Founding Senior Backend Software Engineer

Join the founding engineering team at an early-stage AI video software startup. In this hands-on technical leadership role, you will build the backend systems and AI infrastructure that power new video experiences while helping set the team’s engineering standards., * Own distributed systems architecture and improve reliability through automated testing, performance benchmarking, and end-to-end observability.

• Partner with researchers, engineers, and designers to create product features and APIs.
• Set technical direction and engineering guidelines, write high-quality code, and document technical decisions.

• Five to ten years of backend software engineering experience, including work at an early-stage or high-growth startup.
• Experience building scalable backend and distributed systems, large-scale data processing, information retrieval, and asynchronous workflows.
• Industry experience with TypeScript and AWS, including relevant services and infrastructure.
• At least 12 months of industry experience designing and building agentic systems, LLMs, or generative AI, preferably at a technology company.
• Experience as a technical lead, setting direction and code standards for a team.
• A formal degree, strong computer science fundamentals, and fluent English communication skills.
• Authorization to work without visa sponsorship.

Base salary is $225,000 to $275,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is not available.