachine LearningLLMsResearchAdaptability
About the role
- As a Forward Deployed Software Engineer (FDSE), you will experience the autonomy of a startup leader with the resources of a world-class AI lab.
- Architecting Reality: Collaborating with our research engineers to adapt our generative agent models into custom, large-scale simulation environments tailored to specific business or policy goals.
- The Forward Deployed Engineering team at Simile acts as our primary bridge between frontier research and real-world application.
Responsibilities
- Our hiring journey is designed to help both sides align on fit, working style, and expectations.
- You will own the end-to-end implementation of critical simulation projects, working directly with customer stakeholders-from technical teams to C-suite executives-to understand their most complex "What If" scenarios.
- If you require support or reasonable accommodations during the
Requirements
- Technical Mastery: Strong coding proficiency in Python (required), with experience in Java, C++, or TypeScript/JavaScript.
- Data Pipeline Proficiency: Demonstrated experience building data ingestion and processing pipelines to prepare large-scale datasets for model training and inference.
- Strong coding proficiency in Python (required), with experience in Java, C++, or TypeScript/JavaScript.
Skills
- An eagerness to solve technical problems involving data structures, storage systems, and cloud infrastructure at a massive scale.
- Final offers are based on experience, specialized skills, interview performance, and relevant training.
Compensation
- $200,000 - $400,000 USD
- Note: Final offers are based on experience, specialized skills, interview performance, and relevant training.
- We prioritize thoughtful conversations and clear examples of past work.
- Our hiring journey is designed to help both sides align on fit, working style, and expectations.
- Reapplication Policy: To ensure a fair and thorough evaluation for all applicants, Simile observes a 90-day waiting period before reconsidering candidates for the same role.
- At Simile, we provide competitive compensation packages that include base salary, equity, and comprehensive benefits.
Benefits
- At Simile, we provide competitive compensation packages that include base salary, equity, and comprehensive benefits.
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- Flexible time off policies to support work-life balance.
- Equity: Grants are available for eligible roles, subject to board approval.
- application process due to a disability, please let us know.
Company info
- Pilots don't train with real passengers.
- Actors don't rehearse with real audiences.
- Yet, the most consequential decisions in society are often pushed straight to production.
- Simile is changing that.
- We have built the first AI simulation of society, populated by generative agents based on real humans.
- Our research pioneered the field of AI-based simulation, proving it is possible to model human behavior with high accuracy.
- Today, we are developing a Foundation Model to predict human behavior in any situation, at any scale.
- We are backed by $100M in funding led by Index Ventures, with participation from Hanabi, A*, Bain Capital Ventures, and AI visionaries including Andrej Karpathy, Fei-Fei Li, Adam D'Angelo, and Guillermo Rauch.
- We operate in small, highly collaborative units that translate our Foundation Models into tangible outcomes for our partners.
- We are engineers who thrive in high-stakes environments, comfortable navigating complex, evolving requirements while maintaining the technical rigor required to simulate human society.
- At Simile, you aren't just shipping features; you are architecting the "flight simulators" for the world's most important decisions.
- We are happy to assist.
Equal opportunity
- Simile is an equal opportunity workplace.
- We welcome applicants of all backgrounds and identities, valuing an environment where everyone can contribute authentically.
- Accommodations: If you require support or reasonable accommodations during the application process due to a disability, please let us know.
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