Software Engineer, Backend

Mirage

$120K — $145K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 2+ years of industry experience in backend engineering
  • Proven ability to ship high-impact production systems or products
  • Strong problem-solving skills and eagerness to learn
  • Good engineering judgment with practical time management
  • Experience working effectively in fast-paced environments

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and manage backend systems including services and APIs
  • Address complex challenges in distributed systems and performance
  • Integrate and manage generative AI models in production
  • Continuously improve system and product quality through experimentation
  • Develop core infrastructure, including third-party integrations and security measures

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans
  • 401K with employer match
  • Commuter benefits
  • Catered lunch on multiple days each week
  • Dinner stipend for late work hours
  • Grubhub subscription for meals
  • Health and wellness perks
  • Team offsites and monthly events
  • Generous PTO policy
Full Job Description
Please note that all of our roles will require you to be in-person at our NYC HQ (located in Union Square)

About the role
Backend engineering at Mirage isn't narrowly defined. We work across product, platform, and machine learning-building the systems, services, APIs, and ML pipelines that power all of our product surfaces.

You'll own critical backend systems end-to-end, partnering closely with product, design, client, and AI teams to turn ambitious ideas into reliable, scalable production systems. This opportunity is ideal for engineers who enjoy solving complex technical problems while staying connected to product and user outcomes.

Responsibilities
  • Design, build, and own backend systems end-to-end, including services, APIs, data pipelines, and infrastructure that power our products
  • Solve complex technical challenges across distributed systems, scaling, concurrency, and performance
  • Integrate and operate large generative AI models in production-deploying, serving, and scaling systems that combine internal research and external capabilities to unlock new product experiences.
  • Instrument, experiment, and iterate in production to continuously improve system and product quality
  • Design and operate core platform infrastructure, including integrations with third-party providers, storage systems, security, and internal APIs

What Makes You a Great Fit
  • 2+ years of professional industry experience
  • A track record of shipping high-impact systems and/or products in production
  • Exceptional problem solving fundamentals and ability to learn
  • Excellent engineering taste combined with a strong sense of practicality and time-management
  • Able to operate effectively in an extremely fast-paced environment as well as scope and deliver projects end-to-end

Even better if...
  • You have worked extensively with LLMs, generative media models, and have a pulse on where the technology is going
  • You are grounded, collaborative, and willing to do whatever it takes to help the team win
  • You have been a startup founder or an early engineer at one
Benefits:
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans
  • 401K with employer match
  • Commuter Benefits
  • Catered lunch multiple days per week
  • Dinner stipend every night if you're working late and want a bite!
  • Grubhub subscription
  • Health & Wellness Perks
  • Multiple team offsites per year with team events every month
  • Generous PTO policy

Please note benefits apply to full time employees only.

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