Software Engineer Generalist
Role Overview
What role?! Maybe we haven't scoped it yet, but you've learned enough about the mission to believe we need you here. If you're an entrepreneurial and technical builder, don't let our lack of imagination stop you from introducing yourself.
Across any engineering discipline, we are looking for people who
Are spiky in at least one domain and skillset, well-rounded in essential others, and have the self-awareness to know the difference
Show complete ownership — can think about goals on a strategic level and define what needs to happen toward that goal, rather than at the level of tasks or tickets
Solve problems from both first-principles reasoning and a reservoir of lived experience
Understand and follow the AI industry and understand both the joys and the limitations of current-generation LLM models
Care deeply about our mission and are driven to translate it into real-world impact
Have 5+ years of professional expertise (to be clear: many of us are 10+ YOE) in high-performing teams, including under shifting and ambiguous environments
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About the Role
What role?! Maybe we haven't scoped it yet, but you've learned enough about the mission to believe we need you here. If you're an entrepreneurial and technical builder, don't let our lack of imagination stop you from introducing yourself.
Across any engineering discipline, we are looking for people who
Are spiky in at least one domain and skillset, well-rounded in essential others, and have the self-awareness to know the difference
Show complete ownership — can think about goals on a strategic level and define what needs to happen toward that goal, rather than at the level of tasks or tickets
Solve problems from both first-principles reasoning and a reservoir of lived experience
Understand and follow the AI industry and understand both the joys and the limitations of current-generation LLM models
Care deeply about our mission and are driven to translate it into real-world impact
Have 5+ years of professional expertise (to be clear: many of us are 10+ YOE) in high-performing teams, including under shifting and ambiguous environments
Life at TypeSafe
We’re a small, flat, close-knit team dedicated to real-world impact preparing the world for Transformative AI. Our team works fully in-person in our San Francisco office near Embarcadero station. We love what we do and care about our work a lot.
We strive for excellence and craftsmanship and won't stop until we get there. When the team wins, we all win, and we enjoy collaborating and inspiring each other to grow as a team and as individuals.
We also value emotional honesty, kindness, and bringing your whole self to work. We build machines; we don't try to be machines.
We want you to be able to do the most impactful work of your career at TypeSafe and help define our future as a company.
We provide
100% covered health insurance
Daily lunch and dinner
Visa sponsorships
401K plans
About TypeSafe AI
Private frontier AI lab building reliable, general AI systems for real-world automation and decision-making.
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