Full Stack Engineer (Contractor) - Palo Alto at Plaud (San Francisco, CA)
Plaud· San Francisco, CA· $85/hr·
Role details
Market-Competitive Compensation · Global Exposure · Vibrant Work Atmosphere
Plaud at a glance
AI note-taking hardware and app that records, transcribes, and summarizes your conversations.
Plaud makes wearable and pocket AI recorders (the Note, Note Pro, NotePin, and NotePin S) paired with an app that transcribes conversations in 100-plus languages, writes summaries and action items, and lets you search across them. It sells the hardware once and charges an ongoing subscription for the AI features.
~$6M (Kickstarter + Carbide Ventures) raised · latest: Bootstrapped; ~$5M from Carbide Ventures (2025) · backed by Carbide Ventures
Summary
Design and implement end-to-end features across frontend and backend for Plaud's AI work companion platform. Develop scalable web applications, integrate with APIs, and collaborate with product teams to deliver high-quality technical solutions.
Job description
About Plaud Inc.
Plaud is building the real-world AI interface for professionals to amplify intelligence, elevate productivity and performance, loved by over 2,500,000 users worldwide since 2023. With a mission to amplify human intelligence, Plaud captures, structures, and compounds the intelligence generated in conversations — so humans can think better, decide faster, and execute with clarity.
Plaud Inc. is a Delaware-incorporated, San Francisco-based company pushing the boundary of human–AI intelligence through a hardware–software combination. With full ISO 27001, ISO 27701, SOC 2, GDPR, EN18031, and HIPAA compliances, Plaud is committed to the highest standards of data security and privacy protection.
To learn more about Plaud, please visit plaud.ai/www.plaud.ai and follow along on Instagram instagram.com/, twitter.com/PLAUDAI%22%20%5CX twitter.com/PLAUDAI, Facebook facebook.com/plaudai, LinkedIn linkedin.com/plaudai and YouTube youtube.com/@PLAUDAI
Why You Should Join Us
Plaud is building the next generation intelligence infrastructure and interfaces to capture, extract, and utilize intelligence from what people say, hear, see, and think.
- Plaud is a bootstrapped, skyrocketing, profitable company with a $300M revenue run rate achieved in just three years.
- Define the next-gen paradigm for human-AI interaction.
- Gain exposure to cutting-edge AI for Pro tools and play a direct role in our global expansion.
- Work with passionate teammates who value innovation, collaboration, and customer success.
- Grow your career in a culture that champions continuous learning and fast career development.
- Market-competitive compensation, global exposure, and a vibrant, creativity-fueled work atmosphere.
What you will do
- Design and implement end-to-end features across frontend and backend to support Teams, B2B, and D2C initiatives.
- Develop scalable, modular web applications and integrate with business-facing service APIs.
- Collaborate closely with Product and Business teams to translate requirements into high-quality technical solutions.
- Ensure performance, reliability, and maintainability of web applications in production environments.
- Participate in code reviews, technical design discussions, and cross-team coordination to maintain engineering standards.
Skills, qualifications and experience we look for
- At least 3 years of full-stack software engineering experience
- Strong proficiency in modern frontend frameworks (e.g., React)
- Solid backend development experience (Go, Java, or similar) with RESTful API integration
- Experience building scalable, modular web applications in production environments
- Understanding of performance optimization, reliability, and maintainable code practices
- Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams
- Self-starter with high ownership and ability to work in a fast-paced environment
Compensation: $65-85/hr
Why work at Plaud
- Mission-Driven: The company's philosophy ("Amplify Human Intelligence") is central to its culture, and employees are likely working on a product that directly impacts how millions of professionals work.
- Growth Stage: Rapidly scaling from 2M to a target of 50M users, offering significant career growth opportunities.
- Global & Remote-Friendly: Offices in San Francisco, Singapore, Tokyo, Shenzhen, Seattle, and Beijing – suggests a distributed, cross-cultural work environment.
- Cutting-Edge Tech: Working on the frontier of AI (LLMs, speech recognition, hardware-software integration) with a "Pursue SOTA" (State of the Art) value.
- Values-Driven Culture: Listed values include "Human First," "Act from first principles," "Dare to change," "Use AI to its fullest," and "Let others thrive."
- Perks: One-year warranty on hardware, lifetime customer support, and a focus on data security (ISO/SOC/HIPAA compliance) indicates a mature engineering and operations culture.