• Job Description

  Req#: 28446

  Anticipated Hours Per Week	8
  Schedule:	Flexible
  Salary/Wage Range:	Hourly $25.00 to $50.00
  Number Of Positions	2
  Position Summary/Job Duties:	We’re hiring a UW–Madison undergrad or graduate student to help build a small, research-driven software platform at the intersection of forecasting, applied AI, and automation. This is an engineering-first role where you’ll have meaningful ownership early. For a period of time, you may be the primary engineer (potentially with one additional engineer joining), with an experienced operator acting as an advisor and thought partner. What you’ll do: Build and maintain data ingestion pipelines and structured datasets. Develop evaluation and scoring workflows (accuracy, calibration, confidence thresholds). Create LLM-enabled “agents” that can run multi-step tasks reliably (tools, retrieval, structured outputs, guardrails). Design clean interfaces, scripts, and modular components so the system is maintainable and extensible. Implement basic operational controls (logging, retries, rate limiting, reproducibility) and keep things production-minded. Ship iterative improvements weekly with clear testable outputs.
  Qualifications:	Must have: Strong Python fundamentals (APIs, data wrangling, scripting, debugging). Comfort with applied statistics / probability (expected value, distributions, calibration intuition). Experience using modern AI tooling (OpenAI/Anthropic or similar; prompt/eval iteration; tool-using agents). Solid engineering workflow: Git, PRs, readable code, basic testing. Nice to have: CS + Finance/Stats background (or demonstrated practical depth). Forecasting/prediction markets exposure (Metaculus, Kalshi, Polymarket, etc.). Familiarity with Cursor / Claude Code / AI-assisted dev workflows. Postgres, Docker, lightweight backend services, async job patterns. Working style / expectations You’ll operate with a high degree of autonomy and ownership. You’ll define and deliver clear milestones with lightweight guidance and frequent check-ins. You’ll make pragmatic technical choices and document decisions. You’ll help shape the engineering culture early (standards, repo hygiene, CI/testing, etc.). Time commitment 10–20 hrs/week during the semester; option to ramp during breaks/summer. Remote or hybrid (Madison preferred).
  Application Instructions:	Email CV to hello@brasoventures.com
  Contact:	Org: Braso Ventures, LLC Web: http://www.brasoventures.com Email: hello@brasoventures.com

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