{
  "id": 15630527,
  "title": "Evidence (YC S21) Is Hiring Software Engineers",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/evidence-yc-s21-is-hiring-software-engineers",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-19T17:21:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hacker News",
    "slug": "hacker-news",
    "url": "https://evidence.dev/jobs"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Evidence is a company revolutionizing business intelligence by creating tools that cater to the growing demand for human-AI collaboration in analytics. With thousands of teams across startups, Fortune 100 companies, and governments relying on their platform, Evidence has become an essential alternative to established tools like Tableau and Power BI. Their open-source project boasts 7,000 GitHub stars and a thriving community of data professionals. Backed by renowned investors such as Y Combinator, SV Angel, A Capital, and founders from notable companies like dbt and PagerDuty, Evidence has achieved significant growth and secured long-term financial stability.\n\nAt Evidence, the team is committed to maintaining a small size and high hiring standards, recognizing that exceptional engineers, empowered by advanced AI agents, can achieve remarkable outcomes. As the company continues to expand, they aim to keep this philosophy intact, ensuring that new hires will have a substantial impact on the future direction of Evidence. The company's development team is currently working on reimagining the software building process, with AI agents taking on most of the software lifecycle. This shift promises to automate numerous tasks, allowing engineers to focus on high-level, creative aspects of product development.",
  "summary": null,
  "key_points": [
    "Evidence hiring software engineers to expand development team",
    "AI agents to automate software building process",
    "Backed by Y Combinator and top-tier investors"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}