Software Engineer (Backend)
$165k - $265kTransparent Search Group
Job Description
Job Description
Software Engineer (Backend)
Company: Confidential — venture-backed technology company
Location: San Mateo, CA (in office 4 days per week, Fridays remote)
Compensation: $165,000 - $265,000 + competitive equity
Employment Type: Full-time
Visa Sponsorship: Confirm with recruiter
The client lets AI teams run, manage and scale AI workloads on any infrastructure: Kubernetes, 17+ clouds or on-prem. The open-source project has 9.5K+ GitHub stars and 200+ contributors and is deployed at hundreds of companies, including Fortune 500s and leading AI-native companies.
Founded in 2024 by UC Berkeley PhDs and professors, including Databricks co-founders, the client has raised $20M; adoption grew more than 600% in 2025.
The RoleThe client is hiring a Backend Engineer (3+ years) with a strong background in distributed systems and cloud infrastructure to help make the client the standard for multi-cloud execution of AI workloads.
What You Will Do- Design and build core AI systems for multi-cloud, any-cloud execution.
- Build enhancements and new components that support a wide range of AI and batch workloads.
- Work closely with users and customers to make their use cases successful.
- Grow the open-source community through tutorials, blog posts and talks.
- 3+ years of industry software engineering
- Strong distributed systems and cloud infrastructure background
- Track record of building robust, scalable platforms
- Python or Go
- Kubernetes, Terraform and multi-cloud experience
- Open-source contributions
Python, Go, AWS EC2, GCP GCE, Azure, Kubernetes, Terraform
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