# Member of Technical Staff, SWE at hillclimb

- Company: hillclimb (YC F25)
- What the company does: Training Data for Recursive Self-Improvement. Backed by Y Combinator.
- Company website: https://hillclimb.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: San Francisco, CA, US
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $200K to $300K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-06-19
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/hillclimb/jobs/xg2MQW1-member-of-technical-staff-swe
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/hillclimb-member-of-technical-staff-swe/

## About the role

Hillclimb is looking for a data/software engineer to join the team to assist with the following objectives:

## What they're looking for

- Strong software engineering fundamentals, with experience building production systems end to end
- Proficiency in Python, with experience designing clean APIs, services, and internal tools
- Experience with data pipelines, databases, object storage, and observability
- Experience with Docker, cloud infrastructure, CI, job orchestration, or distributed execution systems

Tags: Engineering