Software Engineer (Golang)

About Maxim

At Maxim, we are building the evaluation infrastructure to help modern AI teams bring their products to market faster, with the quality and reliability needed for real-world use.

Backed by an amazing set of investors and are building our core team to empower development teams to ship high-quality AI agents, faster.

About the Role

At the heart of this role is Bifrost. Bifrost is the fastest, fully open-source LLM gateway. Written in Go, it is a product of deep engineering focus with performance optimized at every level of the architecture. It supports 1000+ models across providers via a single API.

In just a few months since launch, Bifrost has quickly gained traction with leading enterprises and now we’re looking to bring on someone who can scale it even faster and help turn complex AI infrastructure into a simple, invisible superpower for AI teams globally.

Responsibilities

You’ll be working across two tracks:

Open-source Development:  

• Maintain, improve and expand the Bifrost OSS codebase.
• Engage with the OSS community by reviewing contributions, triaging issues, and incorporating feedback.
• Ensure high code quality, clear documentation and smooth developer onboarding for Bifrost contributors.
• Ensure Bifrost offers an intuitive, efficient and enjoyable user experience - balancing high performance with ease of use.

Enterprise Features:

• Build new features on top of our open-source platform that help it grow
  smoothly, connect easily with other tools and give users clear insights into how
  everything is running.
• Work closely with our enterprise users to understand their needs and turn
  them into practical, reliable features.
• Collaborate with product/design to make sure these features are not only effective but also easy and pleasant to use, blending naturally into the overall experience.

Tech Stack

• Primary: Go
• Secondary: Typescript + NextJS

About You

• You have 2-4 years of experience in software development, with a strong foundation in Go programming patterns.
• You are a generalist comfortable with working across different databases.
• You bring solid software engineering principles and know how to ship clean, maintainable code.
• You enjoy working in early-stage environments where ownership and autonomy are key.
• You’ve built and shipped an AI-related project.  (Share it in your application - please include a link to the most impactful project you have built.)
• Above all, you take pride in thoughtful engineering that balances quality, performance, and user experience.

Nice to Haves

• You’ve worked with Typescript and have used NextJS.
• You’ve built SDKs or tools designed for external developers.
• You’ve previously worked at or founded a startup.
• You’ve worked closely with design, product or customer-facing teams to ship features.
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Compensation & Benefits

At Maxim, we provide competitive compensation – great salary, robust equity grants, and other perks including health benefits and AI stipend. Beyond compensation, we constantly strive to build an empowering workplace with high-degree of autonomy, take-charge ownership and dynamic opportunities for growth, all as Maxim continues to soar!