Founding Backend Engineer - Ultra-Low-Latency AI Infra
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Triage is seeking a Founding Engineer (Backend) in San Francisco. This role involves owning the systems that manage customer requests with a focus on correctness and low latency. The candidate will build and maintain the inference proxy and deploy solutions for regulated customers. Ideal candidates are skilled in Python, Go, Rust, or C++ and have experience in distributed systems. Triage fosters a technical in-person environment with a truth-seeking culture. #J-18808-Ljbffr
- Blockchaincapital.com is seeking a Founding Senior Backend Engineer in San Francisco to lead the development of the backend infrastructure for the... .... The role involves driving architecture, maintaining low latency systems, and collaborating closely with the CTO on innovative...Suggested
- ...A tech startup in San Francisco is seeking a Founding Engineer with a focus on backend and infrastructure. Responsibilities include designing APIs for AI agents, architecting scalable systems, and maintaining documentation. The ideal candidate has prior experience in...Suggested
$150k - $250k
...AgentMail (YC S25) is seeking a Founding Engineer in San Francisco to design intuitive APIs and architect high-performance systems. This role requires prior engineering experience and a proven ability to ship software used by real users. The compensation package includes...Suggested$250k - $400k
A tech startup in San Francisco is seeking a founding engineer with strong backend and infrastructure skills. This role involves leading a team, designing... ...APIs, and building high-performing systems that leverage AI capabilities in email communication. Candidates should...Suggested$250k - $400k
...an API designed to give inboxes to AI agents and be the sole identity +... ...for your AI. We’re looking for a founding engineer with strong backend and infra instincts to help build the primitives... ...AI Agents Build high-performant, low-latency systems with the idea that agents...SuggestedFull timeWork experience placement- ...Description We are hiring a Founding Software Engineer in San Francisco. We are... ...archetype at Unsiloed AI and set the ceiling for... ...Architect, build, and scale core backend systems powering document... ...operate high-throughput, low-latency services in real production...
- ...smart glasses - backend - companion app that... ...use without an engineer present Build and... ...connecting glasses to the AI core within tight latency budgets Own the... ...route to Founding Engineer). Founding... ..., big streaming infra) is a bonus only... ...video, streaming, or low-latency pipeline...Live in
- Catalog, a San Francisco-based company, is seeking an experienced engineer to develop backend systems for AI-driven commerce. The role emphasizes ownership of significant projects, working on ETL pipelines and agentic APIs. The ideal candidate has 2-5 years of engineering...
- ...Senior Backend Engineer San Francisco About Us Beast... ...entertainment company founded by Jimmy Donaldson, popularly... ...We're doing an AI-first engineering rebuild... ...99.9%+ availability, low latency, and fewer customer-... ...database, service, and infra performance. Who...Temporary workWork at officeRelocation packageFlexible hours2 days per week
- Founding Engineer, Backend & Infrastructure About Backbone Care should be paid for the moment it’s delivered. At Backbone, we’re making that possible for the first time by building the clinical AI layer for healthcare payments. Today, U.S. healthcare wastes more than...
- ...Senior Software Engineer, Infrastructure & Agents About... ...re making a big bet on AI agents and what they can... ...main buckets of work: Infra Re-architect our jobs infrastructure... ...workers on GKE. Own backend systems end-to-end:... ...to be close to the founding team. When Applying...Flexible hours
$175k - $300k
...About Trove Trove is developing an AI associate for financial firms - think enterprise search & agents... .... High talent density: Be a part of a great founding team in SF. Shivaal Roy (CTO) was a founding engineer at Glean ($100M+ ARR today) and managed the Assistant...$160k - $220k
...About the job Founding Full-Stack Engineer Founding Full-Stack Product Engineer (AI-Native) On-Site | San Francisco... ...product engineering: backend, frontend,... ...tooling, telemetry, or infra-adjacent systems Public... ...of ownership Low-intensity, low-urgency...Full timeH1b$150k - $300k
...PassFort is hiring a Founding Software Engineer in San Francisco to define the engineering archetype and ensure project success from idea to production. This role requires strong backend engineering skills, with responsibilities including owning production infrastructure...- ...Soulside AI in San Francisco is searching for a Backend Engineer to join their founding team. This role offers the unique chance to shape the technical foundation of a revolutionary mental health care platform. The ideal candidate will have expertise in Spring Boot, AWS...Remote work
- ...A cutting-edge tech company in San Francisco seeks a candidate to enhance their AI-native tax engine infrastructure. The role involves addressing performance and latency problems, collaborating with the engineering team, and ensuring high availability for mission-critical...
- ...and safety alignment infrastructure for AI systems: defending against novel... ...customers' production flows through us. Our latency budget is measured in single‑digit... ...and ship. About the Role We're hiring a Founding Engineer (Backend) to own the systems that every customer...
- Berkley Hunt is partnering with an early-stage AI startup seeking a Founding Full-Stack Engineer to shape the product and technical direction. This 0-1 role offers high ownership and fast iteration, directly impacting the company trajectory. The ideal candidate has 5+ years...
- ...impact not just prototypes. THE ROLE We are looking for a Founding Senior Backend Engineer to lead the design and development of the backend... ...design and implementation of our backend infrastructure. Low latency indexing, large data sets, trading infrastructure, complex...
- ...SENIOR BACKEND ENGINEER Overview We are seeking a Senior Backend... ...powering an AI-driven logistics platform... ...Series A/B startup or as a founding engineer Logistics,... ...maintain high uptime and low error rates under... ...production load Throughput & latency: Message processing...H1bRelocation
- Kastle in San Francisco is looking for a talented engineer to architect and own systems that power real-time AI voice and compliance workflows. You will play a... ...salary and meaningful equity at an early-stage company with a world-class founding team. #J-18808-Ljbffr Kastle
- ...At Falconer, we’re transforming how engineers create, access, and share knowledge. We’re looking for a Founding Backend Engineer to help us build an AI-powered knowledge platform that companies... ...and apply best practices in terms of infra, deployment, and containerization of...Work experience placementWork at officeFlexible hours
$70k - $100k
...Role As one of the first backend engineers, you will own core services powering AI voice and browser agents deployed... .... You will build reliable, low-latency systems that orchestrate agent... ...depending on experience Equity: Founding-team equity included Work...Full timeRemote work$180k - $220k
...This is a job that Jill, our AI Recruiter, is recruiting for... ...to Jack. Job Title: Senior Backend Engineer Salary: $180K - $220K + Equity... ...Job Description: Join the founding engineering team at Duckbill... ...Python and Flask to deliver low-latency, reliable APIs for complex cloud...- ...About Us Conversion is the AI-native marketing automation... ...in San Francisco and includes engineers, designers, and operators from... ...reliably for our customers. The best infra work here is measured in how... ...our tech stack: Go for backend services Kafka for large-...
$200k - $300k
...Backend Product Engineer Tolan is an Embodied Companion — a cute AI alien you talk with naturally, like a friend. Tolans have... ...experienced team that previously founded Even, acquired for $300M in 2... ...Scale-tested. You've built low-latency systems that real users...- ...building the first AI-powered system of action... ...-performing growth engine by making go-to-... ..., and scalable. Founded in 2023 by leaders... ...art AI. As our Staff Backend Engineer, you'll own... ...improve latency and throughput. Build... ...burden. Collaborative, low-ego attitude with a...
$200k - $280k
...Senior Backend Engineer | Voice AI Startup About the Company Our client is a fast-growing Y Combinator-backed Voice AI startup transforming... ...for voice automation at scale. The Role As a Founding Senior Backend Engineer, you'll build the core systems powering...Full timeH1bRemote workVisa sponsorshipFlexible hours- Hypercubic is looking for a founding backend engineer based in San Francisco, California. In this role, you'll prototype and productionize AI-powered systems, directly working with the CTO. This position offers meaningful ownership over product direction and engineering...
- ...Backend Engineering Role At Sesame Sesame believes in a future where computers... ...pipelines, resilient and low-latency networking, complex machine... ...to cutting-edge applied AI. At the centre of all of this... ...improvement, then hand it off to the infra team to productionize...Full timeContract workFlexible hours
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