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The leading open-source AI code assistant

Software Engineer

$150K - $200K / 0.50% - 1.50%
Location
San Francisco, CA, US
Job Type
Full-time
Experience
6+ years
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Ty Dunn
Ty Dunn
Founder

About the role

Continue is seeking an outstanding software engineer to help us build
state-of-the-art autocomplete and codebase retrieval, who thinks
rigorously and pays attention to the smallest details. In this role,
you will work on fundamental, but highly open-ended problems where
deliberate measurement, rapid experimentation, and empathy for users
push forward the product.

About you

Please keep in mind that we are describing the background that we
imagine would best fit the role. If you don't meet all the
requirements, but you are confident that you are up for the task, we
absolutely want to get to know you!

  * You are proficient in TypeScript and comfortable with Node.js,
    data structures and algorithms, and possibly ML
  * You are a deliberate problem solver who moves quickly by doing
    things the right way, but understands how to trade off for time
    when necessary
  * You are extremely detail-oriented and care deeply about building
    a product that you are proud to share with others
  * Your natural instinct is to jump into the code, which you can do
    already, since a lot of the codebase is open source

What you will do

We're a startup, so you'll have to be ready to do whatever is
required to accomplish our mission. However, you can definitely
expect to:

  * Define and solve fundamental problems to improve core product
    metrics like autocomplete acceptance rate and codebase retrieval
    accuracy in our open-source product
  * Take ownership of the UI details that encompass your work by
    using your design sense, running experiments, and iterating from
    user feedback
  * Design thoughtful abstractions to underpin our product and
    potentially serve as open-source standards
  * Play a key role in our GitHub and Discord communities by
    answering questions and resolving problems

About Continue

We believe there is an opportunity to create a future where
developers are amplified, not automated. This is why we are building
the leading open-source AI code assistant and commercializing an
enterprise governance layer on top of it to enable organizations to
create their own custom AI code assistant.

Headquartered in San Francisco, Continue (YC S23) is funded by
Heavybit and angels like Julien Chaumond (co-founder of Hugging
Face), Lisha Li (founder of Rosebud AI), and Florian Leibert
(co-founder of Mesosphere).

With 18k+ GitHub stars, 500k+ downloads, and many large organizations
like Siemens rolling out Continue, we are building a team to tackle
the biggest challenges at the intersection of AI and developer tools.

Continue
Continue
Founded:2023
Team Size:5
Location:San Francisco
  
Founders
Ty Dunn
Ty Dunn
Founder
  
Nate Sesti
Nate Sesti
Founder
  

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