Magic
Software Engineer
San Francisco
Sponsorship not specified$200k-$550kDetected 144 days ago
Backend DevelopmentData EngineeringResearchLeadership
About the role
- As a Software Engineer at Magic, you will work on core systems or product surfaces that directly determine model capability and user experience.
- This role can map onto Pre-training Data, RL Research & Environments, or Product, depending on background and strengths.
- Across all placements, the expectation is end-to-end ownership: defining problems, implementing solutions, shipping to production, and iterating based on real outcomes.
Responsibilities
- Build and scale large distributed data pipelines for pre-training
- Build end-to-end product surfaces that integrate deeply with the model
- Design APIs, backend services, and frontend workflows for AI-first experiences
Requirements
- Ability to reason clearly about trade-offs between quality, performance, and cost
- Track record of turning complex technical problems into working systems
Skills
- Design filtering, mixture, and dataset versioning systems
- Develop post-training datasets, evaluation frameworks, and reward pipelines
- Run ablations that translate capability goals into measurable improvements
- Improve reliability, observability, and performance of production systems
Compensation
- Equity is a significant part of total compensation, in addition to salary
- 401(k) plan with 6% salary matching
- A small, fast-paced, highly focused team
- Integrity. Words and actions should be aligned
- Hands-on. At Magic, everyone is building
- Teamwork. We move as one team, not N individuals
Benefits
- Generous health, dental and vision insurance for you and your dependents
- Unlimited paid time off
- Visa sponsorship and relocation stipend to bring you to SF, if possible
- We value quick learning and grit just as much as skill and experience.
Company info
- Magic's mission is to build safe AGI that accelerates humanity's progress on the world's most important problems.
Visa & Work Authorization
- Visa sponsorship and relocation stipend to bring you to SF, if possible
This listing is sourced directly from Magic's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.