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Member of Technical Staff

180k – 220kPalo Alto, CABackend EngineeringOnsite1+ YOE
Summary

Write and maintain production backend services, build scalable frameworks, and deploy infrastructure using Java, Python, React, Docker, and Kubernetes. Requires 1 year of experience with LLMs, recommendation systems, and probabilistic modeling.

About the role

Responsibilities

  • Write code and tests for production services, offline jobs, and internal tools
  • Build storage systems, libraries, and frameworks that help scale
  • Deploy and maintain production services while minimizing ongoing operational effort
  • Work on the scalability, resilience, and efficiency of backend components
  • Collect, clean up, and analyze data to draw insights and formulate ideas
  • Collaborate with Product Engineering, Product Management, Interaction Design teams, and other engineers to plan, implement, and validate solutions

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Technology, Information Systems, or a related field
  • 1 year of experience in software development
  • 1 year of experience with Java, Scala, Python, NodeJS, and React
  • 1 year of experience with backend development, including building scalable services and frameworks
  • 1 year of experience with large language models and recommendation algorithms
  • 1 year of experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud infrastructure management
  • 1 year of experience applying advanced probabilistic modeling and mathematical analysis for product optimization and safety evaluation
  • 1 year of experience with safety-related content classification

Compensation

  • $180,000 - $220,000 per year
Skills
JavaScalaPythonNodeJSReactDockerKubernetesLarge Language ModelsRecommendation AlgorithmsBackend Development
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