Instead is a tax platform designed to help taxpayers and tax professionals collaborate to save money on taxes.
As the first company in decades to receive IRS approvals to E-file 1040, 1041, 1120, 1120S, and 1065 — we're re-inventing a complex category.
Founded in 2023, Instead combines LLMs with tax law to make tax management a continuous, proactive process rather than a dreaded annual deadline.
Instead's investors include Sarah Guo, from Conviction (conviction.com) and many of our customers who believe in our mission and vision.
The Instead team comprises talented leaders from leading tax, financial services and fintech companies — Gusto, Intuit, Zenefits, Thomson Reuters, Wolters Kluwer, Bloomberg — as well as top tax & accounting firms such as PwC, BDO, RSM, and KPMG.
Instead was a 2024 Innovation Award Finalist in CPA Practice Advisor.
Instead's CEO, Andrew Argue, is a CPA and has been named Top 100 Most Influential People in the Accounting Profession twice - Ones To Watch and CPA Practice Advisors 20 under 40.
About the roleThis role is at the forefront of leveraging AI to drive innovation across our platform.
We are seeking strong full-stack engineers who are proficient in web frameworks, backend development, and infrastructure.
You will work on exciting projects such as AI Agents, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, Structured Extraction, and other high value features for our customers.
If you're passionate about working on real production use cases utilizing LLMs and want to contribute to groundbreaking AI applications, this role is for you.
What you'll doShip full-stack AI projects end to endBuild and integrate components for AI infrastructure, supporting production-level inference and advanced prompt engineeringDevelop and improve engineering processes, tools, and systems to scale AI solutions across InsteadCreate tools and internal platforms to enhance the productivity and capabilities of Instead's teamsWhat you needProficiency in full-stack development, with a strong understanding of web frameworks, backend systems, and cloud infrastructureA track record of working on full-stack AI projects, particularly those involving production use cases of LLMsExperience building backend systems and infrastructure that can support AI-driven productsFront End: Vue, Nuxt, TypeScript, Tailwind CSSBack End: Go, Docker on AWS ECS/Fargate, PostgreSQL on AWS RDSAI: Cursor with Sonnet 3.5, Langchain, Helicone, Gemini, Open AI's API utilizing 4o (still trying to determine best use cases for o1 pro) and any other piece of AI tech that we can get our hands on.Benefits100% medical insurance coverage for youPartially covered for your dependentsFSA/HSA/FSA Dependent Care options401k (including employer match on contributions up to 4%)Unlimited PTO (yes, we want you to take it)Parental Leave (includes support for both the mother and the father)Relocation support for SFCompany equitySick in office location in East Cut of downtown SFOther noticesPursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Apply for this job* indicates a required field
First Name *
Last Name *
Email *
Phone
Resume/CV *
LinkedIn Profile *
How are you currently utilizing AI as a developer?
*
What is your ideal base compensation for this role?
*
Are you located in the San Francisco/Bay area?
If not, are you willing to move to work full time in a San Francisco office?
*
#J-18808-Ljbffr