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title: 'Senior Full Stack Engineer at Blank Metal'
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# Senior Full Stack Engineer at Blank Metal

- **Company:** Blank Metal
- **Location:** Minneapolis, MN
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2025-12-19
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-08
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/blank-metal/754717ef-2304-4f88-9f2b-d3fca6cb0715

## Job description

## About Blank Metal

Blank Metal is an AI-native engineering company that partners with enterprises to deliver production AI fast. We blend strategic insight with hands-on execution — shipping high-impact systems that turn AI initiatives into measurable business results.

We’re builders, not theorists. Our team of seasoned engineers, designers, and strategists work across industries to create AI applications that actually get used — and make a difference.

You’ll join a seasoned professional services team known for high-touch, high-quality work that drives real impact. Our culture thrives on open dialogue, collaborative problem-solving, and a healthy dose of laughter. We value your voice, your ideas, and your entrepreneurial spirit—come help us evolve our services and shape our journey.

## Key Responsibilities

- Design scalable service/micro-service patterns, database schemas, caching layers, and authentication flows
- Ship production-grade code across front-end (React/TypeScript) and back-end (Node, Go, or JVM) with strong test coverage
- Integrate model endpoints, manage real-time inference, and implement robust error-handling and fallback mechanisms
- Drive code-review rigor, CI/CD pipeline health, and observability instrumentation
- Pair-program, lead brown-bag sessions, and advise junior engineers on technical decisions
- Collaborate with UX/Product, AI/ML Practice, and ML Ops teams to deliver client solutions
- Contribute to engineering best practices and help raise the team’s technical bar

## About you

- 5–8 years of full-stack development experience, with strength in both modern front-end and cloud-native back-end stacks
- Experience designing and operating systems in AWS, GCP, or Azure using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/CDK)
- Solid understanding of security, performance tuning, and API versioning best practices
- Comfortable in dynamic, client-facing environments—startup or consulting experience preferred
- Strong communicator and collaborator with a passion for building high-impact solutions
- Curious, adaptable, and energized by solving complex problems across industries

## Why You’ll Love It Here

- Build AI that ships — every project ends in a live deployment, not a slide deck
- Craft meets velocity — we obsess over quality while delivering at startup speed
- Outcome-driven model — our projects align with client success, not billable hours
- AI-native culture — you’ll work with peers who deeply understand modern AI’s potential and limits
- Backed to build — supported by $3M in seed funding from Rally Ventures, Traction Capital, and PurePlay Partners
- Real collaboration — open conversations, shared ownership, and space to bring your voice and creativity

## Equal Opportunity

Blank Metal is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We welcome all backgrounds and perspectives. Diversity makes our work better and our team stronger.

Blank Metal is an equal opportunity employer.

## About Blank Metal

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Blank Metal is an AI-native engineering partner that helps enterprises build production-ready AI products and platforms in 90 days or less, acting as an "anti-consultancy" that prioritizes outcomes over billable hours.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Seed stage)
- **Headquarters**: Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
- **Founded**: 2025
- **Founders**: Matt Johnson (CEO), Eric Johnson (CTO), Teresa Marchek (Head of Product), Elli Rader (Chief Growth Officer), Missy Bemm (Head of Partnership Operations), Jeff Hinck (Board Member), Justin Kaufenberg (Board Member)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: AI-Native Engineering Services / Technology Consulting
- **Target customers**: B2B; mid-sized companies ($500M–$1B revenue) needing outsourced AI teams, large multi-billion dollar corporations needing AI strategy and talent, and Rally Ventures portfolio companies needing rapid prototyping.
- **Mission or purpose statement**: To help companies navigate the most profound technological shift in decades by delivering production-ready enterprise AI solutions without the overhead of traditional consulting.

## Products & Services
- **Enterprise GenAI Platform**: Build and deploy AI-native applications, AI agents, and replatform legacy systems — from "cool demo" to "enterprise production."
- **AI Roadmap & ROI Model (PLAN)**: Board-ready AI strategy and ROI model to align executives and secure funding.
- **Production-Ready MVP (BUILD)**: Time-boxed MVP delivered in less than 90 days with KPIs wired in from day one.
- **Training & Governance (OWN)**: Team upskilling, bootcamps, and governance frameworks so clients can scale the win internally.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private company)
- **Key Metric**: Total Funding — $3.0M Seed round (June 24, 2025)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Rally Ventures, Traction Capital, Pure Play Partners (co-led seed round)
- **Growth Signals**:
  - Monthly website traffic growth: +282.5%
  - LinkedIn follower growth: +7.4% monthly (1,322 followers)
  - Headcount growth: +4.0% monthly; currently 20 employees (23 according to Built In)
  - Active job postings: 12 (monthly growth +140%, quarterly +100%)
  - Client outcomes: 20% revenue lift for a national insurer, 30% productivity uplift for an enterprise workforce platform, board-adopted C-suite 2030 AI roadmap for a healthcare client

## Competitive Advantages
- **"Anti-consultancy" model**: Lean, senior teams with <5% overhead; outcomes-based contracts (not hour factories).
- **AI-native from day one**: Every workflow, process, and internal tool is built for velocity and iteration.
- **Ship speed**: Time-boxed MVPs delivered in weeks, not quarters.
- **Deep partnerships**: Expertise and partnerships with best models, APIs, and ecosystems (OpenAI, Anthropic, etc.).
- **Performance Guaranteed**: Measurable ROI, not strategy decks.

## Strategic Focus
- **Current priorities**: Scaling the team (12 open roles), expanding partner ecosystem (OpenAI and Anthropic Partner Lead roles), and serving diverse client sizes from startups to Fortune 500s.
- **Growth direction**: Building a place where top AI talent can explore broadly, while helping clients build, maintain, and scale AI products and tools.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Small, autonomous squads vs. sprawling org charts; "builders who want to move fast, obsess over craft, and change what’s possible for clients."
- **Remote/Hybrid Policy**: Hybrid workspace with flexible on-site time; offices in Minneapolis, MN (HQ) and a second location in Minnesota.
- **Notable perks**: Opportunity to work with cutting-edge AI tech (OpenAI, Anthropic, PyTorch, Kubernetes, etc.); exposure to diverse clients from startups to Fortune 500s; strong emphasis on craft and impact.
- **Engineering Culture**: AI-powered, impact-obsessed; "we measure success in production." Tech stack includes Python, TypeScript, React, SQL, PyTorch, Kubernetes, Terraform, OpenAI, and more.

## Sources
1. [blankmetal.ai](https://www.blankmetal.ai/)
2. [LinkedIn - Blank Metal](https://www.linkedin.com/company/blank-metal)
3. [Built In - Blank Metal Careers](https://builtin.com/company/blank-metal)
4. [Rally Ventures - Blank Metal](https://www.rallyventures.com/blank-metal/)
5. [Twin Cities Business - New AI Firm Blank Metal Raises $3 Million](https://tcbmag.com/new-ai-firm-blank-metal-raises-3-million/)
6. [FinSMEs - Blank Metal Raises $3M in Funding](https://www.finsmes.com/2025/06/blank-metal-raises-3m-in-funding.html)

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