Founding Backend Software Engineer
- San Francisco, CA, United States
$225,000 to $275,000 USD / year
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Job details
- Pay
- $225,000 to $275,000 USD / year
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
ABOUT THE ROLE
Join an early-stage AI video company as a founding backend engineer, building the systems that power its generative video platform. You will serve as a technical lead on a small team, shaping backend architecture and setting a strong standard for engineering quality.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
- Design and develop scalable backend systems for AI-powered video creation.
- Build infrastructure for agentic workflows, video generation pipelines, reinforcement learning loops, and real-time data processing.
- Own distributed systems architecture and improve reliability through automated testing, performance benchmarking, and end-to-end observability.
- Partner with researchers, engineers, and designers to develop product features and APIs.
- Write production code, set engineering guidelines, and help raise the team's technical standards.
- Document systems, define agent skills, and communicate technical decisions clearly.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
- Five to ten years of backend software engineering experience, including experience at startups or high-growth companies.
- Professional experience building scalable backend and distributed systems, including large-scale data processing, information retrieval, and asynchronous workflows.
- Industry experience with TypeScript and AWS.
- At least one year of industry experience designing and building agentic systems, LLMs, or generative AI products.
- Strong foundations in algorithms, data structures, and system design, applied to professional backend engineering.
- Experience acting as a technical lead, writing code, setting technical direction, and establishing code standards.
- A formal degree and fluent English communication skills.
- Experience with AI engineering in technology companies and, ideally, backend systems involving video generation or related real-time workflows.
COMPENSATION & BENEFITS
Base salary: $225,000 to $275,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is not available.
LOCATION
On-site, five days per week in San Francisco, California.