Work Experience:

Intermediate +

City: Toronto

Country: Canada

Industry:

AI

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A very warm welcome to Knowd (pronounced “Node”) - where we take the work out of knowledge work. We’re a venture backed organization building in the future of work. Specifically for individual efficiency and team collaboration.

We strive to become synonymous with workplace productivity on how people work with information to search, discover, synthesize and share knowledge within organizations.

We are fortunate to raise our first round from Drive Capital and are looking to hire to help build out our product and company.

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<aside> ⚙ Job Description:

We welcome and encourage all candidates who have different experience levels and diverse backgrounds to apply.

We are seeking a dynamic, tech-savvy individual who is passionate about solving the unknown unknowns with us and thrives in a flexible work environment.

With a strong drive to succeed as a team, you'll work alongside our co-founders and founding engineers.

As a key member of our team, we value your expertise and feedback. Relying on you to help us deliver a sleek and delightful product experience to our users.

Strong communication and interpersonal skills are essential to ensure that you can contribute to our vision.

We offer a flexible work environment, and seek someone with high energy and commitment to help us maintain our momentum.

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<aside> ✅ Requirements:

Must-Have:

• Knowledge of JavaScript or TypeScript, HTML, and CSS.
• Knowledge of modern front-end technologies (Next.js, React.js , Node.js).
• Knowledge of design systems, such as TailwindCSS, Radix UI, Chakra UI, Storybook etc.
• Knowledge of responsive and interactive user interfaces using styled functional components.

Nice-to-Have (If front-end-focus then):

• Knowledge of human-centered design approach.
• Knowledge of Electron.js to build cross-platform application.
• Knowledge of creating custom hooks for reusable and modular code.
• Knowledge of server-side-rendering and static site generating in Next.js.
• Knowledge of web performance optimization such as Web Worker, WASM and WebGPU.
• Knowledge of complex no-code UI, such as infinite canvas, autocomplete search interfaces.

Nice-to-Have (else):

• Knowledge of NLP, Foundation Models, and LLMs.
• Knowledge of fine-tuning, training, and hosting ML models.
• Knowledge of (No)SQL databases, schema design, and big data.
• Knowledge of scaling back-end APIs, ☁️ (HuggingFace/AWS/GCP).
• Knowledge of building search engine using lexical and neural search.
• Knowledge of data vis and analytics such as classification, and clustering.

It's okay if you don't check all the boxes.

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<aside> 🟪 Our Hiring Process:

Screening: A 20-minute get-to-know-you call with Jian (CTO) and Thomas (COO).

Assessment: A 60-minute session to look at your technical abilities.

Evaluating: Upon next step, we share with you a take-home-assignment on a new territory you've never learned before.

Offer: To join our team.

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• Be employee #2 of an ambitious team and help shape and advance our company trajectory.
• Competitive salary based on your experience.
• Ownership in Knowd, for shared success in our company growth, as a truly committed owner.
• 3 weeks of paid vacation and remote working options.
• Contribute to the future of our engineering and product culture.
• Real-world impactful applications using SoTA AI and LLM solutions. </aside>

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Apply by sending an email to us to one of our co-founders [email protected] with your CV/Resume and a brief introduction on yourself.

Thanks for stopping by! 😊 Thomas

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