Open Source LLM Engineering Platform that helps teams build useful AI applications via tracing, evaluation, and prompt management (mission, product)
We have the chance to build the "Datadog" of this category; model capabilities continue to improve but building useful applications is really hard, both in startups and enterprises
Largest open source solution in this category: >2k customers, >14M monthly SDK downloads, >6M docker pulls
We raised money from world class investors (Y-Combinator, Lightspeed, General Catalyst) and are default alive by making more money than we spend
We're a small, engineering-heavy, and experienced team in Berlin and San Francisco (how we work)
Our CTO Max is going nowhere.
Why this role?We are putting this out there because most people at Langfuse have founded or run teams before but love shipping code as IC again. Check Hassieb, Steffen, Nimar, some more joining soon..)
We are investing a lot in building one of the talent densest engineering teams in Europe.
We think we really have a shot at the goal here but we can't do it alone.
You might be perfect if you:
Used to run the show, but now want to ship code again
Enjoy the adrenaline of a “can we do this by tomorrow?” sprint
Have a vendetta against over-engineering (and meetings)
Low ego about roles and titles
Perks:
Our customers are building extremely sophisticated AI apps
Strong product market fit
Too much to build
Super small team
Largest open source LLM ops platform
Be pushed to push AI / LLMs to their limits to get more done
Extreme autonomy, it will feel like running your own show
Your boss is probably younger than you
You get to say “back when I was a CTO…” unironically
Above market compensation + equity
Just ping us somewhere or leave your email via the form (not an application, more like networking).
Please advise: Our engineering team is based in Berlin and we require in-office culture. We know it's not for everyone, but it's what we believe in.
Best
Marc, Max & Clemens
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What We Do
Langfuse is the 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗼𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗟𝗟𝗠𝗢𝗽𝘀 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺. It helps teams collaboratively develop, monitor, evaluate, and debug AI applications.
Langfuse can be 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳-𝗵𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 in minutes and is battle-tested and used in production by thousands of users from YC startups to large companies like Khan Academy or Twilio. Langfuse builds on a proven track record of reliability and performance.
Developers can trace any Large Language model or framework using our SDKs for Python and JS/TS, our open API or our native integrations (OpenAI, Langchain, Llama-Index, Vercel AI SDK). Beyond tracing, developers use 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗳𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗽𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗔𝗣𝗜𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗶𝗽𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 to improve the quality of their applications.
Product managers can 𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘆𝘇𝗲, 𝗲𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗲𝗯𝘂𝗴 𝗔𝗜 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘀 by accessing detailed metrics on costs, latencies, and user feedback in the Langfuse Dashboard. They can bring 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗽 by setting up annotation workflows for human labelers to score their application. Langfuse can also be used to 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗸𝘀 through security framework and evaluation pipelines.
Langfuse enables 𝗻𝗼𝗻-𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀 to iterate on prompts and model configurations directly within the Langfuse UI or use the Langfuse Playground for fast prompt testing.
Langfuse is 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲 and we are proud to have a fantastic community on Github and Discord that provides help and feedback. Do get in touch with us!
