Full-Time

Full-Stack Engineer

Office of the CEO

Arago

Arago

11-50 employees

Photonic AI chips for energy efficiency

No salary listed

Paris, France + 1 more

More locations: Europe

Hybrid

Remote within Europe; Paris office option available.

Category
Software Engineering (1)
Required Skills
LLM
FastAPI
Python
React.js
Postgres
Docker
TypeScript
DevOps
Linux/Unix

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Requirements
  • Previous experience as a Software Engineer, Data Scientist, AI Engineer, ML Engineer, or Full-Stack Developer.
  • Proven experience building and shipping production-grade SaaS applications end to end (frontend, backend, database, deployment) — a strong portfolio or shipped product matters more than years of experience.
  • Proficiency in modern web stacks (e.g., TypeScript/React, Python/FastAPI or Node.js, PostgreSQL).
  • Hands-on experience integrating LLMs and AI APIs into applications; familiarity with agentic frameworks and tool-calling patterns is a strong plus.
  • Ability to deploy and maintain applications on-premise or in self-hosted environments (Docker, Linux, CI/CD); comfort with security and access-control basics.
  • Product mindset: you talk to users, scope pragmatically, and ship in days, not quarters.
  • Language: English at a proficient level. French is a plus.
Responsibilities
  • Design, build, and maintain internal tools and dashboards used across the company (operations, recruiting, finance, engineering coordination).
  • Integrate AI capabilities (LLM workflows, autonomous agents, retrieval systems) into these tools to automate and augment company processes.
  • Deploy and operate applications on-premise, ensuring reliability, security, and data confidentiality.
  • Work in tight iteration loops with the CEO and management team: gather needs, prototype quickly, refine based on real usage.
  • Establish lightweight engineering practices (versioning, testing, monitoring) appropriate for fast-moving internal products.

Arago develops energy-efficient AI hardware using photonic technology. It builds a proprietary photonic processor called JEF that processes data with light instead of electricity, aiming to cut AI compute energy use by 10x–30x while delivering comparable performance to current GPUs. The processor combines photonics, electronics, and software in a hybrid architecture, and is paired with a software stack named CARLOTA that lets AI developers run models on standard frameworks like PyTorch without changing code. This makes it easier to deploy photonic acceleration in AI workloads. Arago differentiates itself by targeting substantial energy savings at scale through photonic computing and by providing an integrated toolchain that abstracts hardware complexity for researchers and developers. Its goal is to reduce the energy consumption of AI computations in data centers and other compute-intensive environments, enabling high-performance AI with lower power use.

Company Size

11-50

Company Stage

Seed

Total Funding

$24.3M

Headquarters

Paris, France

Founded

2024

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Benefits

Health Insurance

Stock Options

Relocation Assistance

Paid Vacation

Commuter Benefits

Professional Development Budget

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

14%

1 year growth

14%

2 year growth

25%
Technews Publishing
Aug 27th, 2025
Arago raises $26M for photonic AI chip

Arago, a deeptech startup, has raised $26 million in seed funding to commercialize its photonic AI chip, 'JEF'. This chip uses lasers to process data with photons, offering 10x lower energy consumption than current GPUs. Arago's technology is compatible with existing AI ecosystems and aims to revolutionize AI compute infrastructure. The funding will accelerate product development, expand the team, and enhance business partnerships across France, North America, and Israel.