Member of Technical Staff - Back-end Engineering

Permanent
Engineering
Experienced
Rust, C, C++, Zig
New York
New York
US$200000 - US$300000 per annum + equity

What You Will Do

  • Design and build high-performance systems supporting AI workflows, observability, optimization, evaluation, and experimentation

  • Own complex systems end-to-end, from architecture and implementation through deployment and iteration

  • Contribute to open-source infrastructure powering real-world AI applications

  • Collaborate closely with a small, highly technical team across systems, AI, and product

  • Improve scalability, reliability, latency, and long-term maintainability of core systems

Tech Stack
Systems programming languages (Rust, C, C++, Zig), distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, APIs, AI platforms, open-source tooling

About You

  • Strong background in systems engineering with experience in low-level or performance-critical systems

  • Comfortable driving large technical projects from concept to production

  • Experience with systems programming languages such as Rust, C, C++, or Zig

  • Excited to work close to the metal while learning new domains like AI and ML systems

  • Strong technical judgment and a high bar for engineering quality

  • Collaborative, curious, and motivated by challenging technical problems

Bonus

  • Experience working on developer platforms, infrastructure, or ML systems

  • Prior open-source contributions

  • Interest in or exposure to large language models, reinforcement learning, or data-intensive systems

Team and Environment
You will join a small, deeply technical team working fully on-site and have a direct impact on the platform's direction, engineering culture, and long-term vision.

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