True Talent Solutions Partners

Founding Backend Software Engineer

San Francisco
Salary
$225,000 - $275,000 annually
Level
Mid
Work type
On-site · San Francisco
Visa
Not offered

Open. First seen 28 October 2026.

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About the role

About the Role

Join an early-stage AI video team as its founding backend engineer. You will lead the design of the backend and agentic infrastructure that powers AI-driven video creation, while helping establish engineering standards for a small, high-caliber team.

What You'll Do

  • Design and build scalable backend systems for AI video products.
  • Develop infrastructure for agentic workflows, video generation pipelines, reinforcement learning loops, and real-time data processing.
  • Own distributed systems architecture and improve reliability through automated testing, performance benchmarking, and end-to-end observability.
  • Partner with researchers, engineers, and designers to build product features and APIs.
  • Set technical direction and engineering standards through strong implementation, clear documentation, and effective communication.

What We're Looking For

  • Five to ten years of backend software engineering experience, including work at early-stage or high-growth startups.
  • Industry experience building scalable backend and distributed systems, large-scale data processing, information retrieval, and asynchronous workflows.
  • At least 12 months of industry experience designing and building agentic systems, LLMs, or generative AI products.
  • Professional experience with TypeScript and AWS, including relevant services such as S3, Lambda, RDS, SQS, or ECS.
  • Experience as a technical lead, setting technical direction and code standards for a team.
  • A formal degree, strong computer science fundamentals, and fluent English communication skills.

Compensation & Benefits

Base salary: $225,000 to $275,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is not available.

Location

On-site, five days per week in San Francisco, California.

What this role asks for

Particular to this role

Generative AI · Test Automation

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Standard for backend roles

AWS

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The team: Client Roles

This role is one of 105 open in Client Roles. 105 were posted in the last 30 days, including 5 lead roles: the team is hiring the people who run it too.

WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS

Python (56 of 105), TypeScript (43 of 105), LLM (37 of 105), React (37 of 105), Machine Learning (24 of 105), JavaScript (23 of 105), AWS (22 of 105)

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