About the role

We need someone with experience building large-scale, high-concurrency AI applications at prominent (FAANG, unicorns, top startups) tech companies to build drop-in replacements for human automotive dealership employees, nothing crazy.

Responsibilities

Scoping complex solutions for applications that don’t really exist yet, like legacy dealership computer operators
Architecting, building, deploying, and helping maintain said solutions
Leading a team to deliver said solutions on a case-by-case basis
Traveling around the country with the team and doing discovery on both problems and solutions
Partnering with external vendors to integrate their tools into Toma
Optimizing our high performance, realtime applications

Required Qualifications

A track record of excellence throughout your career
Exceptional coding skills and the ability to ship high-quality code daily
Strong problem ownership and drive
Experience in planning, architecting, building, deploying, and maintaining applications at scale
Passion and guts for talking to (and getting roasted by) customers
Great understanding of operating systems and distributed systems

Preferred Qualifications

Proficiency in TypeScript, Bun, low-level Node.js, T3 Stack (Next.js, React, Prisma, PostgreSQL, NextAuth, tRPC), Python
Experience with Figma and using best design practices
Experience in building LLM applications
Experience architecting high concurrency and throughput systems
Aptitude for prompt engineering
Former founding or critical leadership experience

Benefits

Free lunch in the office
Free gym membership
Free health and dental insurance
Free trips around the country for customer visits

About Toma

Summary

At Toma, we will build an end-to-end AI workforce for the 2T automotive industry.

Our largest customers spend over 1B on processes that can already be automated with AI, from customer service, to repair order management, to warranty processing, to sales.

We are uniquely positioned to capitalize on this space because:

our team members are top-notch and have built and sold multiple AI app companies,
we’ve created a strong foothold in the industry by building a best-in-class voice AI product that has grown through word-of-mouth,
and we uniquely understand the problems at hand from hundreds of combined hours working at and studying automotive dealerships in person.

How We Operate

We work like a team. Each individual is responsible for driving solutions to their respective problems with the best possible approaches. Everyone is held accountable.

We expect you to drink from the information firehose, and you will have full autonomy when making decisions. We are a no-BS workplace where the best data-supported idea always wins, and we like to move quickly.

We believe that when exceptional people are given autonomy and full context, great things ensue, so you will have an unparalleled opportunity to make an impact at Toma.

Location

We work in-office 5 days a week in the Dogpatch neighborhood of San Francisco. We’re 4 blocks from YC.

Toma

Senior Product Engineer