You’re the kind of engineer who loves building scalable, high-performance web applications—whether it’s crafting intuitive front-end interfaces or designing high-performance APIs to deliver AI-powered insights. You thrive in an environment where you can ship features fast, optimize performance, and collaborate with a high-impact team. Your curiosity drives you to challenge conventional thinking. You care deeply about the user experience and strive to build products that empower users.

Now, imagine applying your expertise to a game-changing AI platform that’s transforming how public affairs professionals track issues, anticipate risks, and make smarter decisions.

At Delve Deep Learning (DDL), we’re not just building another AI product—we’re changing the way public affairs professionals work and navigate the world. We are adding a Full Stack Engineer to our team to help build robust, scalable applications that surface critical insights for public affairs professionals and craft those insights into actionable insights.

If you’re excited about designing innovative and effective user interfaces, optimizing AI-powered search experiences, and architecting scalable backends, this is your opportunity to make a major impact.

A Quick Note: If job descriptions were checklists, most of us would never get hired. If you’re excited about this role but don’t meet every single requirement, that’s okay—if you think you’d be great at this job, we’d love to hear from you.

What You’ll Do

Develop & Optimize Web Applications

• Build responsive, interactive UIs using React, TypeScript, and modern front-end technologies.
• Implement data-driven interfaces that surface AI-powered insights in an intuitive way.
• Optimize front-end performance for fast load times and smooth user experience.

Design & Scale APIs

• Develop scalable REST APIs to support AI-powered applications.
• Integrate real-time data processing pipelines to power search and recommendations.
• Ensure APIs are well-documented, secure, and high performing.

Work with AI-Powered Search & Retrieval

• Support the team’s work on optimizing vector search and embeddings for fast, accurate AI-driven recommendations.
• Help the team implement chunking strategies to improve AI-generated insights.
• Help improve the retrieval experience with efficient indexing and database queries.

Scale Backend & Data Infrastructure

• Work with PostgreSQL, Redis, and NoSQL databases to manage structured and unstructured data.
• Deploy and manage cloud infrastructure (AWS) to ensure scalability and reliability.
• Optimize backend services for speed, cost-efficiency, and robustness.

Who You Are

• Full Stack Engineer – You have at least 3 years of experience building scalable web applications.
• Front-End Pro – Strong skills in React, TypeScript, and modern front-end development and enjoy designing UI/UX in collaboration with colleagues.
• Backend Architect – Comfortable building APIs with Django or similar.
• Database & Performance Optimizer – Experience with PostgreSQL, Redis, or NoSQL solutions.
• Familiar with AI & Search – Some experience with vector databases.
• Cloud & DevOps Knowledgeable – Experience deploying and managing applications on AWS.

Bonus Points If You:

• Have built AI-powered SaaS products.
• Have experience with data processing, embeddings, or machine learning applications.

Why Join Us?

• You’ll Shape Cutting-Edge AI Tools – We’re building a platform to change the nature of knowledge work, and you’ll be on the front lines of that development.
• Work With A Sharp And Innovative Team – We’re assembling a team of top-notch engineering talent.
• We Move Fast And Nimbly – You’ll work in a high-velocity startup where your ideas and execution matter.
• Competitive Pay & Strong Benefits – Salary range of $120,000 to $180,000 (based on experience), stock options, health insurance, 401(k) matching, and more.
• Hybrid Flexibility – Work a hybrid schedule from our Washington, D.C. office with a fitness center.

If you’re excited about building cutting-edge AI systems for real-world impact, we want to hear from you.

Apply today and help shape the future of AI-driven intelligence.