Openlayer

The fastest way to ship airtight AI

Software Engineer

$130K - $160K
Location
San Francisco, CA, US / New York, NY, US / Remote (US)
Job Type
Full-time
Experience
3+ years
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Gabriel Bayomi Kalejaiye
Gabriel Bayomi Kalejaiye
Founder

About the role

About us

Openlayer is solving the AI reliability problem. AI has the potential to transform industries, but too often, inconsistent results and a lack of robust testing hold back that progress. We offer something better—an environment where teams can confidently develop and deploy AI systems.

Today, AI-driven teams—from startups to global enterprises—use Openlayer to deliver trustworthy AI experiences. Openlayer helps them focus on what matters: making AI dependable and impactful in the real world.

What you’ll do

  • Work closely with customers to fix bugs and implement requested features and integrations
  • Deliver customer feedback and larger feature requests to product teams

What we’re looking for

  • 3+ years of experience engineering across the stack, with a deep understanding of frontend (TypeScript, React, and Next.js) and backend (Python, Flask, Docker, AWS, etc.) languages and frameworks.
  • Strong debugging skills
  • Scrappiness — you will need to rapidly iterate on customer requests
  • Outstanding communication skills
  • An understanding of AI systems, or a willingness to learn

Why Openlayer?

  • High impact: be part of a team solving critical challenges in AI reliability and trust, shaping how machine learning models are tested and deployed.
  • Growth opportunities: As part of a fast-growing company, you’ll have ample opportunities to shape your role and grow with us.
  • Hybrid culture: Work from anywhere or in-person.
  • Innovative team: Collaborate with some of the brightest minds in AI and technology, dedicated to making a meaningful impact in the field.

Read more about the company and our mission.

Benefits

  • Competitive salary & equity
  • Health, vision, and dental insurance
  • Flexible PTO
  • Hybrid culture
  • Regular team off-sites and social events (virtual and in-person)

See the full list of benefits here.

Openlayer is committed to fostering and empowering an inclusive community. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

About the interview

Our interview process is designed to be efficient. At each phase, we will be quick to make decisions and will be transparent about our thinking.

The typical interview process takes 2-3 weeks from start to finish, but we have accommodated as short as one week. We are happy to accommodate candidates who might have a short timeline or competing offers. The more information you can share about your situation and where you are in the process, the more we can either attempt to expedite/match, or save you time if we cannot.

About Openlayer

Openlayer is a testing and debugging platform for machine learning models. Openlayer makes it easy for ML teams to find failures and biases, figure out their root causes, and create unit tests to ensure they stay fixed — all baked in with experiment tracking and versioning (think GitHub for ML). The company was founded by three previous Siri engineers who contributed to over 15 different AI/ML projects at Apple.

Openlayer is currently working with several well-known enterprise companies worth over $1B, helping them rapidly improve the quality of their models and datasets and save tons of time and money.

We're looking for a founding engineer to help us build the future of sustainable, performant, and ethical machine learning.

We're backed by Y Combinator and several of the top investors and funds in the world, including the founders of companies like Instagram, Voyage, Instacart, Sendbird, Mercury.

Openlayer
Founded:2021
Team Size:6
Location:San Francisco
Founders
Gabriel Bayomi Kalejaiye
Gabriel Bayomi Kalejaiye
Founder
Vikas Nair
Vikas Nair
Founder
Rishab Ramanathan
Rishab Ramanathan
Founder