Distributed Systems Engineer

Arcade AI, Inc

• $230K *
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7+ years of software engineering experience, including 5+ years in backend development
  • Proficiency in Python, Go, Ruby, Typescript, or similar languages
  • 2+ years of infrastructure and deployment experience with AWS/GCP, Terraform, Helm
  • Strong experience in building and maintaining production APIs
  • Ability to write clean, well-documented, and well-tested code
  • User-centered design approach for developer-centric products

Responsibilities

  • Build the infrastructure for AI tool management
  • Design, build, test, and deploy high-performance software
  • Develop SDKs and frameworks for custom tool creation
  • Set industry standards for tool calling and authorization
  • Create integrations with major platforms and LLMs
  • Shape the team's roadmap
  • Enhance project efficiency using AI-based solutions
  • Share work within the customer community to build brand awareness

Benefits

  • Opportunity to influence AI tool management and user interaction
  • Collaborative startup environment with an emphasis on hands-on work
  • Access to cutting-edge technology and tools
  • Chance to shape the industry's technical standards
  • High visibility and impact on client projects and community involvement
Full Job Description
The Challenge

We are building the runtime and registry for AI/LLM tools. You will define both how AI interacts with the world, and how humans build and manage those tools. This includes creating production-grade integrations, and the services & toolkits that run them... and the solving the unique problems of AI/LLM usage along the way. We are playing on hard-mode: building governance, PaaS, and infrastructure for both on-prem and SaaS deployments at the same time.

This role is primarily focused on our back-end services, but as an early member of a startup, you'll be working up-and-down the stack. We build our software with Go, Python, and Typescript, and expect you to be a pro in at least one of those. We are looking for people who constantly ship and don't get stuck - we are looking for folks who are always learning and and able to apply that knowledge to their work and teach it to the team.

What You'll Do
  • Build the infrastructure to manage the backplane for all future AI tools
  • Design, build, test, and deploy high-performance, secure, production-grade software.
  • Develop SDKs and frameworks that make it easy for other developers to build custom tools
  • Help set industry standards for tool calling and authorization (for example, we helped write the MCP authorization spec)
  • Create integrations with major platforms and LLMs (Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, OpenAi, Anthropic, etc.)
  • Shape the roadmap for the team
  • Build leverage (via AI) - projects that take a week today should take a day next time.
  • Share your work with our customers and community, building our (and your) brand.

Required Skills
  • An insatiable desire to ship.
  • 7+ years of software engineering experience comprising of:
    • 5+ years of backend development experience with either Python, Go, Ruby, Typescript, or a similar language and API & Web frameworks.
    • 2+ years of experience with infrastructure and deployment (AWS/GCP, Terraform, Helm, etc)
  • Strong experience building and maintaining production APIs.
  • Track record of writing clean, well-documented, well-tested code.
  • User-centered approach to designing developer-centric products and tools.

Bonus Points
  • Experience building developer tools or SDKs
  • Familiarity with LLMs and AI frameworks (Langchain, LlamaIndex, etc)
  • Open-source contributions
  • Experience with high-scale distributed systems
  • Experience leading teams and mentoring more junior developers
  • Familiarity with Typescript and a relevant frontend framework (e.g. React)
  • You've been a startup founder or early-state startup employee before and love it

Join The Movement

We're not just building a product - we're leading a movement to transform AI from just chatbots to agents that can take actions against real systems. This is your chance to be at the forefront of that revolution.

If you want to look back in 5 years and say, "I helped build that", then we want to talk to you. Ready to make AI actually useful? Apply Now

Compensation and Benefits

This role offers a competitive salary, equity, and benefits. Compensation is aligned with the range below and determined based on a candidate's background, experience, and performance.

Compensation: Starting at $230,000 base salary, plus equity and competitive benefits.

Notes:
  • This is an in-person role located in our San Francisco (SOMA) office.

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