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Show Us What You Can Build

No resumes. No whiteboard puzzles. No trivia questions. Just a real-world engineering challenge that lets your code speak for itself.

Senior/Staff · $180–280K + equity · Remote (US) · $2,000 completion stipend

Three paths to join Terramtech

We're hiring Senior/Staff Full-Stack AI Engineers across three specialties. Each path is a real production problem we're solving inside Terramtech. Apply once — pick the challenge that plays to your strengths after you're accepted.

Data EngineeringOCRNLP

Multi-Format Document Intake

Build a system that extracts structured data from PDFs, CSVs, images, and free-text, then cross-validates and unifies it into a clean record.

Scientific ComputingOptimizationData Viz

Experiment Tracking & Optimization

Build an experiment tracking platform for a food R&D lab — clean noisy data, visualize patterns, and recommend the next experiments to run.

Computer VisionMLImage Processing

Visual Quality Inspection

Build a computer vision pipeline that detects defects, measures dimensions against spec, and produces an operator quality report.

Compensation & Terms

Transparent from day one. Senior engineers' time is expensive — we don't ask for a week of unpaid work.

Base
$180K – $280K
Equity
Competitive grant
Location
Remote (US)
Time commitment
7-day challenge
Completion Stipend
$2,000

Paid to every candidate who completes the full 7-day challenge, regardless of whether we extend an offer. We respect your time.

How It Works

A hiring process designed to find builders, not talkers.

  1. 1

    Apply

    Submit your application with your GitHub username. No resume required — just your identity and a desire to build.

  2. 2

    Receive Your Challenge

    Once accepted, you get a private GitHub repo with a real-world engineering challenge. The clock starts ticking.

  3. 3

    Build

    You have 7 days to architect, implement, test, and document your solution. Work how you actually work — we're watching the process, not just the output.

  4. 4

    Get Evaluated

    Our automated pipeline analyzes your code quality, security, architecture, and git discipline. These scores serve as one data point in a human-led evaluation process — no candidate is automatically rejected or advanced based solely on automated scoring.

What We Evaluate

Eight dimensions scored through automated analysis and expert review.

20%

Architecture

System design, separation of concerns, scalability, and design patterns

20%

AI Implementation

Prompt engineering, agent design, tool-calling, and error handling

15%

Code Quality

Linting, type safety, complexity metrics, and clean code principles

10%

Security

Dependency scanning, secrets management, input validation, and auth

10%

Infrastructure

Infrastructure-as-code, deployment strategy, and observability

10%

Testing

Coverage, test quality, edge cases, and testing strategy

10%

Git Discipline

Commit cadence, message quality, branching strategy, and PR workflow

5%

Communication

Response to feedback, documentation quality, and collaboration signals

Why This Is Different

Git Forensics

We analyze your entire commit history — cadence, message quality, refactoring patterns, and work habits. One giant commit of AI-generated code stands out immediately.

Challenge Bot

During the challenge, an AI-powered bot simulates a real engineering team — opening issues, reviewing PRs, and reporting bugs. How you respond reveals your collaboration skills.

Automated Scoring

Security scanners, linters, architecture analyzers, and test coverage tools provide objective measurements. Human reviewers add context and judgment.

Want to learn about the company?

Terramtech is an enterprise platform and AI-agent stack serving the paper and packaging industry. See what you'd be building for before you commit to the challenge.

Interested?

We hire based on what you build, not how you interview. If you're a senior engineer who ships quality software, we'd like to see your work.