Software Engineer
Claims
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## Software Engineer (Python, full-stack) — Claims AI **About Claims AI** Claims turns scientific literature into **structured claims and supporting evidence**—so AI agents can query what was claimed, what evidence supports it, and how much to trust it. Claims is a startup running as **Subnet 111 on Bittensor**. Since mainnet launch (**28 Aug 2026**), an open competition of miners has processed **10,000+ papers**, with records checked by validators before entering the dataset. --- ## Role **Position:** Software Engineer (Python, full-stack) **Location:** Remote (must join team meetings in the afternoon, **CET**) **Type:** Full-time contractor **Start:** December 2026 or January 2027 You’ll help maintain and build Claims and its supporting applications, services, and developer tools. This is a **hands-on, backend-focused full-stack** role across Python services, web dashboards, data pipelines, integrations, and deployment tooling. --- ## Responsibilities - Build and maintain **Python backend services**, APIs, CLI tools, and background workflows - Develop and improve **web dashboards** and internal review tools (**TypeScript/React**) - Maintain pipelines to ingest papers, extract structured information, and evaluate results - Integrate external APIs and AI model providers (validation, retries, timeouts, rate limits, usage costs) - Work with **relational databases** and **object storage** (schema changes, migrations, integrity checks) - Investigate bugs and production issues; add regression coverage - Maintain deployment automation, CI, logging/monitoring, and operational documentation - Refactor and improve code quality (tests, dependency maintenance, code review) - Collaborate with engineering and research to turn requirements into reliable software --- ## Required skills & experience - **1–5 years** professional software engineering (or equivalent production experience) - Strong **Python** (services/data processing, dependencies, automated tests) - Experience designing/consuming/troubleshooting **HTTP APIs** (JSON, validation, auth, error handling) - Working knowledge of **TypeScript/JavaScript** and contributing to **React** (or similar) - Practical **SQL** and relational DB experience (modeling, migrations, query debugging) - Comfortable in **Linux** and using the command line to investigate logs/config/processes - **Git**, PRs, code review, automated testing, CI - Secure engineering practices (access controls, secrets management, careful handling of private data) - Ability to navigate an existing codebase and make focused, well-tested changes - Clear communication and independent problem-solving --- ## Nice to have - **FastAPI, Pydantic, PostgreSQL, Supabase, Next.js** (or similar) - Integrating **LLM APIs**; evaluating accuracy/reliability/latency/cost - PDF parsing/OCR/document extraction; scientific datasets; evidence provenance - Distributed jobs, async processing, reproducible pipelines, automated benchmarking - **Docker/Ansible/systemd/GitHub Actions/cloud automation** - Experience with **Bittensor** or decentralized compute evaluation systems - Exposure to **Rust**, native Python extensions, or WebAssembly - Interest in scientific research and open-source tools --- ## What success looks like - Independently deliver scoped features/fixes across backend and supporting web apps - Changes are understandable, tested, documented, and security-aware - Pipelines and production services become more reliable and easie
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