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title: 'Software Engineer at Gem (Oats)'
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# Software Engineer at Gem (Oats)

- **Company:** Gem (Oats)
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2024-10-10
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-05
- **Apply:** https://jobs.gem.com/gem-oats/am9icG9zdDpPeyu-M052Ztmr7zbPsZP4

## Job description

***Demo Job Post***

## Role Details

Location: San Francisco, CA. This role is based 2 days per week out of our San Francisco, HQ and is not eligible for full-time remote work. Compensation:

- The IC2 base salary hiring range for this position is $135,000-$150,000 in addition to equity & benefits.
- The IC3 base salary hiring range for this position is $171,000-$190,000 in addition to equity & benefits.
- The IC4 base salary hiring range for this position is $198,000-$220,000 in addition to equity & benefits. The range displayed on this job posting reflects the minimum and maximum compensation. Factors including location, level, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience will determine compensation.

## About Gem

Gem is the AI-powered recruiting platform TA teams love. It helps you maximize productivity, hire faster, and save money – all while giving recruiters a solution they find easy to use. Use Gem as your all-in-one recruiting platform or enhance your existing ATS with integrated products for CRM, sourcing, scheduling, analytics, career sites, events, and more. Over 1,000 companies – from startups to industry leaders like Airbnb, Wayfair, Cintas, Carmax, Doordash, and Zillow – trust Gem to hire with speed and ease. See why Gem is the recruiting industry’s most beloved solution, with a 4.8/5 rating on G2.

With Gem, you can:

- Attract, engage, and hire talent faster: Build talent pipelines across all channels through sourcing, nurture, events, career sites, inbound, and more. With Gem, teams can source talent five times faster and double their talent pipelines.
- Maximize recruiter productivity: Use AI and automation to save time on routine tasks like reviewing applications, scheduling interviews, and managing follow-ups. Recruiters using Gem can review twice as many applications, schedule twice as many interviews, and engage four times as many candidates as before.
- Unlock data-driven recruiting: Get analytics that everyone can use. Debug your funnel, monitor pipelines, forecast hiring, and demonstrate impact, all without complex BI tools. With Gem, TA teams use data to position themselves as strategic partners to the business.
- Simplify your tech stack and cut costs: Consolidate multiple tools into one platform and reduce your spend on recruiting technology, external sourcing, and job boards by up to 50%. Save on standalone solutions with Gem’s end-to-end bundle and take advantage of past candidate relationships to reduce your reliance on sourcing new talent.

And just as we strive to help our customers find great talent, we also invest in our own people and culture. We are proud of the culture we’ve built and have recently been recognized as:

- [Forbes America's Best Startup Employers, 2024](https://www.forbes.com/lists/americas-best-startup-employers/?sh=427beca82ad7)
- [Great Place to Work Certified, 2023](https://www.greatplacetowork.com/certified-company/7024105)
- [Fortune Best Workplaces for Millennials, 2023](https://www.greatplacetowork.com/best-workplaces/Millennials/2023?category=small-and-medium)

The company has raised $148M in funding from Accel, Greylock, ICONIQ, and more.

The Team and Role

- Gem engineers work closely with product managers and designers to influence product direction, company roadmap, and business outcomes.
- We stay close to customers by joining customer calls, and reading customer feedback.
- We enjoy shipping features, moving fast, and being scrappy.
- We are receptive to feedback and continuously work on improving both our product and our craft.
- All of Gem engineering works out of our San Francisco office.
- [Read more about our company values](https://blog.gem.com/what-its-like-to-work-at-gem).

What You’ll Do Day-to-Day:

- Embody our company values of ownership, velocity, customer centricity, diversity and transparency.
- Own product features end-to-end alongside your product manager, engineering manager and designer.
- Work primarily with Typescript, React, Python, GraphQL, Node, PostgreSQL.
- Stay close to our customers.
- Collaborate with engineers on your team and across Gem. For e.g. give and receive code reviews, review data model and architecture decisions.
- Influence decisions and have direct impact on business outcomes.

About You:

- You have 1–8 years of industry experience as a software engineer, building user-facing products.
- You move with velocity, and invest in improving your craft.
- You are good at driving solutions by communicating and working cross-functionally.
- You are energized by collaborating in-office with your peers.

Gem is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate our inclusive work environment and encourage folks of all backgrounds and perspectives to apply. At Gem, we’re committed to having an inclusive and transparent environment where every voice is heard and acknowledged. We embrace our differences, and know that our diverse team is a strength that drives our success.

Gem is committed to developing a barrier-free recruitment process and work environment. If you require any accommodation, please email us at accommodations@gem.com and we’ll work with you to meet your accessibility needs.

Gem’s Candidate Privacy Notice By clicking “Submit Application”, you acknowledge and agree that you have read and understand [Gem’s Candidate Privacy Statement](https://www.gem.com/compliance/candidate-privacy-statement), including the information provided on how Gem processes your personal data and your related rights as set forth therein.

## About Gem (Oats)

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Gem is the AI-first all-in-one recruiting platform that combines ATS, CRM, sourcing, scheduling, fraud detection, and analytics into a single system to help talent acquisition teams hire faster and more strategically.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series C, $148M total funding)
- **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, United States
- **Founded**: 2017
- **Founders**: Steve Bartel (CEO and Co-Founder)

## Core Business
- **Primary Industry**: HR Technology / Recruiting Software
- **Target Customers**: B2B – talent acquisition teams at startups to large enterprises (e.g., Stripe, Airbnb, DoorDash, Google)
- **Mission**: Make recruiting better for everyone, so companies can build great teams and job-seekers can find life-changing opportunities [gem.com](https://www.gem.com/company/careers)

## Products & Services
- **AI Sourcing Agent**: Search 800M+ profiles, surface past candidates, and reach anyone with verified contact info.
- **AI App Review Agent**: Rank and review every applicant 5x faster with AI-generated explanations.
- **AI Fraud Detection Agent**: Catch fraudulent candidates before they waste time or pose security risks.
- **CRM**: Keep talent pipelines warm with automated nurture sequences and always-on candidate profiles.
- **ATS**: Manage every req from job post to offer, built for recruiters.
- **Analytics**: Forecast hiring needs, surface pipeline bottlenecks, and prove team impact without a BI team.
- **Scheduling**: Automated interview booking that eliminates scheduling ping-pong.
- **Integrations**: Source, hire, and report with one AI-first platform, replacing 5+ tools and cutting tech costs by up to 50% [gem.com](https://www.gem.com/).

## Market Standing
- **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not publicly available
- **Key Metric**: Annual Revenue $13M (estimated) | Total Funding $148M
- **Notable Investors**: ICONIQ Growth (led Series C), Accel, Greylock
- **Growth Signals**: 158 employees (+18.1% YoY); trusted by 1,200+ talent acquisition teams; 4.8/5 G2 rating; expanding AI product lines [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/gem-recruiting-software)

## Competitive Advantages
- **All-in-one platform**: Replaces multiple tools (ATS, CRM, sourcing, scheduling, analytics, fraud detection) – customers save 30–50% on tech costs.
- **AI built into every workflow**: Not just add-ons; AI sourcing, app review, and fraud detection are core features.
- **800M+ candidate profiles**: Proprietary database combined with integrations.
- **Industry-leading satisfaction**: 4.8/5 on G2, 4.4/5 employer rating on LinkedIn [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/gem-recruiting-software).

## Strategic Focus
- Deepening AI capabilities (e.g., AI Sourcing Agent, AI App Review Agent, AI Fraud Detection Agent) to automate recruiting busywork.
- Expanding enterprise adoption and scaling sales team (hiring Account Executives for mid-market and enterprise).
- Continuing to unify the recruiting tech stack and reduce complexity for customers.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Values include “Builders with high EQ” – curious, technical, hands-on, and empathetic. Screens for alignment to values and business principles, not just skills [gem.com](https://www.gem.com/company/careers).
- **Work Environment**: Hybrid? Office locations in San Francisco. Remote-friendly roles may exist (no explicit remote-first policy stated).
- **Perks**: Competitive compensation, equity, comprehensive benefits (health, dental, vision, 401(k)), professional development opportunities.
- **Engineering Culture**: Focus on high-impact AI products; roles posted for Senior Software Engineer (AI Products), AI/ML Engineer, Engineering Manager (AI) [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/gem-recruiting-software).

## Sources
1. [gem.com - About Us](https://www.gem.com/company)
2. [gem.com - Careers](https://www.gem.com/company/careers)
3. [gem.com - Homepage](https://www.gem.com/)
4. [linkedin.com - Gem Company Page](https://www.linkedin.com/company/gem-recruiting-software)
5. [jobtarget.com - Account Executive Job Description](https://www.jobtarget.com/jobs/jt-rjxivn2amz/account-executive-san-francisco-california)

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