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AI-powered paywall optimization · Mobile app monetization

Founding Full-Stack Engineer

San Francisco Bay Area · OnsitePosted 7 days ago
Software engineeringUnspecifiedFull Time
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Helium is building Self-Improving Software : AI that automatically generates & tests new software experiences to lift revenue. We’re…

Talent-dense (8 people, 6 engineers, 75% ex-founders)

Well-funded ($6M from Google & Leaders from OpenAI)

Fast-growing (Serving tens of millions of AI experiences per day for top consumer companies).

AI has created a once-in-history opportunity, and we’re here to win, because of that…

🔴 We work hard — In-Office Monday–Friday + often push through weekends 🔴

What You’ll Do

  • You’ll own big chunks of our AI Experience Generation product serving millions of users per day, including…

  • Adding new features to the front-end Next.js application and deploying scalable Golang code that serves thousands of requests each second globally.

  • Tune/Optimize/Load test our servers as we 10x our growth from tens of millions to hundreds of millions of users per day.

  • Designing data systems and ML training infrastructure that power automated experimentation at scale.

  • Work directly with founders and customers to design, implement, and deliver the best experiences!

  • Wearing a lot more hats than listed above 👷.

What We’re Looking For

  • Keen problem solving skills: you are able to cut down ambiguous problems down to first principles and deliver a working solution.

  • Strong programming/full-stack foundation: You’re comfortable working on both backend code as well as frontend React code.

  • Experience working directly on user-facing products: you are able to figure out and understand what the user needs, including talking to customers

  • Stellar cross-functional communication skills: you are able to adapt to our ways of working and be an efficient/effective communicator.

  • Owning features end to end: you’ll write your own PRDs/quick specs when necessary, and you test your features end to end to make sure they work and satisfy the requirements

  • Nice To Haves

  • Experience with ML/AI/LLM integration in applications

  • Experience building scalable backend systems with very demanding SLAs

  • Background working with design tools, chat experiences, or vibe coding tools

  • Previous experience founding or working at a high-growth startup

  • Reasons This Role Might Not Be A Fit

  • You want to work 9-5

  • You avoid Cursor or AI coding tools.

  • You can only operate on well-written specs, or feel uncomfortable designing new experiences from scratch.

  • You don’t want to talk to customers.

  • Our stack:

  • Next.js (React/Typescript), Zustand

  • AI (vercel) SDK

  • Tailwind/Shadcn

  • Supabase

  • Clickhouse

  • Golang/ Fly.io

  • Mobile: Swift, Flutter, Expo, Android

  • Requires Bachelors degree or higher in Computer Science or similar fields.

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