Software Engineer - Platform Development & Implementation at Shakudo

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Not SpecifiedCompensation
Mid-level (3 to 4 years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Technology, Data and AIIndustries

Requirements

  • Proficiency in React, TypeScript, Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform
  • Enterprise platform experience, ideally at a startup or scale-up
  • Growth-minded engineer with taste for clean implementations and solutions that create real business value
  • Eagerness to learn platform architecture and deployment patterns for mission-critical systems
  • Comfort with ambiguity; ability to turn unknown customer requirements into clarity and results under pressure
  • Strong analytical mindset and eagerness to solve complex technical problems
  • Curiosity for AI-assisted coding (Codex, Claude, OpenHands) and modern development practices

Responsibilities

  • Build and own platform features and customer implementations end-to-end—from design and development to deployment and customer success
  • Work side-by-side with customers on their most pressing data and AI challenges, deploying the platform to solve business problems
  • Develop multi-tenant platform components that handle enterprise-scale workloads
  • Build deployment pipelines for air-gapped, high-security environments
  • Create customer onboarding systems that get critical infrastructure running quickly
  • Own projects from conception to deployment, working directly with customers to ensure success
  • Help shape platform architecture, customer implementation strategies, platform-level quality bars, customer delivery excellence, and product direction based on customer feedback

Skills

Platform Engineering
Software Development
Deployment
Data Engineering
AI Applications
Open Source
Customer Implementation
DevOps

Shakudo

End-to-end platform for AI projects

About Shakudo

Shakudo offers a platform designed to support organizations in developing and managing AI and data-intensive products. Their main product, the Hyperplane platform, facilitates the entire workflow of AI projects, from initial ideas to deployment. It automates the optimization of resources, helping teams select the best configurations without the need for complex setups. This makes it easier for data scientists and AI teams to focus on building and maintaining their models efficiently. Shakudo differentiates itself from competitors by providing a subscription-based service with tiered pricing, allowing organizations to choose the level of access that suits their needs. The goal of Shakudo is to simplify the AI development process, enabling organizations to implement their AI projects more quickly and reliably.

Toronto, CanadaHeadquarters
2021Year Founded
$9.8MTotal Funding
SERIES_ACompany Stage
Enterprise Software, AI & Machine LearningIndustries
11-50Employees

Risks

Increased competition from established AI platform providers like DataRobot.
Potential customer resistance due to learning curve and integration challenges.
Rapid AI advancements may outpace Shakudo's platform updates, risking obsolescence.

Differentiation

Shakudo offers a unique compatibility across best-of-breed data tools.
Their Hyperplane platform automates resource optimization for AI projects.
Shakudo provides DevOps-friendly GraphQL APIs for seamless AI solution interaction.

Upsides

Increased demand for AI model interpretability tools enhances Shakudo's platform.
Rise of AI model marketplaces boosts Hyperplane's user engagement and revenue.
Growing trend of federated learning aligns with Shakudo's data stack compatibility.

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