Open Application — Shape Your Role at Valency

Valency SystemsBerkeley, CA
Hybrid

About The Position

Valency is building the foundation for research that puts people first and runs at the speed AI now allows. We're small and deliberate, and we don't always know what we need until we meet the person who brings it. If the mission resonates and you have a point of view on where you'd fit, tell us. The role doesn't have to exist yet. Valency indexes tens of millions of research papers and makes them queryable in real-time, for researchers and for the AI systems they increasingly rely on. People stay at the center. The old stack wasn't built for this.

Requirements

  • Think in systems and notice when foundations are wrong.
  • Drawn to hard problems in science, AI, or knowledge infrastructure.
  • Hold a high bar for quality without getting stuck on it.
  • Communicate clearly when things are ambiguous.
  • Like early-stage work, where what you build stays yours.
  • Comfortable with ambiguity.

Nice To Haves

  • Depth over credentials.

Responsibilities

  • Send us your background and a short note on where you'd contribute.
  • Engineering, research, design, operations, comms, something we haven't thought of.
  • Communicate clearly when things are ambiguous.
  • Contribute to building the foundation for research that puts people first and runs at the speed AI now allows.
  • Shape the product directly as an early employee.

Benefits

  • Hybrid team based in Berkeley, CA that comes together in office 3 days a week.
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