14h ago

Backend Engineer - AI

San Francisco

$125k-$200k / year

full-timeai-ml

🛠 Tech Stack

💼 About This Role

You'll build AI-powered features and own meaningful product work at a fast-growing AI product engineering startup. You'll tackle challenging problems and ship systems that reach millions of users. You'll grow faster than anywhere else by taking on real AI work from day one and being supported by senior engineers while figuring things out independently.

🎯 What You'll Do

  • Break down complex problems into clear steps and propose solutions
  • Build AI-powered features using TypeScript and modern AI frameworks
  • Collaborate with product and design to ship with confidence
  • Talk with users and iterate based on real-world needs

📋 Requirements

  • Strong technical foundation from a top CS program or equivalent experience
  • Evidence of ambitious, self-driven projects or internships requiring ownership
  • Solid programming fundamentals and comfort with TypeScript
  • Exceptional ability to read deeply, reason clearly, and communicate complex ideas

✨ Nice to Have

  • Prior internships in AI, backend, or infrastructure engineering
  • Previously been one of the first 10 hires at a startup
  • Personal projects showing initiative and independent thinking

🎁 Benefits & Perks

  • 🚀 High-growth environment with fast skill development
  • 💰 Competitive salary with equity (0.25%–0.75%)
  • 📈 Real ownership of impactful product features
  • 🔬 Work on frontier AI systems with senior engineer support

📨 Hiring Process

Submit through the provided link and they'll reach out if it's a fit.

🚩 Heads Up

  • Expectation of extreme intensity and work pace ('cycles are hours, not weeks', 'hard to outwork')
  • Vague 'track record' expectations without specific years of experience mentioned
  • Role mixing backend engineering with general product ownership and user interaction
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