Senior Software Engineer
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About this role
FirstWork is building the next generation of agentic AI products for frontline hiring, the work that gets roughly 80% of the world's workforce hired, verified, and paid.
We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer to own a significant part of the platform and ship the AI capability that runs on top of it.
In this role, you'll lead projects end to end, from the first design doc through rollout and follow-through, collaborating closely with product managers, designers, and the engineers building our AI infrastructure. You'll set the standard for the engineers around you and see your work meet live enterprise volume every week.
THE SCALE WE RUN AT
- ~50,000 workers a week move through our hiring and onboarding flows.
- 2.5 million API requests a day across the platform.…
What we'd score you on
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Skills match
For this role: python, sql, django, rest, postgresql…
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Level fit
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Domain experience
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Recency
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Location fit
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