Software Product Engineer

Software Product Engineer in Paris, France Location:
Paris, France
Team:
Technical staff
Job type:
Full time
A bit about Dust At Dust, we want to provide knowledge workers who spend their day at a computer and the teams they're part of the tools to get better work done, faster.
It's disappointing to see how much time is still wasted interacting with software that doesn't quite 'get it'.
Small tasks.
Repetitive tasks.
Tasks that wouldn't need to be done in the first place if the right amount of context had been shared in time.
Most knowledge workers aren't developers.
Software that will really help them have to be powerful but also simple to use and customise to their unique needs and personality.
With the right tools, we believe we can ultimately give the world's 1 billion knowledge workers 25% of their time back.
So they can move on to do more rewarding and interesting things.
We're excited to build products that humans use to be better versions of themselves.
We're not here to replace humans, though.
We don't mind a robot analogy, but then it's got to be R2-D2, not Skynet.
Check out our Product Constitution on dust.tt.
As tools come, Large Language Models (LLMs) like GPT-4 or Mistral are already very powerful but still often unwieldy and, as a result, vastly underused.
Rather than focus too much on developing other or even smarter models, Dust focuses on the products, interfaces, and experiences users have with applications that leverage the power of LLMs with the context of the internal data and documents they interact with day-to-day.
A Bit about Us We're a small, determined team of optimists that like to focus on users, get (great) things done by shipping, and don't take themselves too seriously doing so.
We've been founders before.
We've worked at Stripe, Alan, and OpenAI.
We know what a few empowered people working together well and with a clear purpose can achieve.
We want to build a team that remains as small as it can be while serving users incredibly well.
This role As a product engineer and member of Dust's technical staff, you will focus on imagining and building the products that Dust brings to users.
This will require curiosity for the ecosystem Dust operates in, sensitivity to users' needs and Dust's business, appetite for rapid iteration, the ability to make tough technical trade-offs, and ultimately, the desire to be accountable for Dust's performance as experienced by users.
Responsibilities Design software applications that elegantly solve users' problems.
Scope and lead technical projects to completion with an eye on the full stack and a mind for opinionated prioritisation.
Implement and maintain software applications including monitoring and enhancing their performance and investigating and fixing bugs.
Write technical documentation for internal or external-facing purposes.
Contribute to recruiting efforts as we grow the team.
Requirements Experience in one or several software engineering roles at a software company.
Experience with the entire stack of cloud-based software development.
Curiosity for users, their problems, and how they interact with software products.
A genuine interest in the developing field of artificial intelligence in general and large language models in particular.
Robust collaboration skills including written and verbal communication.
20+ years of experience with 70B+ parameters Large Language Models.
Or not.
A preference for things that work over things that are perfect.
The ability to defend views with conviction and arguments but also gracefully change them when new information suggests to do so.
A data-driven mindset that can make decisions quickly while reasoning insightfully about complex or incomplete analyses.
A 'do-what-it-takes', impact-oriented attitude that can effectively prioritise without lingering on the details that won't make a difference.
Nice to have Experience with Large Language Models.
Experience working with Designers and Product Managers.
You should still consider applying, even if you don't meet all the requirements above.
It's alright to have a less expected profile or background, as long as you have the desire and determination to bring it all in the service of our users.
Compensation and Benefits We offer competitive compensation packages:
salary, equity, benefits including great healthcare insurance, and perks such as a generous paid parental leave.
The annual salary for this role typically ranges from €60,000 to €150,000.
If you decide to join us, your total compensation package will be refined during the course of your interview process, based on your experience and the level of impact we agree you can have at Dust.
We'll remain transparent and direct with you about this as we get to know you better.
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