About Basis Basis is an AI platform for accounting firms, providing accountants with a team of AI assistants. Accounting teams integrate Basis as part of their team, delegating core workflows and automating time-consuming, manual work. We closed a multi-fold oversubscribed seed round backed by top VCs last summer and are already in use at several leading, large accounting firms in the US. Location: NYC, Flatiron office. In-person team. Your roleBuild
- Engineer software systems around sophisticated ML models
Take ownership
- Work directly with the co-founders
- Oversee significant parts of our tech and product
Set culture and practice
- Shape our early engineering culture and processes
Wear multiple hats
- Balance long-term thinking and smart abstractions with shipping fast and iteratively
Are you the one?Essentials
- Experience: 2-5 years of experience in the field; will be looking for demonstration of exceptional ability over experience
- First principles reasoner: Ability to break complex concepts down to their fundamental elements and then build from there
- Flexibility: Willing and interested to jump across multiple disciplines
- Team-first mentality: you are interested in building for the long-term alongside founding team members, and committed to mentoring others and being mentored
- Passion for vision: Genuinely excited about our tech and its impact on accounting, finance, and economy
- Curious about latest AI: Experimented with ChatGPT, etc.
- NYC-based: Seeking in-person environment; working from office most days of week
- All-in: This is not a 9-5, we have a massive opportunity ahead of us and are looking to multiply our engineering speed. We are optimizing for the best folks and happy to compensate generously
- A little something extra: You know it when you see it
Bonus points
- Data or ML: Hands-on experience with data science or ML projects