About the RoleAs a
Backend Engineer, you will design and build services, APIs, and infrastructure that support evolving product needs. You'll apply a deep understanding of backend systems and maintain enough end-to-end context-from hardware to cloud-to guide technical decisions that best serve the product and team.
We're looking for engineers who thrive in fast-paced, collaborative environments and care deeply about building robust systems that scale.
This role is based in
San Francisco, CA. We use a
hybrid work model of four days in the office per week and offer
relocation assistance to new employees.
In this role, you will:- Architect, build, and maintain high-performance, secure backend systems.
- Design APIs, data models, and infrastructure to support evolving product needs.
- Balance near-term development velocity with long-term maintainability and scalability.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure cohesive, end-to-end solutions.
You might thrive in this role if you:- Have 7+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a focus on backend systems.
- Have a proven track record of building and scaling systems from early stage to large scale.
- Are proficient with Python and Go, and familiar with a range of server-side technologies.
- Have a strong grasp of system design, performance optimization, and security best practices.
- Can reason about full-stack tradeoffs from hardware through cloud infrastructure.
- (Nice to have) Have experience with distributed systems and cloud architectures.
- (Nice to have) Bring a background in instrumentation, analytics, and performance tuning.
- (Nice to have) Are familiar with hardware-cloud integrations or applied AI services.
