Backend System Architect

The role

You will design, build, and operate reliable backend services, APIs, and data systems. You will work across backend infrastructure, data systems, APIs, and AI-powered workflows to turn product requirements into scalable systems.

What you will do

• Design, build, and operate reliable backend services, APIs
• Own technical projects from initial architecture through production deployment and ongoing operation
• Build systems that process high volumes of events, experiments, and customer data
• Improve the interoperability, reliability, performance, observability, and scalability of our platform
• Make thoughtful architectural decisions while balancing speed, simplicity, and long-term maintainability
• Work closely with product and customer-facing teams to translate real-world needs into reusable platform capabilities
• Help establish engineering standards and shape the technical foundation of the company

Required qualifications

• 3+ years of experience building and operating backend systems in production
• Comfort working in a fast-moving environment with evolving requirements and limited structure
• Strong software engineering fundamentals and experience designing distributed or data-intensive systems
• Proficiency in Python or another modern backend language
• Experience building APIs, services, databases, and asynchronous workflows
• A track record of owning meaningful technical projects from conception through production
• Strong judgment around system design, reliability, and technical tradeoffs
• Clear communication and a collaborative approach to solving problems
• A builder mindset
• Experience at an early-stage or high-growth startup
• Familiarity with technologies such as AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, Kafka, and Postgres
• Experience working on systems where correctness, latency, and reliability directly affect the customer experience

Nice to have

• Familiarity with evaluation systems, observability, orchestration, or distributed task execution

Benefits

• Flexible (Unlimited) Paid Time Off
• Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits for you and your family
• Life Insurance and Disability Benefits
• 401k Plan with Coframe match
• Meals covered in-office
• Gym membership

About the company

Coframe is building a future where user and agent interfaces can adapt, evolve, and personalize themselves. The company is primarily in-person and based in San Francisco.