
Cleanlab's mission is to democratize safe, trustworthy, and reliable AI. We build [open-source algorithms](https://github.com/cleanlab/cleanlab), [APIs, and web applications](/) based on our [research](/research) to help individuals and teams build safe, trustworthy, and reliable AI applications.

# The role

As a backend software engineer at Cleanlab, you will be responsible for building the backend APIs that power the Cleanlab AI platform (including [TLM](https://tlm.cleanlab.ai/) and [Codex](https://codex.cleanlab.ai/)), which solves detection and remediation of bad outputs from AI applications such as chatbots, RAG, and agents.

# What you might work on

- Designing and implementing backend features to support issue detection, visualization, interpretation, and remediation
- Optimizing our systems for low latency, scalability, and reliability
- Ideating and prototyping novel product features enabled by our research
- Collaborating with our data scientists and machine learning engineers to integrate feedback

Our backend tech stack includes Python, FastAPI, and Postgres/pgvector. Our backend infrastructure is developed and deployed using Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform, and AWS.

# What we're looking for

- Track record of shipping high-quality code in challenging projects
- Exceptional programming skills
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment, navigate ambiguity, and adapt to changing priorities

Cleanlab strives to be a place where high-potential individuals come together to build something great. We value grit and the ability to learn quickly as much as skill and experience.

Our software engineering jobs have no hard requirements (like years of industry work experience, or even experience with the programming languages we use). Instead, we evaluate each application individually and consider any aspects that might stand out. Do you have some amazing open-source contributions? Did you write an impactful paper? Did you do some amazing work at a past job?

If you're a great [hacker](https://paulgraham.com/gba.html), you believe in our mission, and you identify with our [culture](https://github.com/cleanlab/culture), we encourage you to apply!


Software Engineer (Backend)


# About the Job

Cleanlab's hacker in residence role blends developer relations/advocacy work with building awesome Data-Centric AI applications and sharing them with the community. You'll help AI engineers learn about data-centric AI, LLMs, RAG, Agents and how Cleanlab and other revolutionary technologies can help them solve their Data/AI challenges.

In this dynamic role, you'll get to write open-source code, publish technical blog posts, make videos and social media content, host events/hackathons, engage in technical discussions in in-person and online forums/conferences, participate in vibrant AI communities, and help identify developer needs.

## Who we're looking for

This role is a mix of data science, software engineering, technical writing, producing/launching content, community building, and engagement. This role is ideal for a multi-talented individual who likes wearing many hats and doing work that deeply engages technical audiences.

We're looking for someone who has expertise around the cutting-edge of LLMs/RAG/Agents, excellent technical writing skills, and a deep love and understanding of people and communities. Good candidates for this role will already: be active on Github and social media, have a blog, have attended many conferences/hackathons, and know about the latest trends in Data/AI.

## Responsibilities

- Develop software and write technical content in the form of [tutorials](https://help.cleanlab.ai/tutorials/), [highly technical blog posts](/blog/), [demos](https://tlm.cleanlab.ai/), and other online content to drive adoption of Cleanlab and engage with the AI community
- Contribute to educational material such as [MIT's Introduction to Data-Centric AI](https://dcai.csail.mit.edu/)
- Keep up with the latest trends in data science and machine learning, reading and participating on Twitter and Reddit, reading arXiv papers, and more
- Grow Cleanlab's social media following
- Promote Cleanlab in developer forums and meetups
- Represent Cleanlab through speaking engagements at conferences and meetups, both in-person and online

## Qualifications

- A computer science background and familiarity with cutting-edge Generative AI advances
- Excellent communication and technical writing skills
- Experience participating in online communities, especially developer communities


Hacker in Residence


We hire a select few interns every fall/spring/summer, working on various applied Machine Learning and Data Science projects.

As a small startup, we can only take interns capable of completing high-value projects independently. This means you must at least be in your junior year of college (graduate students preferred). 

Interns must have extremely strong Python skills and collaborative software development experience (Github, CI/CD, etc), as well as extensive coursework in Data Science, Analytics, or Machine Learning. Please link to your favorite project (Github, blogpost, etc), ideally something that showcases your: writing skills, ability to produce graphics/visualizations, coding skills, Data Science knowledge, creativity, and overall desire to use AI to solve impactful problems. 

Internships may be fully remote, but if you prefer to work in an office, we have a nice one in San Francisco.


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