Backend-Engineer

Crossing Hurdles; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Crossing Hurdles is a global recruitment firm partnering with a fast-growing AI startup revolutionizing how companies learn from their users. Its AI-moderated user interview platform delivers deeper insights by leveraging real-time voice-to-voice technology and a custom in-house Large Language Model (LLM).

They offer rapid revenue growth with ambitious targets and a fast-moving environment focused on LLM innovation and strong career development.

Qualifications

• 3–10 years of software engineering experience.
• Experience with backend systems powering real-time AI applications.
• Interest in AI/LLM and production-scale systems.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of backend systems powering thousands of concurrent user interviews.
• Contribute to production-scale AI/LLM systems and real-time features.

Skills

Software engineering

Backend systems

Tools

LLM

Job description

Crossing Hurdles is a global recruitment firm partnering with a fast-growing AI startup revolutionizing how companies learn from their users. Its AI-moderated user interview platform delivers deeper insights than traditional surveys by leveraging real-time voice-to-voice technology and a custom in-house Large Language Model (LLM). They help businesses close the gap between customer feedback and decision-making by enabling scalable, low-latency, high-quality qualitative research.

Quick Snapshot

YOE: 3–10 years of software engineering experience

Compensation: $160K – $220K + Equity (0.1%–0.3%)

About The Company

They use AI to scale qualitative research and help companies better understand users. With rapid revenue growth and ambitious targets, it offers a fast-moving environment focused on LLM innovation and strong career development.

Why you should consider

• Work on cutting-edge AI & LLM systems: Be part of a team doing real R&D with LLMs and real-time AI systems—not just experiments, but production-scale impact.
• High-impact, ownership-driven role: Take full ownership of backend systems that directly power thousands of simultaneous user interviews.
• Explosive growth & career acceleration: Outset has doubled revenue in the last four months and is on track to more than double again—making this a rare rocket-ship opportunity with strong internal promotion culture.