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Job Description: About the Project:

We are a small, highly focused team building a sophisticated, modular AI platform designed to automate and reason through complex business and technical challenges. Our vision is to create a powerful assistant that is both intelligent and extensible.

Our development philosophy is centered on a clean, service-oriented architecture. We are building a system where a central AI orchestrator communicates with a growing ecosystem of specialized tools via a robust gRPC-based fabric. We leverage a modern data stack (PostgreSQL and Vector Databases) and integrate powerful Large Language Models (like NVIDIA NIM and open-source alternatives) to form the system's core intelligence. This is a ground-floor opportunity to join as a foundational engineering partner and help shape the future of this ambitious platform.

Our Development Philosophy: AI-Augmented Engineering ("Vibe Coding")

Our development process is uniquely modern. We build in a close partnership with a sophisticated AI assistant in a workflow we call "Vibe Coding".

This elevates the role of the engineer. Instead of spending most of your time on manual, line-by-line coding, you will focus on:

Architectural Guidance: Directing the AI with high-level goals, architectural patterns, and the "vibe" of what needs to be built.
Expert Review & Integration: Critically reviewing AI-generated code for correctness, efficiency, and adherence to our standards, then weaving it into the broader system.
Rapid Iteration: Leveraging AI to prototype, build, and refactor complex components at a speed impossible with traditional methods.
The core skill set shifts from being a writer of code to a director of code. If you are excited by the idea of being a force-multiplier who guides AI to build software, you will thrive here.

What You'll Do:

As a key member of our founding team, you will play a critical role in developing the core backend and AI capabilities of our platform. Your work will be varied and fundamental to our success:

Build the Backend Fabric: Guide the AI-augmented development of high-performance, modular Python services that form the backbone of our ecosystem.
Architect API-Driven Communication: Implement and evolve the gRPC-based APIs that enable seamless, efficient communication between the orchestrator and its various tools.
Orchestrate AI & LLMs: Integrate and harness Large Language Models to drive complex workflows, tool selection, and advanced reasoning capabilities.
Develop Scalable Data Strategies: Architect and manage our data persistence layer, combining the strengths of relational (PostgreSQL) and vector (ChromaDB) databases.
Create Robust Data Pipelines: Build and optimize the data ingestion and processing pipelines that continuously enrich our AI's knowledge base.
Collaborate on Core Architecture: Work directly with the Lead Architect to solve challenging technical problems, make key design decisions, and guide the platform's technical direction.