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# Backend Engineer - Mem0

- **Company:** David Joseph & Company
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $200,000.0 - $300,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Cloud Computing, Data Infrastructure, Django Web Framework, Graph Database, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, MySQL, Neo4j, SQL Databases, Flask (Web Framework), Backend, Fastapi, Kubernetes, Restful APIs, Docker
- **Published:** May 20, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=1196fff19106aad7

## About the Role

Do you have experience in SQL?, * 5 to 8 years building backend systems and shipping REST APIs to production

 * Strong Python with async experience
 * Hands-on with FastAPI, Django, or Flask
 * Deep SQL and data modeling experience (PostgreSQL or MySQL)
 * Experience with graph databases (Neo4j or similar)
 * Cloud infrastructure experience (AWS, Docker, Kubernetes)
 * Proven ownership of production systems and incident handling

## Description

Founding-level backend engineer owning the core infrastructure powering an AI memory platform. Full ownership of APIs, data modeling, and production systems at scale. High expectation for end-to-end ownership from architecture through incident resolution and system hardening., * Build and own core backend APIs and data infrastructure

 * Design and optimize data models for high-throughput AI memory systems
 * Own production systems end-to-end including incident handling and system hardening
 * Work with graph databases (Neo4j or similar) and vector storage
 * Architect and scale systems handling millions of requests
 * Work directly with founders in a high-intensity environment


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