Backend Infrastructure Engineer

Job Overview

Join a stealth-mode startup on a mission to redefine how people shop online. Our client is building a hyper-personalized, AI-powered shopping experience backed by some of the most successful names in tech.

Term: Full Time

Location: Onsite in San Francisco, CA

The Role:

Architect and scale low-latency, high-throughput systems used by millions. Build APIs, core infrastructure, and backend services powering AI-driven personalization. Collaborate daily in a fully onsite role with a tight-knit, high-output team. Shape foundational systems, not just features.

• Build low-latency, high-throughput systems
• Build APIs, core infrastructure, and backend services
• Collaborate daily in an onsite role
• Shape foundational systems
• Languages: Go, Python, Rust, or similar
• Cloud: AWS, GCP, or Azure
• Systems: Distributed systems, real-time APIs, or high-availability infrastructure
• Bonus: Experience scraping and normalizing large-scale data

Ideal Qualifications:

• Backend engineer with 7+ years building reliable, scalable infrastructure
• Thrive in ambiguity, move fast, and care deeply about clean architecture
• Low ego, strong communicator, and ready to own key systems

Compensation

Base pay range: $180,000.00/yr - $220,000.00/yr

We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from diverse candidates.