Gather is a video chat platform designed to make virtual interactions more human. Our mission is to create opportunity and connection for everyone, no matter where they are. We do this by building the Metaverse, a virtual layer over the physical world where people can work, socialize, and learn.

Since we launched in May of 2020, Gather has brought millions of people together. We have raised a total of $77 million in Series A and B from Sequoia Capital, Index Ventures, and more. We’re a small, friendly team based out of a state-of-the-art virtual office, where you can work whenever and wherever suits you. Come join us!

About us

Gather is building the all-in-one work communication tool - think of it as a Zoom and Slack replacement, built for an AI-native world. We’re uniquely positioned in this space, with over 100,000 users utilizing our remote work platform each week and customers ranging from enterprises like Home Depot & Coinbase to law firms, startups, and public utilities. We have unprecedented access to rich data across communication, collaboration, and work processes, as well as the resources to truly understand how work is done.

Grapevine is Gather’s newest product, which provides rich context for AI agents to navigate all the tools used for work (think:  Slack, Notion, GitHub, etc.) and structure the knowledge for agents. This is the holy grail opportunity for the AI ecosystem, and we believe we have unique insight to pull it off. 

Join us in this mission!

Role overview:

As a Staff Search Engineer on Grapevine, you'll be working on building out the core search algorithm and evals for our knowledge base system. There are novel, as-yet-unsolved technical challenges here in building search algorithms for agents, rather than humans. You should be an algorithmic thinker who is excited to design new search algorithms, owning them from ideation to implementation and results.

Where you will make an impact:

• Design and implement the core search algorithm across unstructured knowledge, improving the quality of Grapevine’s ability to reason over difficult questions
• Design increasingly complex and general evaluations to define new goals to surpass
• Tune how new information sources are incorporated into Grapevine’s knowledge
• Create “digestion” systems to extract vital information from unstructured data
• Mentor and inspire other engineers to think creatively about AI applications

What you bring:

• Extensive experience with search & retrieval systems (esp. Opensearch, vector stores, PSQL)
• Experience on algorithmic engineering problems
• Experience building production-grade RAG systems (knowledge graphs, etc.)
• Comfort with hypothesis-driven research environments
• Intellectual curiosity that drives you to explore new approaches and stay current with emerging technologies
• Experience building internal tools for cross-functional organizations
• Excitement about working on a small team where your contributions have an outsized impact
• Strong debugging and investigation skills; you’re comfortable digging into an ambiguous problem statement and coming up with solutions
• A keen intuition for well-designed software and well-written code
• Intrinsic motivation and the drive to own and solve difficult problems without guidance
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with technical leadership abilities
• An open and growth mindset when giving and receiving feedback
• You are resourceful, have a bias towards action, and love moving fast
• A healthy tolerance for the chaotic balance between Doing Things Right and iterating and shipping quickly

US Salary Range

At Gather, compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. The base salary range for this position in the selected city is  $188,700 - $238,000  annually and we encourage candidates outside of this salary range to apply.

Base pay is one part of the total package provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role will be eligible for a stock reward reflective of an early-stage startup.

Benefits

• Work remotely out of a state-of-the-art virtual office!
• Competitive compensation, benefits, and meaningful equity
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and their dependents
• 401k and matching program
• Generous PTO policy and mental health days to recharge
• Meal stipend twice a week to keep you nourished
• Remote work, education, and health & wellness stipend
• Support for family planning & gender-affirmation
• The opportunity to join a passionate team in building something that actually makes peoples' lives better, every single day

Gather is committed to building an inclusive and equitable workplace for individuals of all backgrounds. We strive to build a workplace where employees feel comfortable bringing their authentic selves to work, everyday. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, pregnancy or parental status, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Additionally, we're committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please notify the recruiter you are working with. We also ask that all applicants consider answering the voluntary demographic questions on our job application to help us track the inclusivity of our recruiting efforts and programs. Answering these questions is entirely voluntary and your answers will not be shared with the hiring team and will not impact the hiring decision.

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