About 1851 Labs

Join our crew to build the best AI consumer experiences in the world. Work directly with founders who've scaled $10B+ platforms and led a $150MM+ AI startup exit to Microsoft. That was just practice. The real story begins now.

We build cutting-edge AI apps—and we move fast.

Your Mission

We're looking for engineers obsessed with craft, speed, and ownership. If you're not ready to grind and grow, skip this post.

• Push the limits of AI in real-world consumer apps
• Ship fast, iterate faster—quality is non-negotiable
• Build systems that scale without flinching under load
• Explore the frontier of entertainment through rapid iteration

The Bar is High

We're looking for the engineers with obsessive attention to craft. This role involves:

• Build AI Apps from Scratch: Architect and ship high-performance consumer apps. Own the stack. Launch and iterate fast.
• Craft Seamless Frontends: React, TypeScript, Tailwind, Next.js. Pixel-perfect, blazing-fast UIs.
• Integrate & Scale AI: Train, tune, and deploy LLMs with PyTorch/TensorFlow on AWS. Make it fast, make it reliable.
• Prototype at Warp Speed: Launch, test, improve. Weekly cycles. High stakes. No passengers.
• Scale: Design for millions of users. Monitor. Optimize. Repeat.

Qualifications

• Full-Stack Proficiency: Extensive experience designing, building, and scaling full-stack applications.
• Frontend Mastery: Expertise in TypeScript, React, Next.js, Tailwind CSS.
• AI/ML Expertise: Optimizing and deploying LLM and/or Diffusion models that actually perform.
• Infrastructure Skills: Experience with AWS and deployment pipelines. Scaling from zero to millions.
• Execution Under Pressure: Thrive in high-speed environments. Ship, iterate, and refine with obsessive attention to detail.
• Thrive when self-managing in a fast paced environment

If you're the kind of person who's never satisfied with "good enough" — who stays up at night thinking about how to make something 10x better — you belong here. This is the place where your best work will happen.