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Software Engineer

🌉 San Francisco, CA (On-site)

About Softmax

We are pioneering the future of AI alignment by building cutting-edge, scalable multiplayer environments where AI agents learn the fundamental skills of cooperation and competition. Our exceptional team brings together deep technical expertise and a powerful vision: to dramatically accelerate the success of top-tier ML researchers. Backed by world-class investors, we are assembling a cohort of driven individuals who want to do the most challenging and impactful work of their careers.

The Role

We’re looking for a Software Engineer who thinks like a scientist and operates like a founder. You’ll own entire systems end-to-end: from identifying what to build, to designing and implementing solutions, to measuring impact and iterating. This isn’t a role where you wait for specs; you generate clarity from ambiguity and ship with conviction.

Like us, you enjoy and engage in rich discussions with your teammates. You like exploring the future together, both learning from smart people around you and enriching them with what you find interesting as well.

You’re also fluent in modern AI tools and use them to multiply your output; we expect engineers here to be exceptionally productive, and to leverage that productivity toward bigger problems, not just faster typing.

What You’ll Do

What We’re Looking For

Compensation

We hire based on impact, not years of experience. Compensation reflects your expected contribution.

Organic alignment starts at home. We're an equal opportunity employer because diversity is a precondition for the kind of collective intelligence we're building toward.