Software Engineer - Frontend at Hive (Seattle, WA)

Hive· Seattle, WA·2d ago

Role details

Employment

Full-Time

Job description

Build secure custom user interfaces using React (JavaScript)
Work with the design and product teams to develop new features that are focused on user experience
Actively participate in product decisions, ensuring we set reasonable development deadlines
Look for opportunities to improve team efficiency and work with your team to implement improvements
Utilize OWASP top 10 techniques to secure code from vulnerabilities
Maintain awareness of industry best practices for data maintenance handling as it relates to your role
Adhere to policies, guidelines and procedures pertaining to the protection of information assets
Report actual or suspected security and/or policy violations/breaches to an appropriate authority

You have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent
You have at least 1 year of experience working in web development
You have experience working with 3rd party APIs and libraries
You have in-depth knowledge of JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and related web technologies
You have a good grasp of React and Redux (or similar frameworks) and the concepts behind it
You are capable of creating beautiful web products and have good UX sensibilities
You are eager to learn new technologies and share your knowledge with your teammates
You are receptive to feedback and always looking for opportunities to sharpen your skills
You have excellent communication skills and experience in collaborative environments
You write understandable, testable code with an eye towards maintainability and scalability

Fast growth environment: API volume has 10x’d in two years, offering opportunities for impact and career acceleration.
Small, high-impact teams: Employees have direct influence on technical and organizational systems.
Competitive compensation: Base salary plus heavy focus on equity-based compensation for long-term alignment.
Comprehensive benefits: Health, dental, vision insurance; gym membership; on-site roles in San Francisco and Seattle (with an office in New Delhi).
Engineering culture: Emphasis on building models, increasing serving capacity, and solving hard scaling challenges. On-site presence required for many roles.
Diverse workforce: Employees across 15 countries; strong representation from India and US; top talent sourced from Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, and Carnegie Mellon.

One-liner: Hive provides cloud-based AI models and APIs to understand, search, and generate content for enterprises.
Entity Type: Private (Series D, $50M raised in April 2021 at a $2B valuation)
Headquarters: San Francisco, California, USA (additional offices in Seattle, USA and New Delhi/Gurgaon, India)
Founded: 2013
Founders: Kevin Guo (CEO) and Dmitriy Karpman (CTO)

Primary industry: Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning (content understanding, moderation, brand protection, generative AI)
Target customers: B2B – large digital platforms, media companies, brands, and risk/identity management organizations
Mission: To empower developers with best-in-class, pre-trained AI models and turnkey software for critical business needs.

Content Moderation APIs: Pre-trained models to detect NSFW, hate speech, violence, CSAM, and other harmful content across images, video, text, and audio.
Brand Protection & Sponsorship Measurement: AI-driven tools to measure sponsorship exposure, optimize ad targeting, and protect brand safety across platforms.
Search & Identification: Next-generation search capabilities for datasets including web images, intellectual property, and customer-provided content.
Generative AI: Proprietary and open-source models to generate text, image, video, and audio content.
Turnkey Software: Ready-to-use applications powered by Hive’s proprietary models for content moderation, contextual ad targeting, and more.

Valuation/Market Cap: $2B valuation as of Series D (April 2021)
Key Metric: Annual Revenue of $12.5M (estimated, per LinkedIn); Total Funding of $155.7M across 6 rounds (Seed, Series A, B, C, D)
Notable Investors/Partners: General Catalyst, 8VC, Tomales Bay Capital, Glynn Capital
Growth Signals: API volume increased by more than 10x over the past 2 years; headcount grew 7.3% YoY to 287 employees; serves billions of customer API requests monthly; trusted by hundreds of the world’s largest organizations.

Broad, pre-trained model portfolio: Covers video, image, text, and audio with industry-leading accuracy.
Scale and reliability: Billions of API requests per month, proven at enterprise scale.
End-to-end offering: APIs for developers plus turnkey software for non-technical teams.
Strong backing and valuation: $2B valuation from top-tier venture firms signals market confidence.

Scaling infrastructure: Increasing serving capacity to handle continued API volume growth.
Expanding client base: Targeting large enterprises in media, technology, risk management, and advertising.
Deepening generative AI capabilities: Investing in proprietary models for content generation alongside understanding/search.

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