Founding Engineer

We are looking for an exceptional engineer as our founding hire to join us at toma.com!

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.

Everyone at Toma operates as a generalist plugged into the product life cycle, starting from the customer. That means your role will span tackling tough engineering challenges (low latency audio manipulation, model fine-tuning, high concurrency streaming, LLM agent task optimization, building SOTA state-intent models, etc.) and interacting with customers such as managers at auto dealerships who are amongst the most brutally honest, hardworking and first principled thinkers in business.

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.

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
• Passion and guts for talking to (and getting roasted by) customers

Preferred Qualifications

• Proficiency in TypeScript, Bun, low-level Node.js, T3 Stack (Next.js, React, Prisma, PostgreSQL, NextAuth, tRPC), Python
• Experience in building LLM applications
• Aptitude for prompt engineering
• Great understanding of operating systems and distributed systems

Benefits

• Free lunch and group dinners
• Free gym membership
• Health insurance
• Access to YC community, events, and amenities