Backend Software Engineer
$300kStealth AI Startup
Base Salary: Up to $300,000 + equity + benefits
About Us
We are a leading AI startup pushing the boundaries of artificial intelligence. Our team includes world-class AI researchers and engineers from top universities and tech companies, working together to build foundational AI systems that redefine what’s possible. Backed by top-tier investors, we operate at startup speed with research-grade ambition.
We’re looking for exceptional Backend Software Engineers to help architect, build, and scale the infrastructure that powers our AI systems and products.
What You’ll Do
- Design, build, and maintain highly scalable backend systems that support cutting-edge AI research and production workloads.
- Architect distributed systems for high throughput, low latency, and reliability at scale.
- Build robust APIs, data pipelines, and internal tooling to support model training, evaluation, deployment, and monitoring.
- Collaborate closely with AI researchers, ML engineers, and product teams to translate research into production-grade systems.
- Optimize system performance, reliability, and cost-efficiency across large-scale compute environments.
- Drive engineering best practices including testing, documentation, observability, and CI/CD.
What We’re Looking For
- 5+ years of professional backend software engineering experience (or equivalent demonstrated expertise).
- Strong proficiency in one or more backend languages such as Python, Go, Rust, Java, or C++.
- Deep experience designing and operating distributed systems and APIs at scale.
- Strong understanding of databases, caching systems, and messaging systems (e.g., Postgres, Redis, Kafka, etc.).
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes).
- Excellent problem-solving ability and engineering judgment.
- Strong communication skills and a collaborative mindset.
Nice to Have
- Experience building infrastructure for ML/AI workloads.
- Familiarity with large-scale training systems, GPU orchestration, or model serving platforms.
- Experience at high-growth startups or top-tier technology companies.
- Open-source contributions or published technical work.
Why Join Us
- Compensation: Base salary up to $300,000 , plus meaningful equity and comprehensive benefits.
- Impact: Work directly on core systems powering next-generation AI models.
- Team: Collaborate with world-class researchers and engineers.
- Growth: Rapid learning, technical ownership, and career acceleration.
- Flexibility: Fully remote role with a San Francisco-based listing.
- Competitive salary + equity
- Premium health, dental, and vision insurance
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