Pear VC

Staff Engineer — Tanagram

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over 1 year ago
San Francisco, CA, USA or New York, NY, USAStaff+

Base Salary

$180k - $250k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Talk directly with users to understand requirements, build requested functionality, gather feedback, and iterate.
  • Craft delightful product interactions across the product.
  • Identify and implement improvements to the core product, foundations, databases, and internal tooling.
  • Handle additional work needed to move the company forward and maintain operations.
  • Collaborate closely with teammates and share learnings openly.
  • Share and promote work publicly through channels such as Twitter, LinkedIn, and Reddit.

Requirements

  • Experience building 0-to-1 products as a founder or early engineer at a funded startup.
  • Hands-on experience with current AI models, including understanding model capabilities, behavioral nuances, and prompting techniques.
  • Data science experience, particularly with clustering and anomaly detection.
  • Clear, thoughtful communication on technical and strategic topics, with the ability to contribute ideas to company foundations.
  • Well-crafted and tasteful design work examples.
  • Preferred: experience with programming-language tooling such as compilers, parsers, or indexers, or with type systems.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work in San Francisco or New York City, with remote work considered for strong candidates.
  • Unlimited development token usage through Amp.
  • Employee-friendly equity terms, including low FMV, early exercise, and extended exercise.
  • Choice of MacBook Pro and a computer or office equipment stipend.
  • Health, dental, and vision insurance.
  • Opportunity to lead and help define the company.
  • Work on enterprise-scale codebases and datasets in a relatively stable environment.
Pear VC

About Pear VC

51-200 employees

Pear VC is an early-stage venture capital partnership that invests at pre-seed and seed, pairing capital with hands-on support, mentorship, and programs like its PearX accelerator for founding teams. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Menlo Park, California, it backs software and technology startups across categories. Its portfolio includes companies that reached the public markets, such as DoorDash and Guardant Health.

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