Staff Backend Engineer - Application Infrastructure

About Read AI:At Read AI, we are transforming the way teams collaborate by infusing intelligence into every conversation. Our innovative platform enhances productivity across meetings, messages, and emails, allowing work to be accomplished more efficiently and with enhanced focus. We integrate seamlessly with popular tools such as Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, Slack, and others, ensuring teams remain aligned and can progress, regardless of their physical location.With $81 million in backing from Smash Capital, Madrona, and Goodwater Capital, Read AI is on an exciting growth trajectory. If you are passionate about shaping the future of AI-driven collaboration and want to make a significant impact at a product-centric startup, we would love to connect with you.The Role:We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join our Core Services team. In this pivotal technical leadership role, you will be recognized as an authority throughout the organization. You will not only manage systems but will take ownership of the technical integrity of platforms that span various departments, ensuring our infrastructure is scalable, resilient, and innovative. Your contributions will significantly influence our engineering culture and the long-term success of the business.Responsibilities:Design, develop, and maintain robust backend services and APIs, primarily utilizing Python (FastAPI), SQLAlchemy, and AWS infrastructure.Create and implement features for data ingestion, third-party integrations (e.g., Slack, HubSpot, Notion), authentication/authorization, and enterprise-level security and compliance.Oversee the complete software development lifecycle: requirements gathering, design, implementation, testing, deployment, and monitoring.Work in close collaboration with product managers, front-end engineers, and data scientists to deliver cutting-edge solutions.Foster technical excellence through code reviews, mentorship, and adherence to best practices in software engineering.Participate in on-call rotations and contribute to the operational excellence, reliability, and observability of backend systems.Continuously enhance system performance, scalability, and reliability to accommodate rapid user and data growth.Promote a culture of innovation, ownership, and customer-centricity.

About HiveHive stands at the forefront of cloud-based AI innovation, delivering unparalleled solutions that facilitate understanding, searching, and generating content. Trusted by some of the most prominent and pioneering organizations globally, we empower developers with an extensive suite of premium, pre-trained AI models that handle billions of API requests monthly. Our turnkey software applications, driven by proprietary AI models and datasets, unlock transformative use cases across various industries. Hive's offerings are revolutionizing content moderation, brand safety, sponsorship analytics, contextual advertising, and more.Having successfully raised over $120 million from esteemed investors such as General Catalyst, 8VC, Glynn Capital, Bain & Company, and Visa Ventures, we are a growing family of over 250 dedicated professionals across our offices in San Francisco, Seattle, and Delhi. If you are passionate about shaping the future of AI, we invite you to join us!About the RoleTo fulfill our ambitious vision, we are expanding our team of exceptional engineers. We seek talented developers who are eager to launch innovative products and features into production, who thrive in autonomous environments, and who embrace the challenges that come with scaling solutions. Our ideal candidate will have a proven track record in building core services and web-based APIs from scratch, demonstrating a strong commitment to both the product’s functionality and the underlying technology. You should possess the ability to structure and write clean, maintainable code, ensuring robust software development practices.

About AnthropicAt Anthropic, our mission is to design AI systems that are reliable, interpretable, and steerable. We aim to ensure that AI technology is safe and advantageous for both our users and society as a whole. Our rapidly expanding team consists of dedicated researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders collaborating to create beneficial AI systems.About the Role:We are in search of seasoned, product-oriented Software Engineers to take ownership of the backend systems that enhance user experiences across our API, Claude Code, and Claude.ai. In this role, you will independently define complex, multi-month projects within ambiguous problem domains and guide your peers in making technical and product-related decisions. You will align with product management, engineering teams, and research to identify capability gaps and translate cutting-edge model advancements into deployable products. Your architectural decisions will significantly impact the reliability and scalability of systems serving hundreds of thousands of global users, including internal teams, while you remain actively engaged with the code and our models.We are currently hiring for multiple teams. Team assignments will be made post-interview, considering your preferences and experience alongside organizational requirements. This flexible approach allows us to pair talented engineers with backend product initiatives where they can make the most significant impact and experience the most growth:API Core: You will develop and enhance the foundation of the Claude API—systems that deliver Claude's intelligence to developers ranging from startups to large enterprises. You will manage the performance, reliability, and efficiency of our core serving path, ensuring users derive maximum speed and value from our models. Collaboration with inference and safeguards will be key to optimizing the entire stack.API Capabilities: You will empower developers by integrating frontier model capabilities into the Claude API, overseeing core features such as vision, tool usage, and computer interaction. Your responsibilities will include launching new models and delivering the building blocks that enhance Claude's capabilities with each release, working directly with research and inference to productionize future advancements.API Knowledge: Your focus will be on transforming Claude into a true knowledge worker by ensuring the model has timely access to the right information. You will facilitate secure data access for developers, enabling Claude to automatically process and retrieve relevant data as needed.

Coupang is a leading name in South Korean e-commerce, known for dependable service and rapid innovation. With offices in Mountain View and Seattle, the company blends a startup’s drive with the backing of a global public organization. The culture supports both individual growth and strong teamwork. Initiative is valued at Coupang. Team members often launch new projects and play a direct role in shaping the company’s direction. Entrepreneurial thinking is encouraged, and those who drive improvements are recognized for their impact on both personal and company development. Coupang’s ambitions reach beyond standard commerce. The company regularly tackles challenging projects, always looking for new ways to improve technology and customer experience. Role overview The Senior Staff Backend Engineer will be part of the Application Infrastructure team. This group is responsible for building and enhancing complex workflow systems that power Coupang’s core services, including the rocket delivery platform. Their work supports systems that manage hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue. What you will do Design and develop a new, scalable workflow service from the ground up Make workflow development easier for domain teams Ensure the infrastructure can support growing business demands Help shape a critical system at the center of Coupang’s operations

Coupang stands out as a major e-commerce company in South Korea, recognized for its reliability and drive to innovate. The company blends the energy of a startup with the scale and resources of a global public business. Teams move quickly, launching new services and growing rapidly. Employees are encouraged to take ownership and help shape the future direction of commerce. Role overview The Staff Backend Engineer - Application Infrastructure will be part of the Application Infrastructure team, working on foundational systems that support Coupang’s complex workflows. This position is greenfield, offering the chance to design and build core backend infrastructure from the ground up. The systems developed will enable fast workflow creation for various domain teams, including those responsible for Coupang’s rocket delivery service. The impact of this work reaches systems that handle hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue. Location Mountain View, USA Seattle, USA

P-940 (Position Location is open to both our Seattle & Bellevue offices.) At Databricks, we are passionate about empowering data teams to tackle some of the world's most challenging problems, from detecting security threats to developing life-saving cancer treatments. We achieve this by creating and managing the leading data and AI infrastructure platform, allowing our customers to concentrate on the critical challenges central to their missions. Founded in 2013 by the original creators of Apache Spark, Databricks has rapidly transformed from a small office in Berkeley, California, into a global entity with over 1,000 employees. We are trusted by thousands of organizations, ranging from startups to Fortune 100 companies, with their mission-critical workloads, establishing us as one of the fastest-growing SaaS companies worldwide. Our engineering teams are dedicated to building highly technical products that address significant real-world needs. We continuously push the boundaries of data and AI technology while maintaining the resilience, security, and scalability necessary for our customers' success on our platform. We operate one of the largest software platforms, managing millions of virtual machines, generating terabytes of logs, and processing exabytes of data daily. At this scale, we frequently encounter faults in cloud hardware, networks, and operating systems, and our software must effectively shield our customers from such issues. As a Backend Software Engineer, you will collaborate closely with your team and product management to prioritize, design, implement, test, and maintain microservices for the Databricks platform and products. Responsibilities include writing software in Scala/Java, building data pipelines (Apache Spark, Apache Kafka), integrating with third-party applications, and interacting with cloud APIs (AWS, Azure, CloudFormation, Terraform). Potential teams you may join include: Data Science and Machine Learning Infrastructure: Develop services and infrastructure at the intersection of machine learning and distributed systems, empowering our flagship collaborative workspace, notebooks, IDE integrations, and project management tools. Our technology also facilitates machine learning at scale through tools for environment management, distributed training, and managing the ML lifecycle via MLflow. Compute Fabric: Create the resource management infrastructure that supports all big data and machine learning workloads on the Databricks platform, ensuring robustness, flexibility, and security.

At Coupang, we are committed to exceeding our customers' expectations. We thrive on the feedback that reminds us how essential our services are in everyday life. Rooted in a passion for simplifying shopping, dining, and living, we are transforming the multi-billion-dollar e-commerce landscape from the ground up. As one of the fastest-growing e-commerce platforms, we have earned a formidable reputation as a leading and dependable entity in South Korean commerce.We merge the agility of a startup with the robust resources of a global public company, propelling us to innovate and expand our services rapidly. Our culture fosters entrepreneurship, where every team member has the opportunity to spearhead new initiatives and push boundaries. At Coupang, you will witness personal, team, and company growth on a daily basis.Join us on our mission to redefine the future of commerce as we challenge conventions to deliver groundbreaking solutions. Become a part of Coupang and help us craft extraordinary experiences in this dynamic, interconnected world.

Join Opendoor as a Backend Software Engineer focused on Pricing, where you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of real estate transactions. You will leverage your technical expertise to develop and optimize backend systems that drive pricing strategies, ensuring our platform delivers accurate and timely information to our users.

Join Hive, a pioneering leader in cloud-based AI solutions, as a Senior Backend Software Engineer. We are on a mission to empower developers across the globe with cutting-edge AI technology. In this role, you will play a crucial part in launching innovative products and features, tackling the challenges of scalability, and creating robust web-based APIs from scratch. We seek candidates who are not only technically skilled but also passionate about building exceptional products and crafting clean, maintainable code. If you're ready to contribute to transformative AI solutions, we want to hear from you!

Join our innovative team at Plaid as a Senior Backend Software Engineer. In this role, you will be responsible for developing scalable backend systems that empower our users and partners. Your expertise in backend development will help us enhance our platform's capabilities and deliver exceptional user experiences.

Join Aircall as a Senior Backend Software Engineer and play a pivotal role in shaping our backend systems. You will be responsible for designing and implementing scalable, reliable, and high-performance software solutions. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop innovative solutions that meet our customers' needs.

About HiveHive is at the forefront of cloud-based AI technology, designed to enhance the understanding, searchability, and generation of content. We are proud to partner with some of the most innovative and renowned organizations worldwide. Our platform empowers developers through a suite of pre-trained AI models, which handle billions of API requests every month. Additionally, Hive provides ready-to-use software applications powered by our proprietary AI models and datasets, enabling transformative solutions across various industries, including content moderation, brand protection, sponsorship analysis, and context-driven ad targeting.With over $120M raised from top investors like General Catalyst, 8VC, Glynn Capital, Bain & Company, and Visa Ventures, Hive boasts a diverse workforce of over 250 employees across our offices in San Francisco, Seattle, and Delhi. We invite you to be part of the AI revolution!About the RoleTo realize our ambitious vision, we are expanding our team of exceptional engineers. We are seeking innovative developers who are eager to launch new products and features, can operate independently, and are enthusiastic about exploring new technologies. The ideal candidate possesses a strong background in building core services and web-based APIs from scratch, values the intersection of product and technology, and is skilled in writing clean, maintainable code.

Join Airwallex as a Staff Software Engineer focused on enhancing productivity and driving innovation within our engineering teams. You will be responsible for developing high-quality software solutions that streamline processes and improve user experience. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify areas for improvement and implement effective solutions.

At Compass, we are committed to transforming the way people find their homes. Established in 2012, we have created a groundbreaking end-to-end platform that empowers real estate agents to provide exceptional service to both buyers and sellers.As a Staff Software Engineer within the Transaction Journey organization, you will leverage your expertise in microservices architecture to develop impactful products for our customers. You will lead the design and development of services that enhance the consumer experience in the real estate sector while supporting the scalability of the world's foremost brokerage. You will guide a team in creating a collaborative transaction management platform that simplifies the home buying and selling process, enabling agents to efficiently manage transactions from initial contact to closing, including accessing local forms, sending documents for electronic signatures, and handling offers.You are a passionate engineer dedicated to crafting intuitive APIs. You believe that your insights are crucial in making product and business decisions. You have a zest for learning and a desire to share your knowledge with your peers. You are an excellent communicator who strives to understand before seeking to be understood.Your design systems prioritize fault tolerance, scalability, high availability, thorough testing, and adherence to best practices, including the single responsibility principle.Your code is modular and reusable, and you take pride in delivering reliable, well-tested, peer-reviewed solutions that conform to industry standards. You have strong opinions regarding code structure, style, and development processes.At Compass, You Will:Provide strategic direction and ownership of Compass' software architecture.Develop and scale the platform that empowers real estate professionals, buyers, and sellers.Become a domain expert in real estate technology, acting as a supportive partner to our customers.Inspire, recruit, and mentor fellow engineers.Lead the architecture of our distributed microservices framework.Work in a scalable engineering culture that utilizes modern principles of decoupled systems, automated CI/CD, testing, and monitoring to enhance efficiency.Implement standard agile development methodologies.Join an exceptional team with significant visibility and exciting projects on the horizon.

About BRINC:At BRINC, we are revolutionizing public safety through an innovative suite of life-saving technologies. Our journey began with the creation of drones and ruggedized throw phones, specifically designed to navigate hazardous environments and facilitate communication for de-escalating critical situations. Today, we have expanded our focus to include the development and deployment of advanced 911 response networks, where drones are dispatched to emergency calls to provide real-time visual data, greatly enhancing safety and enabling effective responses. Our state-of-the-art solutions are currently utilized by over 600 public safety agencies across the United States, and we have successfully raised over $150 million from esteemed investors such as Index Ventures, Motorola Solutions, Sam Altman, Dylan Field, Mike Volpe, Alexandr Wang, among others. At BRINC, we are dedicated to attracting the finest talent globally to support our mission of empowering first responders to save lives.About this Role:We are on the lookout for a Senior or Principal Backend Software Engineer who will take charge of critical components of our software systems, actively contributing to the design, development, and optimization of our technology stack. In this role, you will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, utilizing your technical expertise to deliver high-quality and scalable software solutions. This is a thrilling opportunity to be part of a dynamic startup environment and to make a substantial impact on the company's trajectory.Key Responsibilities:Drive the development of a scalable backend platform that underpins our global real-time services.Ensure that our platform remains secure, reliable, and high-performing.Construct and enhance our platform infrastructure and development tools.Rapidly prototype new projects and ideas to meet the needs of our customers and internal stakeholders.Collaborate with cross-functional hardware and autonomy teams to address challenges such as streaming and presenting live drone data in formats accessible to non-technical users.Qualifications:Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in Computer Science or a related field, with 5+ years of experience in delivering high-quality code and developing robust infrastructure. Note - we are open to candidates for mid-career, senior, and principal positions.Proven experience in building backend platforms, from infrastructure to API level (bonus points for experience in real-time data platforms, scalable microservice architectures, and handling security and encryption requirements).Familiarity with modern cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, Azure, etc.) is highly desirable.

Aerovy is hiring a Lead Software Engineer focused on backend development at its Seattle Engineering HQ. This position guides a team in building and maintaining scalable backend systems. The work centers on strengthening software architecture and supporting fast, reliable responses to front-end requests. Role overview This lead engineer role involves close collaboration with cross-functional teams. The position shapes the design and delivery of new features and oversees the technical direction for backend projects. What you will do Direct and mentor a backend engineering team Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend solutions Work with other teams to define and deliver new features Focus on high performance and quality throughout the software lifecycle

Since our inception, we have revolutionized the approach to small-dollar loans, having provided over $1 billion in funding to more than 1.5 million customers, and issued over 4 million loans that have saved our clients more than $650 million.At Possible, we are developing an innovative consumer finance company that prioritizes helping our customers avoid debt rather than profiting from it. As a Public Benefit Corporation, our mission is to facilitate economic mobility in communities through affordable credit products designed to foster financial health for generations. Join the team that is turning our vision into reality.About the RoleWe are in search of a skilled Senior Software Engineer to bolster our engineering team. In this role, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining high-performance, reliable, and scalable services utilizing Java, the Spring Framework, gRPC, and GraphQL. As a senior member of the team, you will offer technical leadership, mentor junior engineers, and inspire innovation in your domain.

Join Duolingo as a Senior Backend Software Engineer and play a pivotal role in building scalable and innovative backend systems that enhance the learning experience for millions of users worldwide. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, develop, and maintain high-performance APIs and services that are critical to our platform's success.

Pinterest’s Core and Monetization engineering teams are seeking Backend Software Engineer II candidates in San Francisco, CA or Seattle, WA. This position centers on building frameworks and features that serve both Pinterest’s developers and its millions of users. What you will do Collaborate with product managers, designers, and fellow engineers to define and deliver new technologies and user experiences. Design and implement solutions for complex technical challenges. Support projects through every stage, from concept and technical design to implementation and launch. Team environment Engineers at Pinterest work in a setting that values flexibility and unique perspectives. The company’s PinFlex approach supports different ways of working and encourages growth and innovation. AI and engineering AI plays a significant role at Pinterest, partnering with teams to enhance creativity and impact. Candidates with an interest in AI will find opportunities to collaborate with this technology. The interview process will focus on foundational engineering skills and teamwork with AI, and candidates should be ready to discuss their problem-solving methods and thought process. For more on Pinterest’s work culture and approach to AI, visit PinFlex and AI in hiring.