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ArtisanArtisanSan Francisco, CA

Staff Software Engineer (Backend)

Builds backend systems powering autonomous AI employees, including high-throughput AI orchestration, platform infrastructure for sales stack replacement, and data-intensive services processing millions of signals for real-time decisions. Requires 6+ years backend experience with distributed systems and cloud-native tech.

225k – 300k/yr
On-site6+ YOEBackend Engineering

About the role

Responsibilities

  • Build high-throughput AI orchestration services and pipelines to process massive volumes of signals (lead data, email engagement, deliverability metrics, behavioral patterns) and enable fast, reliable autonomous decisions.
  • Design and own platform infrastructure replacing sales stack: email infrastructure, CRM, lead database, campaign engine, inbox management, and AI coordination.
  • Take high ownership end-to-end: design, build, deploy, monitor systems.
  • Ship and iterate very fast in a flat engineering org.

Requirements

  • 6+ years of backend experience, ideally at high-growth startup owning systems end-to-end.
  • 5x engineer leveraging Claude Code effectively.
  • Strong experience building/operating data-intensive services at scale.
  • Deep understanding of distributed systems, database performance, API design.
  • Comfortable with cloud-native infrastructure: containers, orchestration, CI/CD, monitoring.
  • Strong opinions on reliability, observability, testing with judgment to move fast.
  • Clear communicator explaining systems to engineers and product leaders.
  • TypeScript/Node preferred; Python, Go or similar fine.

Tech Stack

  • TypeScript/Node, PostgreSQL, Redis, Kubernetes, Mastra, Temporal, Langfuse, ECS, EC2 on AWS.

Skills

TypeScriptNode.jsPostgresRedisKubernetesTemporalAWSDistributed SystemsAPI DesignCI/CD
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