Engineering Manager, Core Backend Services

About Our TeamJoin our dynamic Core Services team, where we play a pivotal role in developing and overseeing essential services that underpin our operations. We connect core infrastructure—such as compute, storage, and networking—with product engineering teams, empowering them to innovate quickly, build with dependability, and scale effectively.Role OverviewAs a Software Engineer on our Core Services team, you will be instrumental in designing and managing vital backend platforms, including caching systems, workflow orchestration, metadata storage, and file services. Your focus will be on crafting highly reliable, scalable, and efficient systems that serve as the foundation of our product offerings.We seek individuals who are passionate about developing infrastructure that enhances product teams, relish tackling challenges in distributed systems, and take pride in creating well-architected APIs and abstractions that streamline development processes.This position is based in San Francisco, CA, utilizing a hybrid work model of three days in the office each week, with relocation assistance provided to new hires.Your Responsibilities Will Include:Designing, building, and maintaining shared infrastructure services, including caching layers, workflow orchestration (e.g., Temporal), metadata stores, and file storage solutions.Collaborating with product teams to deliver scalable and reliable primitives that simplify the complexities of distributed systems.Enhancing the performance, resilience, and scalability of core services that underpin our customer-facing applications.You Will Excel in This Role If You:Possess experience with distributed systems, caching frameworks (e.g., Redis, Memcached), metadata storage solutions (e.g., FoundationDB), or workflow orchestration tools (e.g., Temporal, Cadence).Have experience managing containerized services within cloud environments and integrating them into automated CI/CD workflows.Comprehend the trade-offs involved in consistency models, replication strategies, and performance optimization for multi-region systems.Exhibit strong communication skills and thrive in collaborative environments, with a fervent commitment to delivering exceptional customer outcomes.About OpenAIOpenAI is a pioneering organization in AI research and deployment, dedicated to ensuring that artificial intelligence serves the greater good of humanity. We strive to make transformative technologies accessible and beneficial for all.

About KiddomKiddom is an innovative educational platform dedicated to fostering equity and growth in students by integrating high-quality instructional materials with engaging digital learning experiences. Our platform enables schools and districts to take charge of their curricula, resulting in personalized learning experiences that cater to the unique needs and goals of local communities. With comprehensive insights for teachers and leaders, Kiddom supports ongoing improvement in instructional decision-making, school programming, and professional development.The Systems Engineering and Core Services team is responsible for the foundational APIs, services, data storage solutions, and developer tools that ensure an exceptional product experience for our users and a seamless developer experience for our engineering teams. A typical day involves identifying challenges and collaborating cross-functionally to devise effective project plans that tackle complex problems.In this position, you will merge technical leadership with strategic influence, shaping Kiddom’s systems for scalability each academic year. You will work with programming languages like Go, TypeScript, and Python, utilizing technologies ranging from web APIs to graph databases, edge computing, and large language models (LLMs). This is a unique opportunity to spearhead technical advancements across the organization, guiding fellow engineers to achieve their best work with the tools you select and advocate for. You are exceptionally skilled at troubleshooting issues such as null pointer exceptions.Note: A set of questions is included in the application process. Failure to complete them or selecting N/A will automatically disqualify you.

Strava connects more than 180 million athletes across 185 countries, offering tools for tracking workouts, setting goals, and sharing progress. The platform supports a range of activities, including running, cycling, and swimming, and encourages community and personal growth. Role overview The Staff Engineer, Core Services Platform, will influence the technical direction of Strava’s social platform services. These services support key features such as the activity feed, photo and video sharing, experimentation, and notifications. This role involves guiding a small engineering team and leading modernization efforts across core services. Collaboration with product teams is central to ensuring the platform evolves to support both current and future needs. Work location This position follows a flexible hybrid schedule. In-office attendance is required three days per week at Strava’s San Francisco or Denver offices.

About the TeamThe Codex Core Agent team is at the forefront of developing the foundational elements of Codex. Our mission is to enhance the agent's capabilities, expedite research efforts, and ensure these advancements are implemented effectively for our users.This involves collaborating across various systems that empower Codex to operate seamlessly in the real world. We focus on optimizing production performance metrics such as token management, latency, reliability, cost efficiency, and capacity. Our work encompasses the core execution loop and interfaces that translate models into actionable behaviors, as well as the shared infrastructure that supports other teams in leveraging Codex. Additionally, we establish feedback mechanisms that refine models and agent behaviors based on real-world usage over time.About the RoleWe are seeking passionate engineers to develop the infrastructure that fuels Codex agents in production environments. This role centers on the systems that ensure models can execute code securely, interact with various tools, complete complex, multi-step tasks, and maintain reliability and efficiency at scale.You will be responsible for designing and managing the infrastructure that supports sandboxed execution, orchestration, stateful workflows, application server and SDK boundaries, as well as model rollouts. Working at the intersection of distributed systems, developer tools, and AI, you will create the core components that enhance Codex's performance, safety, and reliability, making it easier for teams across the organization to build on its capabilities.What You’ll DoDesign and implement execution environments tailored for AI agents, incorporating features like sandboxing, isolation, and reproducibility.Develop orchestration systems for agents that handle multi-step processes and tool utilization.Create infrastructure for the execution, testing, and debugging of code generated by models.Establish state and memory systems that enable agents to maintain context during extended tasks.Optimize production metrics including tokens, latency, reliability, and cost across the Codex deployment.Assist in model rollouts, capacity planning, and managing the essential trade-offs between quality, speed, and cost to effectively handle a fleet of advanced agents at scale.Develop shared platform capabilities that facilitate the work of product teams, partner teams, and the open-source community contributing to Codex.You Might Be a Good Fit If YouPossess substantial experience in distributed systems or infrastructure engineering.Have experience building systems involving containers, sandboxing, or virtualization.Are adept at working across backend systems and collaborating with diverse teams to drive project success.

Who We AreAt Pave, we are revolutionizing the compensation landscape with our cutting-edge platform, integrating the largest real-time compensation dataset with advanced AI and machine learning capabilities. Our innovative solutions empower over 8,500 companies to make informed, confident compensation decisions.Leading organizations such as OpenAI, McDonald’s, Instacart, Atlassian, Synopsys, Stripe, Databricks, and Waymo trust Pave to transform their pay strategies into competitive advantages. We manage over $190 billion in total compensation spend through our workflows, with 70% of the Forbes AI 50 utilizing Pave for compensation benchmarking.The future of pay is real-time and predictive, and we are at the forefront of this transformation. With $160 million in funding from top investors like Andreessen Horowitz, Index Ventures, Y Combinator, Bessemer Venture Partners, and Craft Ventures, we are poised for rapid growth.Core Platform @ PaveThe Core Platform team is the backbone of Pave Engineering, seamlessly connecting product and platform engineering. In this pivotal role, you will take ownership of essential services, including user authentication and authorization, along with the foundational data infrastructure that fuels Pave’s compensation intelligence platform. Success in this position requires exceptional systems thinking and a proactive approach to leading large-scale initiatives across our organization.Explore our engineering principles here!

Join Gusto as a Staff Software Engineer specializing in Core Platforms, where you will drive the development of innovative software solutions that power our platform. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to architect and implement scalable systems that enhance the user experience for our clients. This role is essential in shaping and evolving our technology stack, ensuring that we maintain a competitive edge in the industry.

Empower Every Identity, from AI to HumansAt Okta, we recognize that identity is the cornerstone of unlocking AI's potential. We secure AI by developing trusted, neutral infrastructures that allow organizations to safely navigate this transformative era. This endeavor demands a relentless commitment to addressing complex challenges with significant real-world implications. We seek builders and innovators who act with urgency and deliver excellence.The Core Engineering TeamOkta facilitates secure authentication and authorization for thousands of organizations globally, ensuring safe and seamless access for billions of logins. Our Core team is dedicated to creating software and frameworks while collaborating with infrastructure teams to achieve an exceptional 99.99% uptime for our core products.The Software Engineering Manager RoleAs part of Okta's Core Engineering team, you will lead the evolution of shared infrastructure and services that underpin all engineering efforts. Our responsibilities encompass essential shared services like search, cache, configuration management, asynchronous job management frameworks, and email pipelines. Being cloud-native, we prioritize redundancy, multi-tenancy, scalable solutions, resource optimization, and resiliency. With Okta's commitment to being 'Always On!', there is never a dull moment. Our greatest asset is our enthusiastic team of engineers and technically skilled managers.Your ResponsibilitiesLead a distributed team by setting clear expectations, removing obstacles, fostering collaboration, managing recruitment, and providing coaching and career development discussions.Collaborate with cross-functional teams including managers, architects, product owners, project managers, and security engineers to implement best practices for resilience.Effectively communicate and coordinate cross-team projects that have a significant business impact.Contribute to defining the team's strategic direction and roadmap.Develop backend frameworks and tools for organization-wide scalability.Engage in incident root cause analysis to foster continuous improvement in reliability and scaling.Provide technical mentorship to team engineers.Drive the evaluation, development, and deployment of new services.

Join Amplitude, a cutting-edge analytics platform, as a Staff Software Engineer in Core Analytics. In this role, you will leverage your expertise in analytics and software engineering to drive insights and support critical business decisions. You will work collaboratively with a team of skilled engineers to build scalable and robust analytics systems that empower users to understand their data better. Your contributions will directly impact the way businesses operate and make data-driven decisions.

About the TeamAt OpenAI, our Core Services team plays a pivotal role in constructing and managing the essential online services that our product teams depend on for production. We specialize in foundational distributed systems and platform capabilities that ensure reliable execution, deliver high-performance services, and address large-scale data/file needs across our diverse product suite. Unlike developer and data infrastructure, our focus is on establishing robust production service foundations and core runtime services.About the RoleWe are seeking an Engineering Manager for our Core Services division. In this leadership position, you will guide teams responsible for designing and maintaining reliable, high-scale distributed systems that are vital for OpenAI’s product ecosystem. Your team will oversee the foundational production systems that serve as the backbone for our product engineering initiatives. You’ll work closely with product and infrastructure partners to expedite the delivery of dependable services and facilitate the scaling of both systems and teams as OpenAI continues to grow. Collaborating with senior engineering leaders, you will help evolve organizational structures, enhance operational processes, and spearhead significant platform initiatives. A strong technical background is essential for success in this role.Your Responsibilities Include:Leading and nurturing a high-performing team of infrastructure engineers.Overseeing teams that build and manage critical production platforms with a focus on cluster reliability, scalability, and rollout safety.Developing and operating mission-critical distributed systems with a strong emphasis on operational excellence (SLOs, incident response, capacity planning, reliability).Defining technical direction for foundational platforms, including workflow/orchestration capabilities, large-scale storage solutions, and core service infrastructures.Collaborating with a wide range of stakeholders, including product engineering teams, adjacent infrastructure teams, and finance/cost partners as necessary.Mentoring and developing engineers and aspiring leaders within the organization.You Will Excel in This Role If You:Possess extensive experience leading teams that manage mission-critical infrastructure in production environments.Have a proven track record in operating mission-critical services or building core distributed systems.Have experience in developing platform-like systems (e.g., orchestration/workflow execution, service platforms) and/or large-scale storage solutions.Are adept at building systems that enhance operational efficiencies and reliability.

Why Join Harvey?At Harvey, we are revolutionizing the landscape of legal and professional services — not through minor adjustments, but by rethinking the process from the ground up. By harnessing cutting-edge agentic AI, a robust enterprise-level platform, and profound sector expertise, we are redefining how essential knowledge work is performed for years to come.This is a unique opportunity to contribute to the foundation of a transformative company at a pivotal moment. With over 1000 clients spanning more than 58 countries, proven product-market alignment, and exceptional investor backing, we are growing rapidly and establishing a new category in real-time. The challenges are ambitious, the standards are high, and the potential for personal, professional, and financial growth is unparalleled.Our team is intelligent, driven, and passionately dedicated to our mission. We operate with urgency, take true ownership of our challenges, and deliver results from initial concepts to long-term goals. We maintain close relationships with our customers — from executives to engineers — collaborating to address real-world problems with urgency and care. If you excel in uncertain environments, strive for excellence, and want to influence the future of work alongside like-minded individuals, we invite you to join us in our mission.At Harvey, we are actively shaping the future of professional services — and we’re just getting started.Role OverviewAs a Senior Software Engineer on the Core Infrastructure team at Harvey, you will be pivotal in architecting and constructing new infrastructure systems while enhancing and fortifying our existing frameworks. Our infrastructure underpins every user interaction with Harvey — managing billions of prompt tokens and millions of daily requests across our global legal AI platform.You will thrive in a balanced environment focused on innovation — building new systems — and operational excellence, ensuring Harvey remains resilient and efficient as we scale our products, regions, clientele, and usage. Your contributions will directly influence the reliability, scalability, and security of our platform, which serves the world’s leading law firms and professional service providers.This position is located in San Francisco, CA. We utilize an in-person work model and provide relocation assistance for new hires.What You Will DoDesign and develop scalable, fault-tolerant infrastructure systems that power Harvey's AI platform across multiple cloud environments.Manage and enhance our multi-cloud infrastructure (Azure, GCP), focusing on Kubernetes orchestration, networking, and container management.Lead key technical initiatives concerning observability, incident response, and performance optimization.

Amplitude stands at the forefront of AI-driven analytics, empowering over 4,700 clients—including esteemed names like Atlassian, Burger King, NBCUniversal, Square, and Under Armour—to enhance their products and digital offerings. Our innovative AI Agents integrated throughout the platform enable teams to rapidly analyze, test, and optimize user experiences. Recognized as the leading solution in various categories in G2’s Fall 2025 Report, Amplitude is the premier choice for product, data, and marketing teams. Discover more at amplitude.com.As a company, we are deeply committed to delivering exceptional results for our customers by embodying our core values. We approach our work with humility, take responsibility for both challenges and successes, embrace a growth mindset, and prioritize our customers in everything we do.Amplitude’s Commitment to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI): We believe that diversity drives the creation of superior products, enhances our ability to tackle complex challenges, and leads to more impactful solutions. Our aim is to cultivate an inclusive environment that promotes psychological safety, empathy, and genuine human connection, enabling all employees to thrive.About The Role & TeamWe are seeking a Fullstack Engineer to join our Core Analytics team, responsible for our flagship analytics product cherished by countless product teams globally. You will collaborate closely with our Product Manager and Designer to conceptualize, develop, and launch end-to-end features that enhance the Analytics experience. Your contributions will significantly shape product direction and ensure the delivery of high-performance, reliable, and enjoyable user experiences.Our engineers are driven by customer needs and tackle complex data challenges to improve user experience. We prioritize delivering value quickly and iteratively. If you are passionate about crafting exceptional data-driven experiences that empower businesses to understand their customers better, we would be thrilled to connect with you.The team’s mission is to create a fast, intuitive, and dependable Analytics platform that enables customers to confidently derive insights about their products while also spearheading infrastructure initiatives that enhance and scale the platform.As a Senior Engineer, you will:Collaborate with Product Management and Design to transform innovative ideas into engineering solutions that effectively address customer challenges.Drive business impact through...

About AirwallexAirwallex is a revolutionary unified payments and financial platform tailored for global enterprises. Our innovative blend of proprietary infrastructure and software empowers over 200,000 businesses globally—including renowned names like Brex, Rippling, Navan, Qantas, and SHEIN—with seamlessly integrated solutions for managing business accounts, payments, spend management, treasury, and embedded finance on a worldwide scale.Founded in Melbourne, we boast a dynamic team of over 2,000 of the brightest minds in technology, spread across 26 offices worldwide. With a valuation of US$8 billion and backing from prestigious investors such as T. Rowe Price, Visa, Mastercard, Robinhood Ventures, Sequoia, Salesforce Ventures, DST Global, and Lone Pine Capital, Airwallex is at the forefront of shaping the future of global payments and finance. If you're eager to undertake the most ambitious challenge of your career, we invite you to join us.

Who We AreAt Pave, we are revolutionizing the compensation landscape with our industry-leading platform. By merging the largest real-time compensation dataset with cutting-edge AI and machine learning expertise, we empower over 8,500 companies to make informed compensation decisions with unmatched confidence.Leading organizations such as OpenAI, McDonald’s, Instacart, Atlassian, Synopsys, Stripe, Databricks, and Waymo leverage Pave to transform their pay strategies into a competitive edge. Our platform manages an impressive $190 billion in total compensation spend, with 70% of the Forbes AI 50 utilizing Pave for benchmarking compensation.The future of compensation is here, characterized by real-time and predictive capabilities—and we are at the forefront of this transformation. With $160 million raised from prominent investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Index Ventures, Y Combinator, Bessemer Venture Partners, and Craft Ventures, we are set to reshape the industry.Core Platform @ PaveOur Core Platform team is at the heart of Pave Engineering, bridging the gap between product and platform engineering. We are responsible for developing foundational services, APIs, and abstractions that empower every team to deliver enterprise-grade software efficiently and confidently. In this pivotal role, you will oversee essential services like user authentication and authorization, as well as the underlying data infrastructure and models that drive Pave’s compensation intelligence platform. Achieving success in this position requires robust systems thinking and the capability to spearhead complex initiatives across the organization.Discover more about our engineering principles here!

Harvey builds a secure, enterprise-grade platform for legal and professional services, powered by advanced agentic AI. The company serves more than 1,000 clients in over 60 countries and is backed by top investors. Harvey’s team emphasizes speed, ownership, and high standards, working closely with customers to address real-world needs. This Staff Software Engineer role is based in San Francisco and requires in-person work. Relocation support is available for those moving to the area. Role overview The Core Infrastructure team at Harvey designs and maintains the systems that support every user interaction on the company’s global legal AI platform. These systems process billions of prompt tokens and millions of daily requests for leading law firms and professional service providers around the world. The position combines new infrastructure development with a focus on operational reliability. The work has a direct effect on the platform’s scalability, security, and resilience as Harvey grows into new regions and serves more customers. Key responsibilities Design and implement scalable, fault-tolerant infrastructure systems for Harvey’s AI platform across multiple cloud regions. Own and enhance multi-cloud infrastructure (Azure, GCP), with emphasis on Kubernetes orchestration, networking, and container management. Lead technical initiatives in observability, incident response, and performance tuning.

Join Anyscale, where our mission is to democratize distributed computing, making it accessible for developers at all levels. We are commercializing Ray, a leading open-source project that fosters an ecosystem of libraries designed for scalable machine learning. Prominent companies such as OpenAI, Uber, and Spotify leverage Ray to expedite their AI applications. At Anyscale, we create an optimal environment for running Ray, empowering developers and data scientists to scale their machine learning applications seamlessly from laptops to large clusters, without requiring deep expertise in distributed systems.We take pride in our backing from Andreessen Horowitz, NEA, and Addition, with over $250 million raised to date.

About UsAt Salient, we are pioneering the AI infrastructure that will transform the future of financial operations, beginning with the automation of the most challenging workflows in loan servicing.Supported by a16z and Y Combinator, we have successfully raised $65M in Series A funding.Within just two years, we have achieved an 8-figure ARR, serving over 20% of the auto lending industry and processing millions of customer interactions daily.Our solutions are fully deployed with major financial institutions, going beyond mere proofs of concept.We are excited to expand our reach into new segments of financial services!We foster an in-person office culture at our headquarters in San Francisco, CA.Our team is deeply integrated with clients, managing the entire technology stack while rapidly advancing to introduce modern AI solutions into regulated industries where precision and performance are paramount.About the RoleWe are looking for a Senior Software Engineer - Core Product to revolutionize the servicing of millions of loans using artificial intelligence. As a Product Engineer at Salient, you will be instrumental in developing and enhancing our AI platform that automates and optimizes various loan servicing functions, from payment processing to fraud prevention and customer support. You will take charge of both initial MVP development and the subsequent scaling of our product. Collaborating directly on features that enable lenders to better serve their clients while enhancing compliance and mitigating risks will be key to your role.ResponsibilitiesDesign and implement comprehensive features across both frontend and backend of our application.Produce clean, maintainable, and efficient code accompanied by thorough test coverage.Identify and resolve complex issues throughout the technology stack.Enhance application performance and scalability.Assume responsibilities that blend product management with software engineering.Balance technical requirements with user expectations and business objectives.Integrate customer feedback into product development and feature design.RequirementsMinimum of 4 years of software engineering experience.Proficient in Python programming.Demonstrated success in delivering user-centric products on time.

The ideal candidate is encouraged to work from any of our offices (Silver Spring, NYC, SF, Miami, Denver) 1-2x weekly.ABOUT ROCKET MONEY At Rocket Money, our mission is to significantly enhance the financial well-being of millions. We provide our members with a profound understanding of their finances along with a range of valuable services designed to save time and money, ultimately empowering them on their financial journey.ABOUT THE TEAM The Core team plays a critical role in enabling all engineering teams at Rocket Money to operate efficiently by ensuring that our foundational systems are reliable and easy to build upon. We are responsible for the evolution of platforms and services that are central to our product and company operations, including:Authentication (registration, login, account access, and user lifecycle workflows)Data Privacy and Trust Systems (handling privacy requests, user deletions, and secure management of sensitive data)AI Enablement (providing shared AI infrastructure and tools that other teams use to create exceptional product experiences)Internal Tooling (developing admin tools, operational systems, and data integrations to enhance the effectiveness of our operations and engineering teams)We prioritize accuracy, resilience, and creating the most straightforward pathways for our teams. If you are passionate about building high-impact systems that others rely on, we would love to hear from you.IN THIS ROLE, YOU'LL:Develop and manage Core services and platforms that underpin essential systems like authentication, data privacy workflows, AI capabilities, and internal tools.Take ownership of projects from inception to completion: defining problems, designing solutions, implementing changes, launching, and ensuring ongoing reliability.Collaborate closely with product engineers, data teams, and operations colleagues to create systems that are safe, scalable, and user-friendly.

Are you ready to discover your true potential?At Coinbase, our mission is to foster economic freedom across the globe. This ambitious vision requires the utmost dedication as we construct the future of the onchain platform and, in turn, the global financial system.We are in search of an exceptional candidate who resonates with our mission and is a firm believer in the transformative power of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology. We seek individuals eager to make a significant impact, thrive under pressure, and actively solicit feedback for continuous improvement. If you enjoy tackling complex challenges, we want you on our team.Our work culture is dynamic and demanding, catering to those who aspire to build the future alongside top-tier professionals who expect excellence from each other.While many positions at Coinbase are remote-first, we value in-person collaboration and hold several team and company-wide offsite events throughout the year to strengthen our connections and ensure alignment. Participation is encouraged and fully supported.The Core Automation team envisions a future where AI-driven operations create seamless and delightful customer experiences while maximizing shareholder value. Our strategy is to 1) initiate automation in critical areas like Customer Support and Compliance using Agentic AI, 2) learn from these experiences to develop foundational tools and orchestration solutions for scalability, and 3) expand into various domains, enabling AI to enhance every aspect of customer interactions and internal processes.Today marks a new beginning for us. We are dedicated to automating customer support and compliance processes, not merely to increase efficiency through automation but to reimagine how these systems and processes should function in a fully AI-driven environment. Our goal is to build this vision collaboratively across teams, delivering an exceptional customer experience, enhancing compliance efforts, and driving substantial shareholder returns.

Join orb as a Software Engineer in our Core Product team! This entry-level position is perfect for aspiring engineers eager to make a significant impact in a dynamic and innovative environment. You will work alongside experienced professionals to develop and enhance our core products, contributing to exciting projects that shape the future of our company.