Job Description

About the Team :

You will be joining a pivotal team at Eightfold responsible for our flagship Talent Acquisition (TA) product line, a major revenue generator that has been integral to our success from the start. Our prestigious global enterprise customers rely on this product, and our engineering team is at the heart of all product development activities. Key outcomes for this team include:
> Reducing time-to-hire for our customers.
> Innovating and enhancing product capabilities, from new feature development to improving existing features' maturity and performance.
> Integrating cutting-edge technologies such as Large Language Models (LLMs) and AI into our product architecture.
> Building new product lines as needed to deliver a robust and comprehensive customer experience.
The work done by this team is directly tied to Eightfold's overall success. If you're eager to be part of a dynamic, high-impact product development environment and grow with the team, this is the perfect opportunity.

What you'll do:

> Lead end-to-end ownership of projects and PODs, driving design, development, and delivery.
> Be hands-on with coding, actively contributing to core development alongside the team.
> Collaborate cross-functionally with Product Managers, Designers, and Engineering teams to lead design discussions and define technical solutions.
> Mentor junior engineers through regular code reviews and technical guidance.
> Design and develop robust, scalable, and configurable server-side applications and modules with a strong focus on performance, quality, and reusability.
> Build and maintain new microservices or integrate with existing systems to deliver scalable solutions.
> Design and develop safe and reliable data pipelines to enable high-scale data integration for Fortune 500 customers.
> Build with customization and generalization in mind, leveraging configuration management for flexible solutions.
> Drive code quality improvements by increasing unit test and Selenium test coverage.
> Enhance internal tools for streamlined administration, monitoring, and alerting.

What we need:

> Strong grounding in Computer Science fundamentals, with 6-10 years of hands-on back-end development experience.
> Proven experience leading projects, features, or PODs, with ownership of design and delivery.
> Familiarity with Generative AI tools is a plus, especially tools like Cursor, which we actively use in our workflows.
> Solid understanding of distributed systems and microservices architecture.
> Passion for designing, building, launching, and maintaining products, with attention to long-term scalability and quality.
> Strong attention to user experience details and system design.
> Proficiency in at least one mainstream programming language (bonus points for Python).
> Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across cross-functional teams.

Eightfold Engineering Values:

We are a team of self-starters who excel in our fields. We believe in giving you responsibility, not a task. We want you to have ownership and pride in the work you are doing, and see the positive impact of your work on your colleagues, our customers, and people around the world. We have a mindset of continuously improving. There is no detail that is beneath us, and we can dive into anything needed. We focus on executing fast and delivering value to our customers every single day. We believe in providing transparency and support, so you can do the best work of your career.

About Us:

Eightfold was founded with a vision to solve for employment in our society. For decades, the connection between individuals and opportunities has been based on who the individuals are and the strength of their network, vs. their potential. Eightfold leverages artificial intelligence to transform how to think about skills and capabilities for individuals as well as how jobs and career decisions are made. Eightfold offers the industry's first AI-powered Talent Intelligence Platform to transform how organizations plan, hire, develop and retain a diverse workforce, enabling individuals to transform their careers.
We secured a

$220M Series E funding round, led by SoftBank

's Vision Fund in June 2021. Thus, we've raised more than

$400 million

in funding to date, including $350 million in the last six months. We're valued at

over $2 Billion

this time from $1 Billion a few months ago. Our valuation doubled within a few months.

Our customers-

https://eightfold.ai/customers/

Press

- https://eightfold.ai/press/
You may want to refer to the media coverage on TechCrunch and Reuters.

Founders:

Varun Kacholia ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/varunkacholia/ ) &

Ashutosh Garg ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashutoshgarg893/ )

Our Engineering Leaders:

Vineet Abraham ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/vineet-a-9264707/ )

Vinodh Ravindranath ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/vinodhkumarr/ )

Chandra ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/sivasankaran-chandrasekar-31803624/ )

Hybrid Work @ Eightfold:

We embrace a hybrid work model that aims to boost collaboration, enhance our culture, and drive innovation through a blend of remote and in-person work. We are committed to creating a dynamic and flexible work environment that nurtures the collaborative spirit of our team. Starting February 1, 2024, employees residing near Santa Clara, California, or our Bangalore and Noida offices in India will return to the office twice a week.
Eightfold.ai provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, or disability.