Senior Backend Engineer

San Francisco, CA, US • Posted 20 hours ago • Updated 20 hours ago
Full Time
No Travel Required
On-site
$150000 - $250000/yr
Fitment

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Skills

  • Python
  • Typescript
  • GO

Summary

Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Founding Team)

 Onsite (5 days/week)
 Salary: $150K – $250K + Equity


Role Overview

We are hiring a Senior Backend Engineer to join an early-stage, high-growth startup building AI-powered products for a large and complex industry.

In this role, you will design and build core backend systems, data infrastructure, and AI pipelines that power next-generation applications. This is not a typical backend role—you’ll work on large-scale data systems, distributed architecture, and AI-driven workflows.


What You’ll Work On

  • Retrieval systems for large, unstructured datasets
  • AI pipelines for processing documents, data, and workflows
  • Distributed systems handling compute-intensive workloads
  • Backend infrastructure supporting AI/LLM-based applications
  • Real-time systems enabling collaboration between users and AI

Responsibilities

  • Build and scale backend systems for AI-driven applications
  • Design and develop APIs for complex workflows
  • Develop data pipelines for large-scale processing
  • Architect distributed, scalable systems
  • Optimize performance, latency, and system reliability
  • Deploy and maintain production-grade AI/LLM systems
  • Contribute to system architecture and engineering best practices

Required Qualifications

  • 5+ years of backend engineering experience
  • Strong programming skills in Python, Go, or TypeScript
  • Experience with distributed systems and scalable APIs
  • Solid understanding of data structures, systems design, and concurrency

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with AI/LLMs, RAG, or vector databases
  • Experience with large-scale data pipelines
  • Cloud experience (AWS or Google Cloud Platform)
  • Experience with high-performance or GPU-based workloads
  • Startup environment experience
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  • Dice Id: 91172168
  • Position Id: 98-44139-11819
  • Posted 20 hours ago
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