Software Engineer
$160k - $250k • San Francisco • FullTime
Posted 6mo ago
Remote Work Policy
On-site
Employment Type
FullTime
Categories
AI Engineer
About the job
At Variance, we are teaching machines to make the hardest judgement calls at scale. This involves building AI agents for high-precision risk investigations, fraud, and identity reviews. We are a small, talent-dense team in San Francisco, tackling problems that impact billions of events and entities for customers including Fortune 500 companies, global marketplaces, and regulated financial services. We are looking for individuals who thrive on extreme ownership, moving fast, and working directly with founders.
Responsibilities
- Build and ship features end-to-end with iteration cycles measured in hours, not quarters.
- Work across the stack to turn ambiguous problems into reliable product experiences.
- Partner directly with the founders on massive-scale, frontier problems.
- Scale our product into new industries and workflows through fast pilots and live demos.
- Design systems where AI must decide in real time, balancing precision, speed, and user trust.
- Help improve the product through rapid feedback, experimentation, and strong execution.
Requirements
- 1-3 years of professional software engineering experience.
- Strong opinions about building high-quality products.
- Comfortable with React/Next.js, TypeScript, MySQL, and ClickHouse.
- Ability to own features end-to-end, from backend systems to polished UI to production.
- Thrive in fast-moving environments with short iteration cycles and a high degree of responsibility.
- Excited by the prospect of building AI interfaces for high-stakes decisions that protect people from fraud, scams, and abuse.
Benefits
- Competitive salary and meaningful equity.
- Platinum-level medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- Unlimited PTO, sick leave, and parental leave.
- Up to $100 in reimbursement for personal health & wellness expenses each month.
- 401(k) plan.