Software Engineer (Backend)

Software Engineer (Backend)

Software Engineer (Backend) is a role at a high-growth AI infrastructure startup located in San Mateo, CA. The position offers a hybrid work environment with four days per week on-site and Fridays remote. Compensation ranges from $165,000 to $265,000 base plus a competitive equity package. Visa sponsorship is available on a case-by-case basis.

The company is a leader in AI infrastructure, providing a unified control plane for managing AI compute, distributed workloads, and cloud orchestration across providers including AWS, GCP, and Azure. Founded by UC Berkeley PhDs and experienced engineers from leading infrastructure companies, the company has quickly become one of the fastest-growing projects in AI infrastructure.

As a Software Engineer (Backend), you'll design and build core backend systems powering multi-cloud AI infrastructure. Your responsibilities will include developing distributed services, job schedulers, and compute orchestration platforms, building scalable backend services that manage AI workloads across various environments, and designing and implementing APIs, microservices, and infrastructure components using Python and Go.

Ideal candidates have 3–8 years of backend software engineering experience, with a strong background in designing distributed systems or cloud infrastructure platforms. They should have strong Python and/or Go engineering skills, experience with cloud infrastructure technologies, and a strong understanding of parallel programming, scheduling, and resource management.

Compensation and benefits include a base salary of $165,000 – $265,000, a competitive equity package, a hybrid work environment, and visa sponsorship available on a case-by-case basis. Additionally, you'll have the opportunity to collaborate directly with founders and technical leadership, contribute to a rapidly growing open-source project, and work with engineers from Databricks, Google, and leading infrastructure companies.