Backend Engineer, Growth and Data

Responsibilities

• Take complex requirements and turn them into robust, scaled solutions that solve real customer needs.
• Build and iterate on our high-scale document build system that enables constant time latency for indexing any content in the world, regardless of data volume.
• Architect and implement performance-tuning solutions to ensure our systems operate efficiently at scale, minimizing latency and maximizing throughput across millions of documents.
• Mentor and guide junior engineers, fostering a culture of learning and growth.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Statistics, or a related field.
• A strong academic background with coursework in data structures, algorithms, and software development is preferred.
• 5+ years software development experience at a venture-backed startup or top technology firm, with a focus on backend software engineering.
• Proficiency in building backend and API systems using technologies such as Python, Java, or Go.
• Extensive experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS).
• Working experience with one or more of the following: Kafka, ElasticSearch, PostgreSQL, and/or Redis.

Qualifications

• Ability to analyze complex problems, propose innovative solutions, and effectively communicate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Proven experience in leading software development projects and collaborating with cross-functional teams.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills to foster a collaborative and inclusive work environment.
• Enthusiasm for continuous learning and professional growth.
• A passion for exploring new technologies, frameworks, and software development methodologies.
• Autonomous and excited about taking ownership over major initiatives.
• Bonuses: Experience building agentic systems or LLM enabled products. Frequent user of AI products, especially during the development lifecycle (i.e. Cursor, Claude Code, etc).

Benefits

• PTO: Unlimited
• Insurance: Medical + Dental + Vision + 401K
• Eats: Catered lunch daily + doordash dinner credit if you ever need to stay late
• Parental leave policy: 3 months non-birthing parent, 4 months for birthing parent
• Fertility benefits: $15k lifetime benefit
• New hire equity grant: competitive equity package with unmatched upside potential