Software Engineer (AI)

TL;DR

Software Engineer (AI): Building and scaling real-time infrastructure and backend systems for mission-critical financial AI platforms with an accent on low-latency performance and distributed systems architecture. Focus on owning production systems end-to-end, reducing technical complexity, and ensuring reliability for enterprise-scale infrastructure.

Location: Must be based in San Francisco, CA (Onsite)

Salary: $140,000–$325,000

Company

A fast-growing AI infrastructure company building mission-critical systems for major financial institutions.

What you will do

• Own systems end-to-end from design to production deployment.
• Build and scale low-latency infrastructure and backend services.
• Improve platform reliability, performance, and operational efficiency.
• Reduce technical complexity across the production environment.
• Participate in incident response and provide production support.
• Influence technical direction, engineering standards, and mentor team members.

Requirements

• 3–6 years of professional software engineering experience.
• Must be able to work 6 days per week in the San Francisco office.
• Strong background in backend or infrastructure engineering.
• Proven experience owning and maintaining production systems.
• Pragmatic engineering mindset with strong problem-solving abilities.

Nice to have

• Experience with distributed systems.
• Background in AI infrastructure.
• Experience working in regulated financial environments.

Culture & Benefits

• High-growth environment with strong commercial traction.
• Opportunity to solve complex engineering challenges at real scale.
• Meaningful ownership and impact from day one.
• Work within a small, high-performing engineering team.
• Competitive compensation package including equity opportunities.