Company
Hestus
Annual salary
$180k – $250k/yr
Location
San Mateo, CA, US
Listed
121d ago
- Experience:
- 5+ years
- Workplace:
- 5 days in-office in San Mateo, CA
- Visa:
- Visa sponsorship available
- Equity:
- 0.3-0.7%
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About this Role
We are looking for a Software Developer with 3-4+ years of experience to join a 3-person team building AI-powered CAD software that is creating a foundation model for mechanical engineering. You'll be a curious, ownership-driven engineer who can pull their own weight and ship production code end-to-end. This is a ground-floor opportunity at a YC-backed startup that has answered its fundamental technical questions and is now pouring gasoline on the fire, the team is doubling in the next few months . The founders were early employees (first 10) at Cruise Automation (acquired by GM for $1B+) and are recreating that kind of magic.
What you'll do
- Own the design, architecture, and delivery of core systems end-to-end: from ambiguous problems to shipped, maintained products.
- Partner with founders to turn fuzzy goals into technical roadmaps, and drive them to ship.
- Set and raise the engineering bar: code review, testing standards, and architectural direction across the codebase.
- Lead the design and productionization of the machine learning systems behind our AI-powered CAD.
- Troubleshoot, debug, and resolve defects: from everyday bugs to systemic issues in performance, reliability, and scalability.
- Build on and improve our engineering practices (CI/CD, testing, observability) as the team and product grow.
- Help shape our engineering culture and team as we grow
What you need
- 3-4+ years building and shipping production software.
- Deep proficiency in Python and experience designing backend services that scale (e.g., Django, Flask, SQL).
- Hands-on experience building and deploying machine learning models in production.
- Track record of owning systems end-to-end and making sound architectural tradeoffs with limited direction.
- Comfort with ambiguity and a track record of raising the technical bar of the teams you work with.
- Strong communication and teamwork skills.
- Strong Computer Science fundamentals
Bonus Skills:
CAD, geometry, or computational-geometry domain experience.
C#/.NET (some add-ins are C#).
Experience packaging and shipping native desktop applications on Windows and macOS, including code signing.
Deep AWS / cloud / infrastructure / DevOps experience at scale.
Early-stage startup or 0→1 product experience.
What We Offer:
Competitive salary and equity options.
Comprehensive health insurance, including medical, dental, and vision coverage.
Catered lunch.
Unlimited time-off.
A collaborative and inclusive work environment.
Opportunities for professional growth and development.
The chance to be part of a passionate team building innovative products.
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