Builds and architects reliable backend services using Go, Node.js, and TypeScript, oversees team projects, mentors engineers, and ships critical product features. Requires 5+ years backend experience and familiarity with frontend technologies.
185k – 225k/yr
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About the role
Responsibilities
Architect solutions across the technology stack
Oversee design and execution of team projects
Work on critical projects on the product roadmap
Build new, highly reliable services for customers
Improve existing systems for performance, reliability, and security
Partner with manager to build team roadmap
Partner with product to prioritize and ship projects
Mentor and grow engineers
Requirements
5+ years as a backend or backend-leaning full-stack engineer
Familiarity with frontend (ability to debug as needed)
Familiarity with Go, Node.js, TypeScript, and React
Tech Stack
Go for backend services
Node and TypeScript for web services
Next.js and React/TypeScript on frontend
AWS with Kubernetes
gRPC and protobufs for internal communication
Compensation
Expected base salary $185,000-$225,000 (not inclusive of equity, health care, time off, paid parental leave, etc.)
Designs and implements scalable backend systems, APIs, and infrastructure powering core AI products like ChatGPT. Focuses on performance, reliability, safety at global scale, and mitigating adversarial attacks using languages like Go, Python, Rust.
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