Software Engineer: Applied ML

Lumi

Lumi

Software Engineering, Data Science
USD 170k-230k / year + Equity
Posted on Nov 18, 2025

Founded by Colin Kaepernick, Lumi brings AI to education
Our mission is to drastically improve educational outcomes by making learning engaging and accessible for all. Today, K-12 students use Lumi to create characters and tell stories with AI, all while improving their reading and writing skills. We're a high-performing team building with the largest school districts in the US.


Responsibilities
– Design and build ML workflows for customers
– Own the performance of ML capabilities
- Collaborate with engineering, product, design, and customer success
– Raise our technical bar, from core architecture to developer experience


What we value
– Clarity: you reason and communicate clearly, even with complex problems
- Focus: you connect technical decisions to user and business outcomes
– Practicality: you balance speed vs perfection
– Autonomy, but not solo: you’re self-sufficient but engage the team when ideas or alignment matter
– Friendliness: you’re enjoyable to discuss and debate with
– Elite: you operate at a high standard and inspire others to this same level


Our tech stack
Typescript, React, Node, AWS


Compensation
$170,000 - $230,000 salary with equity and benefits


Location
Remote in the US with quarterly team trips


How to apply
Email us with your experience and why you’d be a great fit: jobs@lumistory.ai