Software Engineer AI & Data Systems, AI Agents & Data Pipelines
Overview
Own production systems from concept to deployment in a fast-growing data infrastructure startup building a massive living identity graph. Deliver end-to-end backend, data pipelines, and AI agent features at scale across on-prem and cloud environments. Join a small, high-ownership team and work directly with founders and customers to translate vague requirements into working software. Expect hands-on building, architectural decision making, and operating critical data and AI components in production.
What You'll Do5
- 1Build and ship customer-facing products and core platform capabilities across backend data and frontend surfaces
- 2Design and operate high-volume data pipelines and services at massive scale with strong reliability security and observability
- 3Build AI agents agent harnesses and developer tools then operate them reliably at very large scale
- 4Make architecture decisions articulate tradeoffs and iterate designs as assumptions evolve
- 5Work directly with founders and customers to translate vague requirements into clear product decisions and working software
Requirements5
- 1End-to-end ownership of a production system from concept through deployment and ongoing operations
- 2Strong backend engineering skills APIs data models and distributed systems
- 3Based in or willing to relocate to San Francisco for a full-time in-office role
- 4Experience at a talent-dense early-stage startup shipping across both product and infrastructure
- 5Hands-on experience building and operating high-volume data pipelines
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