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Member of Technical Staff, Backend Engineer
Job Summary
Join a small, high-talent founding team to architect and build core backend systems for an AI-powered desktop assistant. You will own data infrastructure and AI runtime capabilities, driving scalability, low-latency performance, and innovative features for a category-defining consumer product. This role demands exceptional backend engineering with a spike in AI/agentic systems or large-scale data infrastructure.
Essential Functions
- Architect and build core backend systems for an AI-powered desktop assistant, focusing on scalability and low-latency performance
- Own and evolve data infrastructure, tackling challenges in data storage, compression, and high-speed querying at scale
- Develop and optimize AI runtime and agent orchestration, building capabilities for context management, tool use, and retrieval
- Design and implement robust, scalable cloud infrastructure using GCP and Terraform to support a growing user base
- Ship consumer-facing features and platform capabilities, iterating quickly based on user feedback with the founding team
Required Qualifications
- Backend engineering expertise in Python with experience in cloud infrastructure like GCP
- Experience in data storage, compression, and pipeline optimization
- Background in AI engineering and distributed systems
- 0-5 years of experience in backend engineering, focusing on either AI systems or large-scale infrastructure
- Experience with large-scale cloud infrastructure such as GCP and Terraform
- High-intensity, proactive mindset with extreme ownership
- Ability to work full-time in-office in the SF Bay Area
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience at VC-backed AI startups, FAANG/large tech, or top-tier quant trading firms
- Background in competitive programming or graduation from top academic institutions
- Built projects from scratch using LLMs, RAG, or embeddings
- Provides a portfolio like GitHub demonstrating technical depth
- Strong technical skills from competitive environments
Technical Skills
- Python
- GCP
- Terraform
- Data storage and compression
- Pipeline optimization
- AI engineering
- Distributed systems
- Agentic systems
- LLMs
- RAG
Education & Certifications
Undergraduate degree in Computer Science. Background in competitive programming such as IOI or ICPC medals preferred. Graduation from a top-tier university preferred.
Compensation & Benefits
Competitive salary range of $150,000 - $200,000 based on experience, plus equity in an early-stage startup.