2d ago

Senior Software Engineer, Backend

Palo Alto HQ

$185k-$300k / year

full-timeseniorai-ml

🛠 Tech Stack

💼 About This Role

You'll architect and build scalable backend and agentic services for Pika's web, mobile, and multi-platform products. You'll own backend logic end-to-end—from database modeling to API design, infrastructure, and production reliability. Your decisions will directly impact how millions of users experience Pika.

🎯 What You'll Do

  • Architect and build scalable backend and agentic services
  • Own backend logic end-to-end from modeling to production
  • Design and build real-time systems and agent orchestration
  • Scale infrastructure for throughput, latency, and reliability

📋 Requirements

  • 5+ years of backend engineering experience building production services
  • Experience architecting agentic solutions or multi-agent systems
  • Proficiency in Node.js, Python, or Go
  • Strong understanding of distributed systems and event-driven architectures

✨ Nice to Have

  • Experience with AI/LLM integration
  • Experience with multi-tenant SaaS platforms
  • Previous startup experience

🎁 Benefits & Perks

  • 💰 Competitive compensation ($185K – $300K + equity)
  • 🏖️ Stock options (0.1% – 0.3%)
  • 🏢 Onsite work in Palo Alto HQ

📨 Hiring Process

Estimated timeline: 2-4 weeks · AI estimate

  1. 1Recruiter Call· 30 min
  2. 2Technical Screen· 60 min
  3. 3Onsite Interviews· 4 hours
0 0 0