True Talent Solutions Partners

Founding Backend Software Engineer

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

Open. First seen 4 November 2026.

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About the role

About the Role

Join an early-stage AI video company as a founding backend engineer. You will lead the design of core systems for AI-powered video creation, working closely with researchers, engineers, and designers to build the platform's infrastructure and product capabilities.

What You'll Do

  • Design and develop scalable backend systems for AI-powered video products.
  • Build 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.
  • Collaborate with researchers, engineers, and designers to deliver product features and APIs.
  • Write production code, guide technical decisions, establish engineering standards, and document systems and agent skills.

What We're Looking For

  • 5 to 10 years of backend software engineering experience, including work at an early-stage or high-growth startup.
  • Professional experience building scalable backend and distributed systems, large-scale data processing, information retrieval, and asynchronous workflows.
  • At least 12 months of industry experience building agentic systems or working with LLMs and generative AI.
  • Industry experience with TypeScript and AWS. The broader stack includes S3, Lambda, RDS, SQS, ECS, FastAPI, Docker, and CI/CD.
  • Strong fundamentals in algorithms, data structures, and system design, applied in professional engineering work.
  • Experience setting technical direction and engineering standards while remaining hands-on in code.
  • A formal degree and fluent English communication skills.

Compensation & Benefits

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

Location

On-site in San Francisco, California.

What this role asks for

Particular to this role

Docker · FastAPI · Generative AI · Test Automation

Rare in True Talent Solutions Partners's other 125 open postings.

Standard for backend roles

AWS · CI/CD

Common in backend postings at any company.

Compared with True Talent Solutions Partners's other open jobs.

The team: Client Roles

This role is one of 125 open in Client Roles. 125 were posted in the last 30 days, including 7 lead roles: the team is hiring the people who run it too.

WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS

Python (67 of 125), LLM (49 of 125), TypeScript (44 of 125), React (39 of 125), Machine Learning (31 of 125), JavaScript (28 of 125), AWS (25 of 125)

OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM

From the team and dates on True Talent Solutions Partners's own job board.

Posting history

Reposted 6 times since 28 October 2026: a posting for this role in San Francisco was taken down and the role was posted again.

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