Senior Python Engineer (Open-Source, Core Founding Team)
SuperDuperDB, a solidly funded startup, is looking for a very experienced and senior Python developer to join our team of absolute experts who are building an open-source system to effortlessly integrate AI and databases.
SuperDuperDB (which we will launch in the next weeks) is an open-source environment for developers to easily implement next-generation AI models and applications on top of your existing loved data source - from LLMs, and public APIs to custom high-performance in-house machine learning models. It transforms your favourite data store into a vector database, feature store, model repository, performance monitor and end-to-end live AI deployment all at once!
SuperDuperDB has the potential to disrupt how AI is developed and implemented - and to become the new standard for doing AI with your data. The position is the opportunity to build SuperDuperDB and its community from the ground up.
A past record of work around open-source Python projects in AI/ ML/ Data would be very attractive to us. You can be fully remote, or work at our Berlin office. Salary is competitive incl. stock options and the existing small team is first-class.
Tasks
Contributing to the project's open-source codebase by writing high-quality Python code and adhering to coding standards and best practices.
Interfacing with our AI research, product and infrastructure teams to concretize our vision of creating an integrated, deployed environment for AI models together with databases.
Designing, developing, and maintaining the core framework of the software, including developing and deploying automated unit testing and CI/ CD pipelines.
Collaborating with other developers and the open-source community, participating in code reviews, and providing feedback and suggestions to improve the project.
Staying up-to-date with the latest trends and developments in Python and related technologies, and sharing knowledge and insights with the rest of the team.
Mentoring and supporting junior developers and contributors by providing guidance, sharing knowledge, and helping them to learn and grow.
Requirements
Required:
Extremely broad and deep knowledge of Python
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Useful:
Proficiency in Python, including 5+ years of professional Python coding experience
Visible contributions to starred, active open-source GitHub projects
Ability to think algorithmically and scientifically, to foster fruitful collaborations with in-house AI researchers
Proficiency in unit testing in Python
Experience with building applications on AWS, Google or Azure using latest cloud technologies
Knowledge of and experience with structured and unstructured databases, especially SQL and MongoDB
Experience with data warehousing and data lake technologies
Experience in building data science, machine learning and/ or AI applications
Knowledge of the scientific Python ecosystem including Pandas, PyTorch, Scikit-Learn, Numpy, Tensorflow etc.
Experience in CI/ CD automation
Benefits
High-impact work with other highly-talented and skilled team members
Competitive salary and stock options
The choice between fully remote work and hybrid
We would be happy to hear from you. Please send whatever you think is necessary including your GitHub and LinkedIn profile, a few words about yourself, as well as your salary expectation and earliest starting date.