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Founding Engineer at Liva AI | Y Combinator
www.ycombinator.comAs part of Liva's engineering team, you'll have end-to-end ownership over projects that define how frontier AI data is collected, validated, and quality-assured. You'll work on a mix of platform engineering and infrastructure development (scaling data platforms, building human-in-the-loop systems, designing evaluation pipelines).
You might build a mobile app for data collection one week, design an automated QA pipeline with intelligent validation systems the next, and then improve our annotation platforms. You’ll also play a key role in developing AI agent–driven workflows that automate core operations.
WHAT YOU’LL DO:
Design and build data collection platforms: web apps, mobile apps, and annotation interfaces
Build robust QA pipelines with automated validation, quality checks, and error detection systems
Lead the automation of key operational processes
Participate actively in code reviews and technical design discussions
Contribute to the core infrastructure powering data collection and quality assurance for leading AI labs
REQUIRED SKILLS:
Super fast at shipping
Can flexibly learn and adapt to new tools/goals
Strong coding fundamentals in Node.js / TypeScript, Python, and React/Next.js
Experience building web applications and ideally mobile apps
Familiarity with AWS, databases, and API design
Strong communication skills and a bias toward ownership, curiosity, and delivering simple solutions to complex problems
Bonus: Experience with annotation platforms, data labeling tools, human-in-the-loop workflows, or mobile app development
BENEFITS:
Daily lunch & dinner covered
Free gym membership
Health insurance
Opportunity to be an early member of a fast growing YC-backed startup
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