Software Engineer, Backend

The role

You will build and scale backend systems for an AI-powered product. You will work across the full stack to ship features that impact how users create and share ideas.

What you will do

• Scale backend systems to hundreds of millions of users
• Build and optimize APIs for real-time collaborative editing and AI content generation
• Design and implement distributed systems
• Ship features across the full stack
• Architect solutions for data consistency, caching, and query optimization
• Collaborate with product and design to turn ideas into production-ready features

Required qualifications

• 3+ years building production backend systems
• Strong fundamentals in distributed systems, databases, and API design
• Deep proficiency in TypeScript/Node.js or similar backend languages
• Experience scaling systems to handle millions of users and high throughput workloads
• Strong understanding of PostgreSQL, Redis, or similar database technologies
• Passion for building APIs, scaling complex systems, and creating excellent web applications
• Curiosity and attitude that matches your technical knowledge

Nice to have

• Prior experience working with websockets, streaming, or scaling inference workloads

Benefits

• benefits
• equity

About the company

Gamma is a company with an AI-powered product. The team has a strong in-office culture in San Francisco.