As a foundational Software Engineer at Niva, you'll define AI strategy, develop multi-agent AI platforms, and engage with customers to enhance workflows.
We are looking for an software engineer to join our team in New York, NY. As a founding member of our team focused on AI, you'll have the opportunity to shape our AI strategy and be instrumental in building our core technology platform.
At Niva, we’re building a universal identity layer that enables trust between businesses worldwide. We leverage cutting-edge language models and machine learning to deliver instant, reliable, and borderless business verification. Leading fintechs, banks, and public companies already use Niva to verify businesses, prevent fraud, and meet Know Your Business (KYB) requirements in minutes.
Read more about how Niva’s platform reduced time spent to verify businesses by 98% with a customer here. We’re a fast-moving team on a mission to make it effortless to trust businesses anywhere in the world and we’re looking for eager new teammates to help us accelerate our mission.
- Work closely with the CEO and CTO to define our AI strategy and influence the product roadmap
- Design and develop our multi-agent AI platform that autonomously extracts, validates and reconciles business identity information from numerous sources across the globe
- Build robust evaluation frameworks to benchmark agent performance and ensure high-quality AI outputs
- Engage directly with customers to understand their needs and gather feedback, to improve the ways in which AI can improve their workflows
- Continuously staying up to date with the latest in the AI ecosystem
- Help set the culture of the company, promoting a collaborative and fun environment. You'll be part of the founding team and integral for establish not just what we work on, but "how" we work
- Hands-on experience building agent-based LLM applications using open-source or closed-source models (GPT, Claude, etc.)
- Knowledge of RAG techniques and how to optimize them for domain-specific knowledge, including chunking strategies, vector embeddings, and relevance scoring
- Strong Python skills with experience building reliable, scalable production systems
- Customer centric thinking - you're energized by translating user problems into AI solutions that deliver real-world value
- Comfort with ambiguity - you can navigate the challenges of working with emerging technologies where best practices are still evolving
- Excitement for how AI is changing the world and being part of that change
- Competitive salary range of $180k - $250k
- Substantial equity in the company
- Comprehensive health benefits (medical, dental, vision)
- Flexible working hours and flexible time off
- A chance to be a part of a pioneering company with a mission to revolutionize global trust and commerce
Niva New York, New York, USA Office
New York, New York, United States
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