Software Engineer (Product)
Sakana AI · Tokyo
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At a glance
Highlights
- Bring cutting-edge nature-inspired generative AI research to market as products.
- Build and operate production platform spanning CI/CD, monitoring and scaling.
- Drive fast prototype-to-improvement cycles closely with Product Owner.
What they offer
- Full-time, contract/freelance and internship options available
- Contract/freelance: minimum 24 hours per week
- Internships: minimum 2 months, at least 24 hours per week
Ideal candidate
Autonomous product-minded engineer who thrives in small global teams and loves rapidly turning cutting-edge AI research into polished user-facing products.
Requirements
- 3+ years of practical experience as a Software Engineer in a production environment or equivalent
- Experience with full-stack development
- Experience designing, developing, and releasing user-facing products
- Experience in autonomous development within a small team
- Practical experience with Python and one or more modern web frameworks
- Experience with Docker containerization and using cloud platforms
- remote policy
- Must be based in Tokyo
- visa sponsorship
- Visa application assistance provided
- hiring process
- Submit CV and cover letter in English via Google Form stating Software Engineer (Product), then complete technical assessment after document screening.
Lab profile
About Sakana AI
Tokyo AI lab building nature-inspired generative AI, LLMs and recursive self-improving systems for enterprise use.
What they build
- Sakana Chat
- Sakana Marlin
- Sakana Fugu
Known for
- Collective intelligence
- Model orchestration
- Recursive self-improvement
- Large language model development
Key facts
- Founded in 2023
- Headquartered in Tokyo, Japan
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