Founding Engineer - Cape at Pear VC

New York, New York, United States

Pear VC Logo
Not SpecifiedCompensation
Junior (1 to 2 years), Mid-level (3 to 4 years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Technology, AIIndustries

Requirements

  • 2-5 years of software engineering experience, strong coding skills
  • Remote or in-person (founders are in NY / engineers in Singapore)
  • Experience with customizing Copilot / Cursor / Windsurf to speed up development
  • Experience deploying and maintaining services in a distributed systems environment (handle failures, measure latency)
  • Experience with stack - Typescript, Postgres, NextJS, Prisma, Docker
  • Experience with LLM fine-tuning and deployment
  • Experience with tools like Langsmith and Langchain for building agents

Responsibilities

  • Contribute to our core agent (and test it on your own network use cases)
  • Use prompt engineering and fine-tuning with foundation LLMs
  • Contribute everywhere and own technical decisions (ex new design pattern, architect agent development)

Skills

TypeScript
Postgres
NextJS
Prisma
Docker
LLM fine-tuning
LangSmith
LangChain
Prompt Engineering
Distributed Systems

Pear VC

Venture capital firm for early-stage startups

About Pear VC

Pear VC specializes in providing venture capital for pre-seed and seed stage investments. The firm collaborates with founders to transform innovative ideas into successful companies across various sectors, including AI, healthcare, fintech, and more. Their investment strategy focuses on early-stage startups, offering not just financial support but also expertise and a strong network to help these businesses grow. Pear VC distinguishes itself from competitors through its hands-on approach, providing strategic advice and operational assistance to ensure startups remain agile and focused on their customers. The goal of Pear VC is to guide startups through their early development phases, helping them achieve significant growth and success.

San Francisco, CaliforniaHeadquarters
2013Year Founded
$2,738.4MTotal Funding
UNKNOWNCompany Stage
Venture Capital, Fintech, AI & Machine LearningIndustries
51-200Employees

Risks

Increased competition from other VC firms in AI and biotech sectors.
Potential overvaluation of startups could lead to investment losses.
Regulatory challenges in biotech and healthcare may impact growth strategies.

Differentiation

Pear VC specializes in pre-seed and seed investments across diverse sectors.
The firm offers hands-on strategic advice and operational support to startups.
Pear VC focuses on innovation in AI, fintech, SaaS, healthcare, and deep tech.

Upsides

Growing interest in AI-driven healthcare solutions presents new investment opportunities.
Rising demand for cell engineering platforms suggests lucrative biotech investments.
Fitness tech startups focusing on community building are gaining traction.

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