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2,393 articlesOfferUp’s $240K AI Roles Target Dormant Users in Flat-Growth Market
OfferUp is hiring senior engineers and marketers to build an AI demand-detection system aimed at reactivating dormant users on its 40-million-user marketplace, focusing on real-time demand signals and hybrid work strategies.
Dataleap Hiring Five Roles as AI Consultants Rush to Fix $11.9B Pilot Gap
Dataleap, a Y Combinator S24 AI startup, is hiring five roles to address the bottleneck in deploying agentic AI systems in enterprise environments, prioritizing engineers who can ship production solutions under ambiguity.
Working at Tulip: Culture, Pace and Who Thrives
Tulip’s P.A.C.E.™ framework drives manufacturing innovation through autonomy, real-time dashboards, and decentralized decision-making, balancing speed with accountability in a high-ambiguity, high-impact culture.
Plug Power Hiring Surge: 12 Roles Signal Hydrogen’s Shift to Volume Production
Plug Power's six open roles in Los Angeles reveal a strategic shift from R&D to commercial execution, with hiring focused on engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, and compliance to support its integrated hydrogen platform across North America and Europe.
Careers at Tulip: Teams, Pay and How to Get Hired
Tulip hires engineers who ship code and hardware to factory floors, valuing proven ability to solve ambiguous, full-stack problems in regulated industrial environments with compensation benchmarked to senior industrial tech roles.
Working at Devoted Health: Culture, Pace and Who Thrives
Devoted Health's Prime Directive replaces top-down policy with distributed judgment, empowering remote clinical leaders to make member-first decisions as if for family, driving trust, referrals, and long-term value in Medicare Advantage.
Working at PsiQuantum: Culture, Pace and Who Thrives
Inside PsiQuantum's decade-long mission to build a million-qubit photonic quantum computer using semiconductor fabs, where progress is dictated by physics and fab schedules, not product cycles or quarterly goals.
ASML Adds 70 Roles, Stripe Adds 41 as Applied AI Hiring Surges
ASML added 70 roles and Stripe added 41 last week, with salary bands up to $355k, reflecting a market shift toward applied AI engineering focused on production deployment, monitoring, and compliance rather than model research alone.
Arva AI Hires Seven Roles Blending AI Skills with Financial Crime Expertise
Arva AI, a Google and Y Combinator-backed startup, is hiring seven roles across sales and product to deploy AI agents that automate financial crime compliance for banks and fintechs, addressing a critical talent gap in regulated AI by prioritizing domain knowledge over pure technical skills.
Careers at PsiQuantum: Teams, Pay and How to Get Hired
PsiQuantum's $1B Series E funding in 2025 shifted hiring from research to semiconductor-scale execution, with teams scaling across Milpitas, Palo Alto, Chicago, UK Daresbury, and Queensland. Roles focus on engineers who have moved hardware from prototype to volume, requiring cross-disciplinary fluen
Dawn Industries' VIM Cuts Robot Cell Recovery From 45 Minutes to Under 10
Dawn Industries' VIM platform reduces robot cell downtime by using AI to diagnose faults and generate safe, guided recovery actions from manuals, history, and operator context—without reprogramming robots.
Working at Northwood Space: Culture, Pace and Who Thrives
Northwood Space accelerates ground station deployment from three years to 90 days through vertical integration, containerized antennas, and a platform model that aligns incentives with mission success, attracting engineers who thrive on ownership, curiosity, and rapid iteration.
Boldin needs AI talent that speaks both code and human money fears
Boldin (formerly NewRetirement) lists eight remote roles across engineering, product, and growth following a $20M funding round and rebrand. The company seeks AI-fluent talent to build its deterministic retirement planning engine that powers personalized 'what-if' scenarios using real user data, emp
Careers at Northwood Space: Teams, Pay and How to Get Hired
Northwood Space is hiring 69 roles, 37 in engineering, with a hardware-first focus on manufacturing, RF, FPGA, and software for ground segment gateway infrastructure. Roles are heavily concentrated in Torrance, reflecting a factory-scale build-out for Portal terminals, with competitive pay, equity,
Cozmo AI’s gradient-boosted claims platform forces Verisk, Guidewire, Allstate to accelerate AI
Cozmo AI uses gradient-boosted decision trees on legacy Xactimate data to automate insurance claims during hurricane season, enabling a five-person team to deploy live without GPUs or MLOps, forcing incumbents like Verisk, Guidewire, and Allstate to accelerate AI initiatives.
Working at Axiom Space: Culture, Pace and Who Thrives
Axiom Space blends flight-hardware rigor with commercial velocity, empowering engineers who sign drawings, tolerating funding ambiguity, and treating physical presence as a feature. Its culture rewards ownership, mission-driven urgency, and authenticity within structure, even as Glassdoor reviews re
Granica Hires Eight Roles With Median Salary of $212,500 Amid AI Talent War
Granica is hiring eight roles across engineering, research, and product, signaling confidence in market demand for its AI data ownership platform. The company is prioritizing on-site work, offering above-market salaries, and building a team focused on foundational systems and enterprise GTM motion.
Careers at Axiom Space: Teams, Pay and How to Get Hired
Axiom Space hires for three distinct programs—astronaut flights, station development, and Artemis spacesuits—each with unique technical cultures and regulatory demands. Success requires systems thinkers who deliver hardware in regulated environments, tolerate ambiguity, and work on-site in Houston.
Working at Abacus AI: Culture, Pace and Who Thrives
Abacus AI’s platform automates AI system construction through autonomous agents, reflecting an internal culture of high ownership and minimal process. While engineers praise autonomy, career growth, and technical challenge, reviews reveal a sharp split: those who thrive in ambiguity excel, while oth
Working at Muon Space: Culture, Pace and Who Thrives
Muon Space accelerates satellite development from decades to months through formulation—a rapid, feedback-rich loop integrating scientists, engineers, and customers from day one, powered by in-house physics simulation and modular hardware design.
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