Member of Technical Staff
Fundamental Research Labs
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Menlo Park Office
Employment Type
Full time
Location Type
On-site
Department
Engineering
About the Role
We’re hiring a Member of Technical Staff — someone who thrives in the unknown, moves fast, and can architect, prototype, or scale systems depending on the day. You might be a former technical founder, a platform specialist who loves building leverage for others, or someone who excels at bringing zero-to-one ideas to life.
This isn’t a product engineering role per se, it’s for someone who wants to shape how we build and what’s possible, whether that means exploring new tech stacks, optimizing infra, or prototyping weird but brilliant ideas. You’ll be a key contributor in shaping our technical foundation, supporting other engineers, and unlocking velocity for the entire team.
Responsibilities
Own critical infrastructure and technical architecture decisions
Prototype new ideas, tools, and internal systems — often with no roadmap
Identify bottlenecks in our stack and build systems that multiply team productivity
Partner with engineers, researchers, and product leads to explore and test new capabilities
Contribute to defining engineering best practices and technical direction
You might be a fit if
You’ve been a technical founder, staff engineer, or platform/infrastructure lead in fast-paced environments
You’ve built or contributed to open source dev tools with real-world adoption
You care deeply about developer experience and have a track record of creating tools other engineers love
You think in systems and love building high quality infrastructure that enables others to build faster and better
What makes us interesting
Small, elite team of ex-founders, researchers from top AI Labs, top CS grads, and engineers from top companies
True ownership You will not be blocked by bureaucracy, shipping meaningful work within weeks rather than months
Serious momentum We're well-funded by top investors, moving fast, and focused on execution
What we do
Ship consumer products powered by cutting-edge AI research, and
Build infrastructure that facilitates research and product, and
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Innovate cutting-edge research that will open up new consumer product forms
The Details
Full-time, onsite role in Menlo Park
Startup hours apply
Generous salary, with additional benefits to be discussed during the hiring process
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