Founding Technical Staff Member/Head of Vroom Vroom 🚗💨 at Toma (W24)
$180K - $250K  •  0.75% - 2.50%
AI for auto dealerships
San Francisco, CA, US
Full-time
3+ years
About Toma

At Toma, we aim to become the Microsoft/OpenAI of the Automotive industry by supplying a fully integrated AI + software suite to tens of thousands of profitable automotive dealers in America, and then worldwide.

Step 1 is to provide the world’s best voice AI solution for the automotive industry, serving departments from service to sales to finance to information technology. Toma’s voice agents do tens of thousands of minutes of AI calls every day and generate millions of dollars worth of revenue for auto dealerships.

The automotive industry is a sleeping giant contributing trillions of dollars to the GDP. The industry and its processes are ready for disruption. Toma is bringing AI to all operations in the industry while working hand-in-hand with some of the biggest names such as the Car Dealership Guy, and public companies like Lithia Motors and Cox Automotive. Toma is backed best investors in Silicon Valley and the Automotive industry.

About the role
Skills: JavaScript, Python, TypeScript, Distributed Systems, Machine Learning, Deep Learning

Ok, now that the title got your attention…

We’re looking to hire a Founding Technical Staff Member at toma.com!

We aim to become the Microsoft/OpenAI of the Automotive industry, supplying a fully integrated AI + software suite to tens of thousands of profitable automotive dealers in America, and then worldwide. Step 1 is to provide the world’s best voice AI solution for the automotive industry, serving departments from service to sales to finance to information technology.

We need someone with experience building large-scale, high-concurrency systems to build and lead our next products, including drop-in IoT phone systems, real-time AR inspection tooling, UI-focused agents for Windows OS interactivity, and more.

We expect you to drink from the information firehose, and you will have full autonomy when making decisions. We are a no-BS workplace where the best data-supported idea always wins, and we like to move quickly.

We believe that when exceptional people are given autonomy and full context, great things ensue, so you will have an unparalleled opportunity to make an impact at Toma.

Required Qualifications

  • A track record of excellence throughout your career
  • Exceptional coding skills and the ability to ship high-quality code daily
  • Strong problem ownership and drive
  • Passion and guts for talking to (and getting roasted by) customers
  • Experience in building LLM applications
  • Great understanding of operating systems and distributed systems

Preferred Qualifications

  • Proficiency in TypeScript, Bun, low-level Node.js, T3 Stack (Next.js, React, Prisma, PostgreSQL, NextAuth, tRPC), Python
  • Experience architecting high concurrency and throughput systems at scale
  • Aptitude for prompt engineering
  • Former founding or critical leadership experience

Benefits

  • Free lunch and group dinners
  • Free gym membership
  • Free Health and Dental insurance
Interview Process
  • General screen with CTO/CEO
  • Take-home assignment
  • Virtual or in-person on-sight assessment

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