Everything we build belongs to a counterparty who did not consent to being a case study. The descriptions below are true and deliberately unspecific. What we can promise: the systems are in production, the consequences are physical, and a small team with real authority ships all of it.
Do not send a résumé first. Send one thing you built and two paragraphs on why it was hard.
A repository, a schema, a postmortem, a document that changed someone's mind — anything with your reasoning visible in it. We read every one, we reply to every one, and we will tell you within a week whether there is a conversation to have. We are slow to hire and say no far more than yes; once you are in, you are trusted with production in week one.
Write to careers@3442labs.com. No recruiters, no agencies, no cover letter.
Small on purpose, and staying that way. AI means a tight team now ships what used to take fifty people — so we would rather have ten makers with real authority than a department with none.
Under twenty people across three cities, by choice rather than by stage. Headcount is not a goal here and never will be.
You own a system end to end, talk directly to the people who depend on it, and ship without asking. Leverage is the whole point — we give you the tools and get out of the way.
Reconciliation, audit trails, custody. If you need the work to be legible at a party, this is the wrong lab.
We do not publish, speak, or post. Your best work here will be known to a few hundred people who matter.
Salary at the top of the band for your city, meaningful equity, and no performance theatre. We are profitable and we are not raising, which means we can afford to be honest with you about what the equity is likely to be worth.
If none of this reads as an invitation, it wasn't one.