Staff Software Engineer

• Technical lead for designing building and testing major software components systems features and products.
• Collaborate with Product and Design to build innovative software products and solutions.
• Own team OKRs for timely high-quality outcomes.
• Influence and mentor multiple teams as a technical leader.
• Architect build and test large-scale production-level code.
• Solve complex product development problems and adhere to best practices.
• Understands business objectives and the necessary processes to achieve them.

• Excellent coding habits and attention to detail.
• Sharp analytical mindset with a knack for solving complex problems.
• Excels at rapid prototyping building products from 0 to 1 fast.
• Strong user empathy and product mindset
• Ability to solve problems autonomously with a large variety of stakeholders and partners
• Strong business and product acumen
• Understanding of LLMs and their limitations
• Professional level of coding proficiency with one of the following: Ruby Python or Node.js+Javascript or Node.js+Typescript. Must be willing to learn/work with the Ruby on Rails stack.

• Ruby on Rails Sidekiq
• PostgreSQL Redis Elasticsearch
• React + Typescript
• RSpec Chromatic Jest Storybook
• CircleCI Jenkins Ansible Terraform Datadog
• AWS ecosystem (EC2 S3 RDS Redshift Aurora and many others)
• You don’t need to know our tech stack but you must be willing and able to learn and apply it quickly!

• You'll design and build systems and web applications to increase productivity among our user base on our platform. Here are some things that we are currently working on
• Our goal is to automate science by building a co-scientist to help academics in key tasks with tools like:
  
  • Discovery Agent: helps academics stay up to date.
  • Grants Agent: assists academics in finding grants and drafting grant applications.
  • Data Analyst/AI Scientist: helps analyze datasets and identify results
  • Writing Agent: provides four peer reviews for a draft paper and finds references for claims on a paper
  • Impact Agent: helps promote a paper via podcasts slide decks videos and other formats.
• A fast and scalable peer review system that identifies and distributes high-quality academic works: helps academics stay up to date.

• Researchers from all over the world give us fantastic feedback:
  
  • Writing Agent: "Very impressive. I would totally use this. I can see from the comments that it [the agent] really understands the paper. Even the editor of the journal I sent the paper to did not notice the point in this comment. This is more detailed and specific than just asking ChatGPT "Please write a review of this paper.”
  • Discovery Agent: "I trust Academia more than I do the other AI tools (referring to Elicit Consensus ChatGPT). When I see something in Academia I do not expect it to be an exaggeration or a hallucination."
• See more: https://www.academia.edu

What We Do

Academia.edu is the world’s leading platform for researchers and scholars to share their work discover research and connect with fellow academics globally. Our bold vision: to democratize and accelerate the world's research enhancing the speed of scientific discovery and technological progress for the benefit of everyone. We imagine a world where accessing academic papers is effortless keeping track of cutting-edge research is seamless and collaborating with researchers is easier than ever before. Our platform empowers hundreds of millions of scholars worldwide to push the boundaries of human understanding. We believe in the power of knowledge to change lives and the world and our commitment to this mission drives everything we do. Academia has attracted $39 million in investment from leading VC firms including Khosla Ventures True Ventures Spark Capital and Tencent. Our work has garnered favorable attention from trade and mainstream media including UK Times Fortune Wired EdTech Venture Beat San Francisco Business Times The Economist The Washington Post TechCrunch Scientific American and Forbes. Academia is a proud equal opportunity employer and we are committed to hiring and supporting a diverse workforce. We do not discriminate on the basis of race religion color national origin gender sexual orientation age marital status veteran status or disability status. Join us as we continue to redefine what's possible in the world of research. Discover careers that challenge inspire and propel you toward a future where your ideas can truly change the world. At Academia.edu we're not just shaping the future of research—we're shaping the future of possibilities.

Why Work With Us

At Academia.edu you’ll get to work with kind humans from interesting and diverse backgrounds. You’ll have intellectually satisfying work because everyone here loves learning and listening to new ideas. You’ll work in a collaborative environment with high visibility and impact. And you’ll be supported in your whole life by great benefits.

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