Cartesia
Founding Forward Deployed Engineer
We captured this posting once, on 2026-05-22, and did not track it afterwards — so we cannot tell you whether it is still open.
- Employer
- Cartesia
- Location
- San Francisco, CA
- Seniority
- Mid level
- Experience asked for
- 4+ years
- Pay band
- Not disclosed
When we saw it
- Posted 2026-05-05 — the date the employer published it
- Archived 2026-05-22 — when we saved this copy
Found via LinkedIn — US keyword pulls.
Skills the posting named
From the posting
About Cartesia Our mission is to architect AI that learns from and interacts with the world like humans do. We're pioneering the model architectures that will make this possible. Our founding team met as PhDs at the Stanford AI Lab, where we invented State Space Models or SSMs, a new primitive for training efficient, large-scale foundation models. Our team combines deep expertise in model innovation and systems engineering paired with a design-minded product engineering team to build and ship cutting edge models and experiences. We're funded by leading investors at Index Ventures and Lightspeed Venture Partners, along with Factory, Conviction, A Star, General Catalyst, SV Angel, Databricks and others. We're fortunate to have the support of many amazing advisors, and 90+ angels across many industries, including the world's foremost experts in AI. …
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