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Software Engineer, Product

Pensive

Software Engineer, Product

Reposted 15 Days Ago

In-Office

San Francisco, CA, USA

Junior

In-Office

San Francisco, CA, USA

Junior

Build a full-stack AI grading and tutoring platform, deliver an enterprise-ready MVP, and automate business systems. Work across backend (Python/FastAPI/Postgres), frontend (React/Typescript), infra (GCP/Cloud Run/Firebase), and mobile (Capacitor). Contribute to rapid iteration, clean tested code, and deployment pipelines.

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About Pensive

Please check our Notion doc to learn more about our mission, founders, and culture.

What You’ll Build

The AI era is here and the only way to survive is to learn fast and automate everything.

As a developer, you may already feel that the full automation of software engineering is right around the corner.

Your job at Pensive as a full-stack engineer will be to build software that enables college instructors, students, and our team learn fast and automate everything.

Specifically you will build:

AI grading/tutoring platform to help instructors save time and help millions of students learn faster.
Build the MVP of our new product that already has $10B+ enterprises as customers.
Automation for every part of the business, from data pipelines to customer onboarding. We believe fully autonomous business will be possible soon and need your contribution.

What We Need From You

1+ year of experience in software development
Fluency in Python and React/Typescript
Ability to ship fast using AI tools, but your PRs are clean, tested, and don't look AI-generated.
Ability to learn fast and adapt to rapid changes

Bonus Requirements

Have founded a company or perviously was an early-hire
Have your own workflow for generating and reviewing AI-assisted code

Our Tech Stack

Backend: Python, FastAPI, Postgres
Frontend: Typescript, React, TailwindCSS, Tanstack Router
Infra: GCP, Cloud Run, Firebase
Mobile App: Capacitor

Interview Process

Interview Chat: 15 minutes
Take home test: (8 hours)
Work trial (paid)

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