Backend Software Engineer, Applied Foundations

This role is based in San Francisco.

Compensation:

$185K – $385K + Offers Equity

Responsibilities:

• Architect, build, and improve scalable backend systems and APIs.
• Drive performance, reliability, and safety across distributed services.
• Implement data storage, retrieval, compute, and integration solutions.
• Participate in long-term architectural planning and technical design reviews.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design solutions that protect against adversarial attacks.

Requirements:

• Strong experience with distributed systems, APIs, and backend languages (e.g., Go, Python, Rust, C++).
• Experience setting up and maintaining production backend services and data pipelines.
• A humble attitude and eagerness to help colleagues.
• Enjoy building resilient services that handle large scale and complexity.
• Self-directed and capable of solving problems independently.