Software Engineer, Backend

Responsibilities

• Build and operate backend systems across the SvelteKit application and its Postgres, Redis, and ClickHouse data layers.
• Develop Python services that run machine-learning inference.
• Operate Kubernetes clusters across multiple cloud and GPU providers.
• Own systems end-to-end, from design through production operations.
• Build durable execution for long-running workflows, including state machines, idempotency, and retry semantics for multi-step inference jobs.
• Improve the public API with a clean, well-documented API surface and OpenAPI documentation generated from Zod schemas.
• Build enterprise features such as access-control lists, audit logs, and entitlements.

Requirements

• Experience owning real production systems end-to-end, including design, monitoring, metrics, and incident response.
• Typically 4–8 years of experience, with scope and engineering judgment valued over resume tenure.
• Comfortable working across the stack and adapting to unfamiliar codebases.
• Able to make architectural decisions for scalable systems.
• Clear written and verbal communication.
• Comfortable working independently without extensive product-management direction.

Nice-to-haves

• GPU or infrastructure experience.
• Experience running Kubernetes in production.
• A creative background.

Technology

• SvelteKit
• TypeScript
• Python
• Postgres and AWS Aurora
• Redis
• ClickHouse
• Docker
• Kubernetes
• FluxCD

Compensation and Benefits

• Competitive compensation with salary and equity packages.
• 100% of employee health insurance premiums and 99% of dental and vision premiums covered.
• Health FSA accounts and long-term disability coverage.
• Flexible paid time off.
• 401(k) with a 4% company-sponsored match.
• Covered meals at the office.
• Covered Uber rides to and from the office.
• International visa sponsorship where available.