About usWe’re building an AI agent for e-commerce - Zipchat.aiWe believe the LLM revolution will change the way humanity shops. We’re trying to figure out how exactly.We work with hundreds of brands, we’re bootstrapped, we’re default-alive and we’re focused on innovating in the AI/Ecom space.We have a Shopify app, a Whatsapp app but we’re building on top of open standards so we can support all kind of merchants.Ideal candidateExperience building RAG AI agents: LLM experience ( OpenAI, Anthropic, etc )Retrieval ( embeddings / vector dbs )Prompt engineeringDev skills Ruby on Rails 💎 - We run on railsPython 🐍  - Some useful libs require PythonExperience with Web scraping & data storageCommunication English 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 - able to communicate without frictionProactivity - able to communicate issues proactively, unstuck themselves and work as a teamMindset Ownership - wants to take responsibilityInnovation - can come up with ideas on improving the agentEmbrace the chaos - prioritise shipping value to customers, not clean code. Make your mama proud, not your fellow dev buddies! 🤘What you’ll be doingYou’ll be in charge of improving our Agent performance/experience metrics and you’ll be judged by how much the agent improves over time.Coming up with ideas on how to improve the customer experience & agent performanceBuilding new versions of the agent and testing them against the status quoImplementing new agent capabilitiesImproving scraping, data collection & storageWhy joinChance to invent how e-commerce works in the AI ageGet equity in the businessFreedom to build things your own waySee your impact real time → fast feedback loopBe part of a small bootstrapped startup that has high ambitionsWhy not joinWe’re not a very social type of workplace - everyone works in their own lane and we sync ad/hocYou’ll be expected to shipWork processWe try to push to prod every day. We take “Ship fast and break things” to heart.Also “monitor your own stuff and make sure you fix things if you break something” 🙂Innovation velocity is our number one priority. We have no idea what will be useful to merchants and what won’t be, so we try to ship → collect feedback → ship → etcWe’re a micro team We’re currently 3 founders, one of them is technical.You’ll be working alongside the tech founder.You have the freedom to work however you like We’re fully remoteThere’s no working time ( CET is our anchor time )You’re expected to spend ~30 productive hours* per week on the projectNobody cares if you moonlight, have a side hustle or you like to surf during the day - just do your jobYou will be writing code 99% of the time, no bureaucracy We have no meetings unless necessary ( async chat or loom is preferred )We have no planning, no deadlines, no sprints, and no methodologies → We take the next task and try to ship it ASAPYou figure things out, no babysitting You’ll need to come up with ways to improve the agentYou’ll be presented with “shaped”** features ( not too concrete, not too vague specs )You’ll need to figure out how to build them following our product philosophyNobody will babysit you, you’ll need to get things done or ask for help proactively*Productive work hours - Hours spent actually working. We use Toggl to track our time.**Shaped features - See https://basecamp.com/shapeup/1.1-chapter-02)Compensation$6k per month ( $72,000 / year ) ( before tax )Stock options ( Delaware C-corp )Application processSubmit formGet to know you call ( 30-60 min ) See if we like each other and if might be a good fit or not2 week paid contract ( $2k ) We believe the only way to see if we’re a good fit is to do some work togetherWe’ll hire you for 2 weeks, see what we can achieve togetherAfter, both sides can decide if they wish to continue workingContract signApply NowLet's start your dream job Apply now Automatically Apply to Remote Back-End Programming JobsLet your copilot automatically search and apply to remote jobs from We Work Remotely