Backend Engineer at Plaud | San Francisco

Role overview Thunes seeks an IT Engineer in San Francisco to support the technology foundation of its international business. This position centers on designing, implementing, and maintaining IT infrastructure and systems that enable daily operations. What you will do Design and implement IT infrastructure that aligns with business requirements Maintain and…

About the Role Thunes is looking for a Senior Accountant in San Francisco, California. This role supports the finance team by managing daily financial operations and upholding accounting standards. Key Responsibilities Prepare accurate financial statements Conduct audits to ensure compliance and accuracy Offer financial advice to guide business decisions and support company growth Location This position is based in San Francisco, California, United States.

About the Role Thunes is hiring a Security Engineer in Atlanta, GA or San Francisco, CA. This role focuses on protecting company systems and data through practical security work and continuous vigilance. What You Will Do Implement security controls and technical safeguards across systems Conduct risk assessments to identify and address vulnerabilities Respond to security incidents and help investigate potential threats Who We’re Looking For Strong interest in cybersecurity Attention to detail and a proactive approach to problem-solving Comfort working in environments where priorities can shift quickly Ready to help secure Thunes’ operations in Atlanta or San Francisco? Apply to join the team.

Join Thunes as a Legal Counsel, where you will play a pivotal role in shaping our legal strategies and ensuring compliance across diverse jurisdictions. You will work closely with various teams to provide legal advice on transactions, contracts, and regulatory matters.

Join the City and County of San Francisco as a Stationary Engineer at our Sewage Plant. In this role, you will be responsible for operating and maintaining essential machinery and systems that ensure the safe and efficient processing of sewage. This is a critical position that contributes to public health and environmental protection.

Role overview The City and County of San Francisco is seeking an Associate Engineer to join the Environmental department. This position plays a part in citywide efforts to improve public health and meet sustainability targets. The work centers on supporting projects that benefit the community and the environment. What you will do Assist with planning, designing, and carrying out environmental initiatives Collaborate with colleagues on projects that make a direct impact in San Francisco neighborhoods Contribute to efforts that promote public health and advance sustainability throughout the city Location This role is located in San Francisco.

The City and County of San Francisco seeks a Senior Stationary Engineer to help operate and maintain stationary engines and mechanical systems in city facilities. This full-time position plays a key role in keeping heating, cooling, and power systems running smoothly for the community. What you will do Operate and maintain stationary engines and related equipment in municipal buildings Monitor system performance to keep heating, cooling, and power operations efficient Handle both routine and emergency maintenance tasks as they come up Work closely with colleagues to ensure continuous city services Requirements Solid understanding of mechanical systems and stationary equipment Dedication to safety and sustainable work practices Ability to contribute effectively within a team Experience supporting building infrastructure operations Location This role is based in San Francisco.

Join the San Francisco Public Library as a Stationary Engineer. Under general supervision, you will operate, maintain, troubleshoot, and repair various pumping, heating, ventilating, air conditioning, refrigeration, and auxiliary plant machinery and equipment across Library locations, including the Main Library, 27 branch libraries, and two support facilities. Your role will ensure all equipment and systems operate efficiently and safely while adhering to applicable safety standards.Key Responsibilities:Operate, maintain, and repair a diverse range of mechanical systems, ensuring safe and efficient functionality, potentially using computerized building management and maintenance systems.Conduct thorough inspections of machinery and equipment, ensuring compliance with safety protocols and operational efficiency.Maintain accurate logs of operational data, including gauge readings and water quality analyses, to uphold preventative maintenance standards.Manage the safe storage and handling of treatment chemicals, including potential hazardous materials, ensuring compliance with safety regulations.Communicate effectively with contractors, building tenants, and the public to fulfill your duties.Ensure security of the facilities and respond to emergencies as part of the response team.Perform control tests on water samples to maintain water quality and compliance with State regulations, including conducting water analysis as required.

About Flow EngineeringFlow Engineering is at the forefront of revolutionizing how humanity constructs its most intricate machines. Our platform is the premier tool for complex systems engineering, embraced by pioneering teams in sectors such as aerospace, defense, automotive, aviation, and robotics. If a company is aiming for the Moon, developing fusion energy, or planning the first interplanetary settlement, they are likely utilizing Flow Engineering to achieve those ambitious goals.We are proudly backed by Sequoia Capital, with notable angel investors including Patrick and John Collison (Stripe), David Helgason (Unity), and Kyle Parrish (Figma).About the RoleAs one of our pioneering Forward Deployed Engineers, you will operate at the crucial intersection of sales, engineering, and customer engagement. Your role involves comprehending how advanced hardware teams operate, guiding deployments, and facilitating adoption, ensuring that our customers are equipped with the insights and tools necessary to attain significant results.This position is perfect for individuals who have a background in hardware engineering and have a passion for collaborating with customers to solve complex challenges. You will empower leading hardware companies to transform their operational methodologies.What You’ll DoOwn the Technical Win: You will play a vital role in the sales process, driving custom demos and managing trial/POC execution, which is critical for securing new business for Flow Engineering.Understand and Map Customer Workflows: Collaborate with clients to gain a comprehensive understanding of their workflow, address pain points, and prioritize solutions tailored to their needs.Conduct Technical Enablement Sessions: Identify and showcase how Flow can enhance the customer’s development process through workshops, training, and collaborative solution sessions.Shape Our Roadmap: Act as the liaison between our customers and the engineering team to develop innovative solutions. Your insights will be essential in crafting the future roadmap of our product.Establish the GTM Foundation: Assist in developing and defining Flow’s activation strategies for key customers. You will contribute to the design of our technical GTM playbook, implementation guides, and training materials for future team members.About YouSolid Software Engineering Fundamentals: Proficient in designing, testing, and operating services at scale within a cloud environment.Excellent Communication Skills: Ability to convey technical concepts effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences.Customer-Centric Focus: Passionate about collaborating with customers and driven to solve their challenges.Proactive Problem-Solving: Ability to anticipate and address customer needs before they arise.

About HyperspellHyperspell is revolutionizing the Memory & Context Layer for AI Agents.AI agents are brilliant yet lack context.While AI agents excel in standardized testing, they struggle with real-world applications. Today's cutting-edge agents lack the contextual understanding that humans naturally acquire through diverse interactions. This context evolves with their tasks.Hyperspell empowers AI agents with contextual awareness by integrating with users' workspace data, creating a tailored memory and context layer.Our ValuesWe are committed to shaping the future through bold innovations. Our goal is to establish ourselves as the indispensable context layer for organizations, enabling all their AI agents to connect seamlessly. We embark on this journey not because it is easy, but because it is significant.We prioritize care — for our customers, their success, the future of AI, and most importantly, for one another. As we build the frontier of AI, we strive to be one of the most technologically advanced yet profoundly human companies in history — a place where we can enjoy shaping the future together.Our InvestorsOur vision is supported by esteemed investors such as Y Combinator, Afore Capital, Scribble Ventures, and Pioneer Fund. Our angel investors include leading figures from OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI, and DeepMind, alongside respected founders from Silicon Valley like Siqi Chen (Runway) and Julian Weisser (On Deck).Our FoundersFounded in 2024 by Conor Brennan-Burke and Manu Ebert, Hyperspell is driven by experienced leaders. Conor previously spearheaded growth at Checkr, overseeing a $30 million API product portfolio and earning the title of 'the most helpful founder in YC'.Manu brings over 15 years of expertise in machine learning and AI, having successfully sold two companies and led high-growth engineering teams at Airbnb. Interestingly, he acquired his first .ai domain in 2014, needing to send a fax to the domain authority in Anguilla to do so.About the RoleAs our founding platform engineer, your mission will be to construct the infrastructure that makes Hyperspell feel magical — swift, dependable, and effortlessly scalable. You will be responsible for the foundation upon which our entire product is built, ensuring that when customers entrust us with their data, we uphold their trust.

About daydreamAt daydream, we are revolutionizing the SEO landscape by developing the world's most advanced SEO agent, complemented by a team of top 1% human experts. Our goal is to manage organic search intricately, freeing our clients from the burdens of hiring specialized teams, evaluating multiple tools, or managing external agencies.In today's competitive environment, excelling in search demands the production of expert-level content at scale, alongside constant adaptation to shifts in ranking systems and user behavior. Traditional tools merely provide metrics without actionable insights, while agencies rely on cumbersome manual workflows that fail to generate compounding growth. Even well-resourced teams often find it challenging to translate sustained efforts into consistent results.daydream simplifies this landscape by consolidating fragmented tools and external vendors into a single coherent system that continuously plans and executes SEO strategies. Our SEO agent takes charge of analysis, planning, and content generation, while seasoned Growth Leads translate this work into actionable outputs—shipped pages, technical adjustments, and updated priorities—holding accountability for performance over time.We have successfully raised over $20M from notable investors including First Round Capital, Basis Set Ventures, WndrCo, and SOMA Capital, and our growth is supported by industry leaders from Notion, Airtable, Webflow, and Dropbox, such as Lenny Rachitsky and Eli Schwartz, author of Product-Led SEO.The TeamYou will collaborate closely with a dedicated, senior team across engineering, design, and growth:Shravan (CTO), who previously served as an Engineering Lead at Flixed and a Software Engineer at Facebook, focusing on large-scale web scraping for Facebook Jobs and Meta Reality Labs.Vishruth (Founding Applied AI Engineer), a former Data Scientist at Klaviyo specializing in NLP, with a robust research background from Cornell.Daniel (Founding Applied AI Engineer), who previously worked as a Data Engineer on Tesla’s Autopilot team, specializing in large-scale data systems and applied machine learning, and was formerly the Lead Data Engineer at Replit.Tom (Founding Designer), who led product design at Blockless and plays a significant role in UI engineering.You will also interact directly with Growth Leads, senior SEO practitioners who manage the system daily and provide invaluable feedback on AI performance in real-world applications.Your ImpactIn your role as a Staff Engineer at daydream, you will provide vital technical leadership across the product while remaining deeply engaged in hands-on execution. You will closely collaborate with the CTO to define system architecture, guide project execution, and elevate quality standards throughout the engineering organization.

Join a pioneering team of former Google engineers who have developed ground-breaking defensive technologies, such as Safe Browsing and reCAPTCHA. We are on a mission to confront an urgent challenge: combating the rising tide of adversarial AI attacks that threaten organizations globally.Operating in stealth mode, we are targeting a lucrative $5B+ market that is primed for innovation. Conventional detection methodologies are proving inadequate against the speed and sophistication of AI-driven assaults. Current adversaries are leveraging AI to engineer tailored, high-evasion attacks, leaving traditional systems vulnerable.Your Role:You will design a network of AI agents that are rapid, cost-effective, and precise, collaborating to identify and neutralize emerging threats. Your work will dive deep into real-time threat data, continuously evolving your agents in a fast-paced environment. These agents will function under an orchestration layer that fosters quick adaptation and learning.The Excitement of the ChallengeRapidly Evolving Models: The landscape changes daily; solutions that worked yesterday may be outdated today.Intelligent Adversaries: We are engaged in a real-time arms race against cunning, AI-enhanced attackers crafting sophisticated payloads.No Existing Playbook: We are forging new detection paradigms as swiftly as threats evolve. This high-stakes work places you in the heart of the action from day one.If you thrive on solving challenging problems with rapid feedback, this is your opportunity.Why We Are Positioned to SucceedExpansive Market: The market is vast at $5B and expanding quickly, while established players struggle to adapt.Proven Track Record: Our team has previously developed the foundational technology for Safe Browsing (serving over 5B users) and reCAPTCHA (protecting more than 5M websites) during our time at Google.Experienced Team: This is our third endeavor in creating a category-defining security enterprise, and we know how to scale our technology and our organization effectively.Deeply Integrated AI and Security: We embed AI from the outset rather than layering it on top.Top Talent: We hire only the highest achievers; many on our team were in the top 1% of engineers at Google. If you excelled in your previous role, you will fit right in.Agility: We prioritize speed and efficiency in everything we do.

Join the innovative team at a16z as an IT Engineer. In this pivotal role, you will leverage cutting-edge technology to support our dynamic operations and enhance our IT infrastructure. Your expertise will contribute to creating efficient systems that drive our mission forward.

lambda is seeking a Network Engineer to join the team in the San Francisco office on Fremont St. This role centers on designing, implementing, and maintaining the company’s network infrastructure. Collaboration with teams across the organization is a key part of the work, with a focus on optimizing network performance and maintaining security standards. Role overview The Network Engineer will take an active role in shaping and supporting the network systems that power lambda’s services. The position involves hands-on work with infrastructure, as well as regular interaction with colleagues from different departments to address technical needs and challenges. What you will do Design and implement network solutions that meet company requirements Maintain and monitor network infrastructure for reliability and security Work with cross-functional teams to ensure optimal system performance Work environment This is an onsite position based in San Francisco. The team values innovation and encourages forward-thinking approaches to technology and problem solving. The environment is active and collaborative, supporting lambda’s mission to deliver high-quality services to clients.

Company Overview:At Specter, we're revolutionizing the way businesses interact with their physical environments. Our mission is to empower American enterprises by providing comprehensive visibility into their physical assets through advanced software-defined solutions.We are developing an innovative hardware-software ecosystem that leverages cutting-edge multi-modal wireless mesh sensing technology, significantly reducing both deployment costs and timeframes for sensor installations. Our platform aims to be the definitive perception engine for companies, ensuring real-time visibility of their perimeters and facilitating autonomous operations management.Founded by industry veterans from Anduril, Tesla, Uber, and the U.S. Special Forces, our team is passionate about leading the charge in the realms of physical AI and robotics. Join us as we expand rapidly and redefine the future of business.Position Overview:We are searching for a skilled Electrical Engineer who will play a crucial role in designing and developing resilient sensor and computing systems, optimizing manufacturing processes, and supporting production programs.

About MiddeskMiddesk is revolutionizing the way businesses collaborate by providing seamless business identity verification. Since our inception in 2018, we have replaced cumbersome manual processes with instant access to accurate and current data. Our platform empowers companies across various sectors to confidently verify business identities, accelerate customer onboarding, and mitigate risks throughout the customer journey.As a proud graduate of Y Combinator and backed by esteemed investors such as Sequoia Capital and Accel Partners, Middesk has been recognized in the Forbes Fintech 50 List and acknowledged as a leading authority in business verification by digital identity strategy firm, Liminal.About Middesk Engineering:At Middesk Engineering, we prioritize

Summary: Join Interface as a Founding Engineer! We seek versatile engineers (ML, data, full-stack) who are driven, innovative, and eager to make a difference. If you're ready to challenge the status quo and build impactful solutions, we want you on our team! Your Profile:Make swift, informed decisions with a focus on outcomesProactively address issues before they escalateFluent in our technology stack (TypeScript, Python, Docker, LLMs, YOLO, Tesseract, PostgreSQL, AWS, React Native, etc.)Have a proven track record of building functional productsThrive in fast-paced environmentsYour Responsibilities:Engage with users/customers to understand their experiences, challenges, and requirementsDesign robust systems utilized by thousands at billion-dollar enterprisesDevelop autonomous data pipelines for auditing large volumes of documentsEnsure scalable infrastructure managementDeliver quickly – our mantra is progress over perfection.Important Insights:Collaborate directly with the founding team and customersUser needs take precedence over flashy featuresThe team works six days a week in our San Francisco officeEnjoy working in SF: vibrant atmosphere, pleasant weather, and access to the best tech ecosystem in the world Additional Information:We welcome applications from around the globe.We offer competitive compensation, substantial equity, and the chance to influence our early team dynamics.$3,000 referral bonus for successful hires.About Interface: We are pioneers in autonomous safety solutions for the industrial sector, focusing on error detection and correction in industrial documentation. Our AI-powered platform aims to automate compliance tasks across various domains. You will leverage cutting-edge technologies at the crossroads of LLMs, computer vision, and data frameworks to redefine industry standards.

Join 8vc as a Product Engineer, where you will play a crucial role in shaping the future of technology. We are seeking an innovative and detail-oriented engineer to collaborate with our dynamic team and drive product development from concept to launch. You will leverage your technical expertise to solve complex problems and enhance user experiences.

Astranis is at the forefront of satellite technology, designing and launching advanced satellites that push the boundaries of human exploration into the cosmos. Our spacecraft provide dedicated, secure networks for a diverse range of elite clientele, including large corporations, government entities, and the U.S. military. With five satellites successfully in orbit and an exciting pipeline of launches ahead, we are addressing a robust backlog of over $1 billion in commercial contracts.Astranis has emerged as the go-to partner for satellite communications, meeting the high standards of clients who demand exceptional uptime, data security, network visibility, and tailored solutions. Having secured over $750 million in funding from industry-leading investors such as Andreessen Horowitz, Blackrock, and Fidelity, our team of 450 dedicated engineers and entrepreneurs is passionate about revolutionizing satellite technology from our expansive headquarters in Northern California.Mechanical EngineerAs a Mechanical Engineer at Astranis, you will play a pivotal role in the design, evaluation, testing, and assembly of spacecraft components and mechanical systems. A strong problem-solving aptitude, hands-on experience, and a passion for innovative design are essential. Experience with spacecraft, mechanisms, or composites is advantageous but not mandatory.ResponsibilitiesDesign, evaluate, procure, assemble, and test primary structures, bracketry, and mechanisms for Astranis spacecraft. This includes components made from both composite and metallic materials, utilizing various manufacturing processes.Develop specifications for components and systems, including load requirements, interfaces, and functional criteria.Conduct mechanical and thermal analysis for spacecraft systems to ensure optimal performance.Collaborate with team members to integrate components and systems into the spacecraft, while documenting and refining processes to enhance future builds.