Senior Python Engineer

Jan is a desktop application that turns computers into thinking machines, enabling open-source LLMs and remote API AIs on Windows, Mac, or Linux. Since its January 2024 release, it has been downloaded over 500,000 times. With a vision to redefine human-machine collaboration, Jan aims to revolutionise our interaction with technology. It ensures complete ownership, privacy, and full customisation for its users.

We are a fully remote, open source company. We target the global market, but operate as a lean, bootstrapped company.

• Platform Development: Design, develop, and maintain a high-performance Python-based platforms
• Codebase Structuring: Build and structure codebases from scratch (0 to 1), make decisions on framework, library selections
• Performance Optimization: Identify bottlenecks and optimize the performance of the application using best practices in Python development
• Collaboration: Work closely with Research team to understand Training and Inference requirements
• Documentation: Create comprehensive documentation for code, processes, and systems to facilitate knowledge sharing within the team
• Continuous Improvement: Stay updated with industry trends and emerging technologies to continuously enhance the platform.

• Strong Python development experience, with 0 to 1 experience
• Strong familiarity with Python web frameworks (e.g. FastAPI, Flask, Django)
• Strong familiarity with Python best practices (e.g. clean code, type checking with Pydantic etc)
• Strong familiarity with AI-assisted coding (e.g. Cursor, Continue.dev, etc)
• [Plus] Familiarity with LLM Training and Inference
• [Plus] Familiarity with AI libraries (e.g. Huggingface Transformers, PyTorch)

• We pay an “all-in” pay and you will cover your own insurance/medical from the amount
• 14 days leave (and unlimited sick days)
• Annual equipment budget (once 2 month probation has been completed)

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