Senior backend/NLP engineer (Python/Django) - Founding member

About Wokelo:
Wokelo.ai is a Gen-AI platform for investment research and insights. We are reimagining the future of work by unlocking human-like syntheses at scale. Our platform leverages proprietary technology and state-of-the-art LLM models to uncover rich insights and produce high fidelity analysis in minutes (read more about us here).
Wokelo is being leveraged by leading Private Equity, Investment Banks, Corporate Strategy,
Venture capital and Fortune 500 firms. We are headquartered in Seattle with a lean team co-located in the US and India. Our journey has attracted the backing of renowned venture funds and AI pioneers. We are looking for someone to help us scale up the business from 0 to 1.

What is in it for you:
• Opportunity to work in a disruptive first of its kind platform in the Generative AI-SAAS space
• Grow with us as we scale up, opportunity to build a category defining startup
• Work in production grade environment employing various Gen-AI models at scale

• Strong learning curve across NLP, ML models, LLM ops, DevOps, agent architectures, observability platforms
• Compensation and ESOPs commensurate for a founding member
• Remote/flexible work environment with travel relocation options to US/MENA/EMEA regions

Qualifications:
• 2+ years of experience in software development. Demonstrated ability to design customer-
focused, architecturally robust solutions that provide best-in-class software experiences for
our users
• In-depth programming knowledge of Python and Django (proficiency is must have)
• Prior experience in developing a SaaS platform (a strong plus)
• Prior experience in NLP engineering and building ML models (preferred)
• Prior experience in working with SQL/NoSQL databases is preferred
• Tech architecture/DevOps background is preferred, not mandatory
• Basic understanding of LLMs, RLHF, transformers, embeddings
• Strong understanding of Test Automation and integration of Testing with the development
process
• Champion of an engineering culture that emphasizes QA, Agile, DevOps, and CI/CD
• A pragmatic problem-solver who can identify the essence of a problem and deliver simple,
elegant solutions to that problem.
• Hustle attitude to be able to deliver and work on several products/features at the same time.
• Proficiency with distributed systems built on cloud infrastructure (Azure, AWS)
• Micro-services and serverless architecture. Understanding of Docker, Kubernetes