Senior Software Engineer - Distributed Reasoning System

Company Description

Noeon Research is an ambitious deep-tech startup working on a novel natively agentic graph-neuro-symbolic system with general capabilities. We are an international 30-people team with headquarters in Tokyo, Japan. We are looking for an aspiring professional to join our RnD team.

Responsibilities and Expectations

• Make contributions to critical components in the development of a distributed reasoning system.
• Take ownership over specific Engineering artifacts such as services or libraries.
• Help create a system that truly understands programming languages.

Experience

• At least 5 years of experience in Software Engineering.
• Hands-on experience in distributed systems, AI, AAA game development, or scalable web technology.
• Work experience in startups.

Educational Background

Degrees in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, or a related technical discipline.

Essential Soft Skills

• Proactive mindset to stay updated with the latest advancements in AI.
• Fluent in conversational and written business English (C1+).
• Ability to work collaboratively in cross-functional teams. We are looking for team players.
• Experience working using Agile framework.

Personal Qualities

• Individual responsibility. You respect key deadlines and pass on the results of your work to your teammates in an appropriate condition.
• Lifelong learning. You recognise areas for growth and proactively learn new skills and knowledge for your current and prospective areas of responsibility.
• Vision & planning. You can plan your work several weeks ahead and can juggle multiple projects at once. You know when to postpone a task to keep your workload manageable.
• Thoroughness. You cover every important aspect of your task leaving out no crucial detail.
• Proactiveness and initiative. You offer help if you have spare capacity. You take initiative and pitch your own projects to others.
• Critical thinking. You question every judgement, claim or number and can engage in a healthy debate with your teammates.
• Dynamic, out-of-the-box mindset. You can challenge existing ways, abandon well-trodden paths and embrace the new in the name of the great.

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How we are different

• Beyond ML. People tend to think that AI is solely Machine Learning, like ChatGPT (or DALL-E 2, or Microsoft Bing, or ChatSonic). We are building our solution on an alternative architecture which incorporates ML as a part.
• High-Tech. We put much effort into profound research and development of new underlying technologies rather than reusing existing ones. We like to explore unfairly neglected and non-conventional approaches to AI.
• Startup. We have a little regulations and a lot of freedom for our colleagues to propose solutions.

What we are offering

• Our target salary range is 14-17M JPY per year for a full-time position and equity compensation (options).
• Flexible Schedule. Outside scheduled team meetings, teammates are free to work on their tasks independently. When to work is a personal choice. Just do not overwork – that is inefficient.
• Autonomy. High autonomy is crucial for us – the small and agile team can achieve a breakthrough if its members are professional and independent. However, we promote helping each other. That is crucial too.
• Low Bureaucracy. What we value most are performance and results, not a strict process following. However, metrics, processes, and documentation are important too. We just keep their priorities low.
• Medical Allowance. Compensation of additional medical costs, yearly health checkup.
• Language Courses. Support for Japanese language training.
• Other. Visa Sponsorship, Relocation Allowance, Travel Allowance, Commute Allowance, Japanese Social Security, Maternity & Childcare leave, Life Support.

Contact us: hiring@noeon.ai