Golang Job: Back End Developer

Full Time - Founding Software Engineer - Backend

Onsite or remote -San Francisco, CA

San Francisco, CA

About the company

Seed stage startup building a search platform that unlocks next-generation search and enrichment on your images, text and video through one simple API. Our mission is to make content in every application accessible the way people already think and talk about it. We are backed by Matrix Partners and former execs in top tech companies like Apple, AirBnB, Oracle, LinkedIn, and more, as well as researchers from MIT and Google X. Our founders are ex-Apple engineers with deep experience shipping ML and search systems to hundreds of millions of users across the globe. We are moving quickly and are passionate about providing a magical experience for our growing customer base.

Job description

We are hiring a founding backend engineer to help architect and build out our API, serving and data processing infrastructure, and early product. As an early member of the team, you will have the opportunity to take ownership of several areas of the product:

• Developer-centric API design - design API features, build great dev exp, document APIs
• Serving infrastructure - API serving, GPU serving, horizontal & vertical scaling, CI/CD
• Data processing / ETL - customer onboarding, data management, ML data infra
• End user product - build end-user features such as dashboards, analytics, etc.
• You’ll be joining as one of the earliest team members & will be critical to helping the team iterate and develop a product our customers love. This role is a great fit if you like moving quickly, can work across the stack when necessary, and want a seat at the table making decisions about the future of the product & technology. The ideal candidate takes ownership of things and is excited to grow into a leadership position as the company and team grow in the future.

Who you are

• You love to learn and look for ways to learn at an accelerated pace
• You are compassionate and help others around you
• You can quickly hit the ground running, map out challenges and opportunities and develop a plan to improve things in the short and long term
• You have strong ownership of any task that you take on, driving it to success whether or not you've done it before
• You can cut through ambiguity and deliver amazing results even when there isn't a lot of guidance
• You are always looking for better ways of doing things, trying out new tools and processes
• You form meaningful relationships wherever you go: people respect and like you because you value them
• You seek continuous feedback from those around you and are willing to share feedback across all levels of the company
• Requirements & Skills
• · 3-5 years experience as a full stack or backend engineer
• You have architected and shipped code in production for high-usage systems
• Experience designing and implementing customer-facing APIs
• Deep understanding of Unix, TCP/IP networking, storage system performance, and concurrency
• Experience monitoring perf, finding bottlenecks, and fixing them in distributed systems
• You have some basic affinity or interest in machine learning / deep learning / artificial intelligence. Bonus points if you’ve worked on search or ML-related products.
• You have demonstrated the ability to quickly deliver project results in previous work (e.g. joined a new team and shipped feature XYZ in 6 months)
• Live/work in the U.S. time zone, the minimum is PST+-3hrs. We have an office, but remote work is also available.
• Tech stack: Python, Go, FastAPI, Metaflow, AWS/GCP, Linux
• 4+ years of experience working with Python or Golang
• 3+ years of working with relational databases
• 3+ working with Python backend frameworks like Django, Flask, etc.
• 3+ years developing REST/gRPC APIs
• 3+ years working with cloud services (Lambda, RDS, S3, ECS/EC2, etc.)
• 3+ years working on a production, customer-facing system
• Benefits
• Competitive salary and founding engineer equity.
• Platinum-level health, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family. We cover 99% of employee premiums and 95% of dependent premiums.
• Flexible Work - remote or in-person. We have a hybrid work environment - work remotely from any U.S. timezone, or join us in person at our office.
• Unlimited PTO - take time when you need it to rest, relax, and recharge with unlimited PTO (minimum 4 weeks encouraged).
• Team events. Distributed work is awesome, but so is getting together in person. Hang out with your colleagues at planned team events around the country.
• Brand new MacBook Pro (or PC if you prefer)
• Visa sponsorship - Available
• Hires remotely in - United States
• Collaboration hours 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM Pacific Time
• Experience 3+ years

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $120,000.00 - $180,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work Location: Remote