The Opportunity
We’re reimagining fashion shopping with AI avatars. To do this we’re developing cutting-edge diffusion models and designing novel, personalized interfaces.
We’re a small team of creative builders in NYC with a rare combination of taste and deep AI expertise. Previously we’ve shipped consumer products to millions at Apple, DeepMind, Meta, and startups.
The Role
We're looking for a Founding Software Engineer to build and optimize the core infrastructure that powers our AI fashion platform. This role is in-person from our office in New York City.
As Founding Software Engineer you will...
- design and implement scalable APIs that power our user-facing applications and AI avatar generation pipeline
- create efficient systems for managing and serving millions of images / day
- set up and maintain production infrastructure for serving AI models, monitoring, and deployment pipelines
- drive best practices in system design, coding standards and engineering excellence
- work directly with our founders to create industry-leading technology
You're a great fit if you...
- have 5+ years of experience building backend services and APIs, with strong Python expertise
- have experience designing and optimizing complex database schemas and queries (PostgreSQL, Redis)
- have built event-driven architectures and implemented asynchronous processing systems
- have experience with message queues and distributed systems (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ)
- have shipped and maintained production services from scratch, with a focus on reliability and performance
- are comfortable working with cloud services (AWS/GCP) and infrastructure orchestration tools (Kubernetes)
- have implemented caching strategies and database optimizations at scale
- are self-driven, high-agency, have a collaborative mindset and eager to solve challenging technical problems
- have experience designing clean APIs and maintainable service architectures
- are self-driven, high-agency, have a collaborative mindset and eager to solve challenging technical problems
- have a genuine interest in AI/ML (direct experience not required), fashion, avatars or creative expression
Bonus if you...
- have experience working with computer vision / ML processing pipelines
- have built consumer products that handle significant scale
- are familiar with ML model serving and deployment
- have experience optimizing system performance and reliability