# Strategic Projects Associate - Coding at AfterQuery

- Company: AfterQuery
- What the company does: AfterQuery captures how experts reason and turns real-world professional work into high-quality training data for frontier foundation models. Backed by Y Combinator.
- Company website: https://afterquery.com
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Associate
- Location: San Francisco
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $130K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-02-10
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/afterquery/9bcf6c52-0906-485a-8b8d-95db564520d9
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/afterquery-strategic-projects-associate-coding/

## About the role

You'll work with the world's leading AI organizations to build next-generation data solutions, managing expert teams across finance, software engineering, law, and more to deliver high-quality outputs at scale. You'll shape the dataset specifications that directly influence how frontier models are trained and evaluated, owning projects end-to-end from scoping through delivery in a fast-moving, high-stakes environment.

## What they're looking for

- Strong technical background: CS degree, engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated ability to ship technical projects
- High agency, drive, and a strong work ethic, thrive in ambiguity and execute with minimal direction
- Passion for AI and interest in entrepreneurship, enjoy experimenting with new tools (experience with Claude Code is a plus)
- Competitive nature and demonstrated past success
- Strong leadership experience and excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Thrive in fast-moving, high-impact environments with bias towards action, while balancing attention to detail

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