Senior Software Engineer - Core Product

ABOUT BASETEN

Baseten provides the infrastructure, tooling, and expertise needed to bring great AI products to market - fast. Backed by top investors including IVP, Spark Capital, Greylock, and Conviction, we’re trusted by leading AI-driven innovators like Writer, Abridge, Bland, Patreon, Descript, Retool, and Zed to deliver industry-leading performance, security, and reliability for their mission-critical workloads. With our recent $75M Series C funding, we’re growing fast to make AI accessible across all products.

THE ROLE

As a Senior Software Engineer on the Core Product team at Baseten, you'll be building and maintaining the core Baseten product, enabling users to deploy & get value from ML models as easily as possible. As a developer-oriented product, we have a massive surface area, including all of our CLI tools, REST APIs, and the web application. The Core Product team is at the forefront of all new product development at the company.

EXAMPLE INITIATIVES

You'll get to work on these types of projects as part of our Core Product team:

• Chains for multi-component workflows

• Asynchronous inference

• Model APIs for frontier models

• Model training built for production inference

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Own and lead projects and areas of the product

• Mentor & develop junior engineers

• Design ergonomic APIs and abstractions to solve customer problems. Enable more junior engineers to do the same

• Fix bugs & resolve customer issues with urgency

• Drive long-term improvements to improve reliability of systems and velocity of development

• Work closely with the product & forward deployed engineering teams to develop and drive new product ideas

REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or related field

• 5+ years experience building software applications

• Deep knowledge of the web stack & databases

• Good taste in product, particularly developer-oriented tools

• Interest in ML/AI infrastructure and willingness to learn

• Strong collaboration and communication skills

BENEFITS

• Competitive compensation package (Flexible PTO, 401k, covered healthcare premiums).

• This is a unique opportunity to be part of a rapidly growing startup in one of the most exciting engineering fields of our era.

• An inclusive and supportive work culture that fosters learning and growth.

• Exposure to a variety of ML startups, offering unparalleled learning and networking opportunities.

Apply now to embark on a rewarding journey in shaping the future of AI! If you are a motivated individual with a passion for machine learning and a desire to be part of a collaborative and forward-thinking team, we would love to hear from you.

At Baseten, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status.