# Backend Engineer, Agent Collaboration Platform

**Company:** [Hebbia](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/hebbia)
**Location:** New York, NY, San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Backend Engineering
**Salary:** $160k – $300k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Python, Java, Go, AWS, Kafka, Elasticsearch, Postgres, Redis, Backend Systems, API Development
**Posted:** 2025-07-09

> Backend engineer building high-scale agent collaboration systems and document indexing infrastructure for an AI platform serving finance professionals. Requires 5+ years backend experience with Python/Java/Go, AWS, and distributed systems.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Own critical system components: Take complex requirements and turn them into robust, scaled solutions that solve real customer needs.
- Unlock O(1) universal indexing: Build and iterate on our high-scale document build system that enables constant time latency for indexing any content in the world, regardless of data volume.
- Drive performance optimization: Architect and implement performance-tuning solutions to ensure our systems operate efficiently at scale, minimizing latency and maximizing throughput across millions of documents.
- Mentor and guide: Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and guidance to junior engineers, fostering a culture of learning and growth.

## Requirements
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Statistics, or a related field.
- 5+ years software development experience at a venture-backed startup or top technology firm, with a focus on backend software engineering.
- Proficiency in building backend and API systems using technologies such as Python, Java, or Go.
- Extensive experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS).
- Working experience with one or more of the following: Kafka, ElasticSearch, PostgreSQL, and/or Redis.
- Ability to analyze complex problems, propose innovative solutions, and effectively communicate technical concepts.
- Proven experience in leading software development projects and collaborating with cross-functional teams.
- Embraces rapid prototyping with an emphasis on user feedback.
- Autonomous and excited about taking ownership over major initiatives.

## Nice-to-Haves
- Experience building agentic systems or LLM enabled products.
- Frequent user of AI products, especially during the development lifecycle (i.e. Cursor, Claude Code, etc).

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