What are the responsibilities and job description for the Software Engineer position at Crossing Hurdles?
Crossing Hurdles is a global recruitment firm partnering with a cutting-edge AI infrastructure company pushing the frontier of LLM evaluation and agentic workflows.
Quick Snapshot
Role: Software Engineer (SWE)
Compensation: $180K – $220K base (OTE: $410K – $480K) equity
Location: On-site (San Francisco, CA)
Experience: 1–3 years (full-stack)
Focus: RL environments, AI infrastructure, LLM evaluation.
What Will You Be Doing
- Build and scale systems across RL environments, APIs, and human-in-the-loop platforms
- Prototype and deploy AI experiments, including distributed systems on Kubernetes
- Develop full-stack applications (Next.js dashboards, analytics pipelines)
- Collaborate closely with research, product, and design to ship quickly
- Solve complex scalability, reliability, and data infrastructure challenges
- Contribute to core systems powering frontier AI labs
Why You Should Consider
- High ownership – End-to-end ownership across diverse, high-impact projects
- Frontier AI exposure – Work with leading AI labs on cutting-edge problems
- Massive upside – Uncapped bonus tied to contract value (avg $8M deals)
- Elite team – Founders from Citadel, Google, Meta, Morgan Stanley, and more
- High-growth environment – Early-stage startup with strong traction
Salary : $180,000 - $220,000