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Science & technology forecasting community platform. Metaculus programs and competitions aim to serve the public good.
Full-Stack Engineer – Forecast Coherence, World Models
Location
United States
Posted
147 days ago
Salary
0
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Full-Stack Engineer – Forecast Coherence, World Models
Metaculus
• Design and implement features for eliciting, aggregating and visualising coherence rules across forecasts, including causal/correlational relationships, martingale processes, necessary/sufficient conditions, etc. • Develop intuitive interfaces that make complex forecast relationships and world models accessible to non-experts • Build AI-powered tools for world model elicitation and legibilization, including autonomous coherence rule detection and latent variable suggestion systems • Integrate new capabilities into the main Metaculus platform and potentially build stand-alone tools for specialised use cases • Ensure high code quality, performance, and reliability across all implementations
Job Requirements
- Full-Stack Engineering:** experience with both frontend and backend development, strong proficiency in Python and JavaScript/TypeScript
- Clean Code Practices:** Commitment to writing maintainable, testable, and well-documented code
- User-Centric Development:** Experience building intuitive interfaces for data visualization and interaction
- Problem Solving:** Strong analytical skills with the ability to tackle ambiguous problems in novel domains
- Communication:** Excellent written and verbal communication skills, essential for remote collaboration
- Mission Alignment:** Genuine interest in improving humanity's ability to predict and navigate complex challenges
- Bonus Qualifications
- Experience with Django and Next.js frameworks
- Background in statistics, probability theory, or causal inference
- Familiarity with directed acyclic graphs (DAGs) and graphical models
- Experience with forecasting platforms or prediction markets
- Knowledge of AI/ML integration, particularly for natural language processing and knowledge extraction
- Experience building data visualization tools for complex relationships
- Background in epistemics, decision theory, or related fields
Benefits
- Metaculus offers competitive compensation packages and is supported by a committed coalition of funding partners.
- In addition to the salary range listed above:
- We reimburse employees for health insurance costs, depending on country. In the US, we reimburse up to the legal maximum under a QSEHRA plan
- In the US, we offer a 401k plan for employees
- We provide generous parental leave
- As applicable, we provide relocation support and compensation adjustments when employees move to higher cost-of-living areas
- We offer travel opportunities for regular in-person working sessions and team retreats in the US and Europe
- We encourage our employees to meaningfully engage with and attend technical conferences and community events
- We are an equal opportunity employer that understands and appreciates the benefits of a diverse workforce
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