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2,393 articlesCareers at Radiant: Teams, Pay and How to Get Hired
Radiant Nuclear is testing its one-megawatt-electric Kilidos microreactor across El Segundo and Idaho National Laboratory, with a five-phase campaign underway. Six principal-level roles are open in El Segundo at $200,500–$314,475, signaling scaling for first customer delivery in ~18 months post-test
Tako hiring 17 roles demanding audit-grade AI provenance in regulated environments
Tako is an answer engine API that grounds AI applications on licensed and web data, returning cited, structured answers via Search, Answer, Contents, and Agent APIs. It enables verifiable, audit-ready outputs for enterprise AI systems in regulated environments.
Careers at Replit: Teams, Pay and How to Get Hired
Replit's hiring strategy emphasizes senior engineering roles, hybrid work, and practical coding ability. With 90 open roles, 31 in engineering, and a focus on senior+ levels, the company prioritizes autonomy, async collaboration, and product judgment. Compensation ranges from $130k–$400k+, with equi
Firecrawl hits 162K GitHub stars as open-source web data layer adoption surges
Firecrawl's GitHub repository reached 161,729 stars and 2.5M weekly SDK downloads, powering AI agents with token-efficient web scraping. Enterprise adoption by Shopify, Canva, and Zapier confirms its role as a default data layer for LLM workflows.
Working at Isar Aerospace: Culture, Pace and Who Thrives
Isar Aerospace's flat, fast-paced structure empowers engineers to own end-to-end subsystems, driven by a founding principle of making space access routine through relentless execution, practical problem-solving, and equity-focused compensation tied to hardware iteration and launch readiness.
Working at Varda Space: Culture, Pace and Who Thrives
Varda Space Industries leverages microgravity to develop pharmaceuticals, focusing on in-house engineering and rapid flight cadence to revolutionize space-based manufacturing.
3.4 AI Jobs Per Candidate Drives Retell Hiring Wave
Retell AI's rapid hiring surge with 27 open roles, high compensation around $250k, and market trends driving AI talent demand. Focus on voice AI engineering, compliance, and deployment challenges.
$11 Billion of Solar Tax Credits Listed on Crux Platform
Crux’s platform automates Inflation Reduction Act tax‑credit transfers for utility‑scale solar and wind projects, cutting deal time from months to days, reducing soft costs, and creating a data‑driven marketplace that has driven a $7‑9 bn annual run‑rate in transferable credits.
The skill Domino requires that 87% of ML projects lack
Domino Data Lab is experiencing a hiring surge with 16-18 remote positions, offering high salaries for platform engineers and governance specialists in AI, reflecting a shift towards operationalizing AI in enterprises.
Working at Dialpad: Culture, Pace and Who Thrives
An inside look at Dialpad’s engineering culture, product velocity, operating principles, interview process, compensation, and who thrives amid rapid AI-driven growth and public support challenges.
$50M Lockheed Martin Bet Powers Navy’s New Drug Patrol Drones
Lockheed Martin's $50 million January 2026 investment in Saildrone accelerates unmanned maritime defense, supporting Navy counter-drug patrols and integrating combat payloads onto USVs for expanded production in Alameda and Copenhagen.
Careers at Dialpad: Teams, Pay and How to Get Hired
Dialpad's job board reveals hiring across 15 locations focused on agentic AI, with details on roles, salary bands ranging $78k–$237k, interview process, and insights into company culture and advancement factors.
One Resume Tweak Triples Pivotal Future Callback Odds — Which Is It?
Pivotal Future, a Cambridge-based nature-intelligence startup, is hiring across science, engineering, commercial, and operations to scale its biodiversity data platform, highlighting its technology, funding, and hiring challenges in a flooded talent market.
Synopsys Gets $2 Billion NVIDIA Stake to Fuel AI Agent Roadmap
Silimate’s AI-native debugger slashes ASIC bug resolution 11x and PPA optimization 70x, integrating with RTL to cut verification cycles from months to days, helping fabless startups tape out faster amid incumbent AI‑EDA responses and CHIPS Act funding.
Careers at Hermeus: Teams, Pay and How to Get Hired
Hermeus, a $1B aerospace company, builds hypersonic aircraft through a cross-disciplinary team, with insights into hiring, salaries, and operations across multiple sites.
$1B Loan Processing, Zero Churn, 30x Compliance Edge at Salient
Discover how Salient, a $75M Series AI firm, is hiring for 11 AI roles that blend ML engineering with lending expertise, offering salaries and equity.
Careers at Kong: Teams, Pay and How to Get Hired
Kong hires engineers, product, and go-to-market talent globally, with compensation bands from $75k to $295k and a median of $173k. The article details roles, hiring process, culture, and what it takes to succeed at the API and AI connectivity platform.
You Could Land Model ML’s $400K GTM Lead Role—If You Qualify
Model ML, an AI workspace used by top financial firms, is hiring 15 roles across engineering, product, and go-to-market, reflecting a staffing template for AI-native companies in 2025 after a $12M Series A and growing demand for automated due‑diligence tools.
Working at Plaid: Culture, Pace and Who Thrives
Live salary bands from Zero G Talent show ASML and Stripe offering wide, location‑specific ranges that differ from survey medians. The data reveals ASML’s hardware‑focused, San Jose‑centric pay versus Stripe’s broader, software‑heavy distribution, helping candidates negotiate based on real‑time mark
Careers at Plaid: Teams, Pay and How to Get Hired
An in‑depth guide to Plaid’s hiring landscape: roles, compensation bands, hiring process, office locations, and the traits that predict success for candidates targeting the fintech API leader.
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