Weekly digest
Week of 23 February 2026
43 new roles this week across 21 companies; the biggest movers: OpenAI (+6), Sierra (+4), Saronic (+3).
Research
- Member of Technical Staff, Research Engineering — Listen Labs AI-powered platform that conducts automated video and audio interviews to generate customer insights at scale
- Data Scientist, Business — OpenAI Develops AI systems including large language models like ChatGPT for research and commercial use
- Data Scientist, Preparedness — OpenAI
ML engineering
- Forward Deployed Engineer - ML — Modal Modal is a cloud-based serverless computing platform designed for data science and machine learning teams
- Recruiter, AI/ML Research — OpenAI
Infrastructure
- Member of Technical Staff, Platform — Listen Labs
- Senior Backend Engineer, LangSmith Deployments — LangChain Framework and platform for building, testing, deploying, and monitoring LLM-powered agents
- Senior Satellite Platform Engineer — K2 Space Builds high-power satellite buses designed for LEO, MEO, and GEO missions with 10x more power than constellati
- Software Engineer - GPU Networking & Distributed Systems — Baseten Platform for deploying and serving machine learning models with high-performance inference at scale
- Software Engineer, Data Platform — OpenEvidence AI-driven clinical decision support platform aggregating medical journal findings for healthcare providers
- Software Engineer, Platform — fal Serverless GPU platform for deploying and fine-tuning generative AI models at scale
- Software Engineer, Site Reliability — fal
Software
- Senior Staff Software Engineer, API — Anthropic Develops Claude, an AI assistant, with research focused on AI safety and alignment
- Staff+ Software Engineer, Account Abuse — Anthropic
- Member of Technical Staff, Tech Lead — Listen Labs
- Engineering Manager, Agent — Sierra Conversational AI platform that deploys customized agents across chat, voice, email, and SMS for customer supp
- Technical Deployment Lead, Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) - SF — OpenAI
- Software Engineer - Billing & Internal Tooling — Baseten
- Software Engineer, Agent — Sierra
- AI Support Engineer - San Francisco — OpenAI
- Forward Deployed Engineer (India) — Cartesia Real-time speech and transcription models for voice agents with low-latency State Space Model architecture
- AI Tutor - Software Engineering Specialist — xAI Develops Grok, an AI platform offering reasoning, code, voice, image, and video capabilities through a unified
- Critical Facilities Engineer — xAI
- DFT (Design For Test) Engineer — Etched Etched.ai is a technology startup developing specialized hardware for large language model (LLM) inference
Hardware
- Global Supply Manager, Avionics — K2 Space
- Mechanical Engineer, Hardware Integration — Saronic Saronic Technologies develops advanced autonomous surface vessels for naval and maritime applications
- Structures Engineer — Saronic
- Inventory Systems & Organization Contractor (Sortly Experience Required) — Dyna Robotics Autonomous robotic arms that complete end-to-end workflows in hospitality, logistics, and factory operations
- Mechanical Buyer/Planner — K2 Space
Product
Design
- Senior/Lead Marine Designer/Drafter — Saronic
- Lead Product Designer — Together AI Together AI is a cloud-based platform specializing in artificial intelligence infrastructure and tools
- UX/UI Designer – Fleet Command & Robot Management — Skild AI Builds foundation models for general-purpose robots that adapt across hardware and tasks
Go-to-market
- Deployment Strategist Lead - Mexico — ElevenLabs AI platform generating realistic speech, music, and sound effects across 70+ languages
- Solutions Architect — Baseten
- Sales Development Representative — LangChain
Operations
- VP, Finance — Modal
- Senior Master Annotator — Skild AI
- Field Operations Specialist — Mach Industries Develops low-cost autonomous aerospace and defense systems including drones, munitions, and propulsion compone
- Exceptional Talent Reserve — Serval AI-powered enterprise service management platform that automates employee requests, onboarding, and IT operati
Other
- Engagement Manager — xDOF XDOF is the infrastructure partner for the world's most ambitious robotics builders
- Strategist, Agent Development - Healthcare — Sierra
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