Empty offices, endless Zoom meetings, what’s that you say about “hybrid work”?

Founded in early 2023, we’re a YC-backed startup helping make office leasing a breeze.

About Tandem

Tandem is building a multi-modal AI office space broker, capable of walking people through every step of their office search in an automated, personalized and scalable way. The way office space works and the industry behind it is getting completely flipped on its head right now. We are in the middle of a MAJOR disruption driven by three things:

1. Nearly 50% of office space is currently sitting empty in US cities.
2. Hybrid and remote work are here to stay. The five-days-in-the-office workweek is going away forever for many, many, many jobs.
3. AI has reached the point where it can fully replace human office brokers

We’ve already placed hundreds of companies in offices, we’re doing 8 figures in yearly GTM, and we’re just getting started.

We’re a small, experienced team - currently we have 15 full time employees, and you would be joining as the 6th engineer including the CTO. Expect a fast-paced environment where you’ll have significant engineering ownership plus the opportunity to impact things outside of engineering like product, design, strategy, etc. You will report directly to the CTO, who is highly technical (ex-Google) and led two previous YC companies before Tandem.

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What we’re looking for

CODING SKILLS - You must have the technical chops to bring big ideas to life:

• 2-8 years of full time engineering experience
• Experience at a VC-backed startup, ideally at a very early stage (<25 employees)
• React and Typescript experience required. Node JS/Next JS experience is a plus (we use Next JS)
• Experience with full-stack web system design - you should be comfortable designing and thinking critically about front-end and back-end interactions, database models, cron jobs, API calls, webhooks and services.
• AI and data experience is a big plus, although not a firm requirement

PRODUCT SKILLS - You must be a product-minded engineer:

• Ability to empathize with customers and think strategically about what to build and why.
• Ability to communicate clearly about product requirements and tradeoffs is a must.
• Experience owning features end to end

OWNERSHIP / CHARACTER - We are all owners:

• We are all owners at Tandem, no one is a ticket-taker - we’re looking for a go-getter with extreme levels of ownership and an A+ positive / get-shit-done attitude
• Team player who takes responsibility and finds THRILL in CHALLENGE!

Our tech stack:

• Typescript/React/NextJS front end & NextJS/tRPC backend
• AI: OpenAI, Gemini, Replicate AI, Vercel AI APIs, etc
• Postgres Database (with Drizzle ORM)
• Hosted on Vercel

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We will provide…

1. Competitive salary, equity & benefits
2. Chance to have ownership over building something from 0 to 1 in a space with proven demand
3. Hard working & extremely supportive + kind team
4. Individual mentorship and career opportunities working alongside a highly experienced team

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Role Logistics

• This role is open to anyone in the US. Bonus points if you live in the SF Bay area or are willing to relocate - we have an office in the SF Bay area which you are welcome and encouraged to work out of, but that is not a hard requirement. We have a hybrid in-person and remote team.
• We’re opportunistically hiring and are open to junior, mid and senior level engineers (hence the wide comp band). If you’re a hungry problem-solver, you are great with Typescript and AI tools and you want to work in a dynamic environment, we encourage you to apply.