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If you are obsessed with smooth user experience and love to iterate rapidly on software, you may be a good fit for this role!\nJob Description and Responsibilities:\nAs a Software Engineer on the Hippocampus Software Team, you will have the opportunity to impact engineering and experimentation at Neuralink. You will fully own and drive projects, from interfacing with stakeholders and gathering requirements, to delivering exceptional software. Our ideal candidate has accomplished a record of outstanding achievement in software engineering. 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