Founding Backend Engineer - AI Video Systems

True Talent Solutions Partners; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 225,000 - 275,000; Full time

Job summary

True Talent Solutions Partners is seeking a founding backend engineer to design core systems for an AI-powered video platform. You will lead scalable backend development, own distributed architecture, and set engineering standards in a fast-growing startup

On-site in San Francisco, you will collaborate with research and design teams to implement features and APIs, shaping the technical direction and ensuring robust, observable systems.

Qualifications

• 5–10 years of backend software engineering experience, including early-stage or high-growth startup experience.
• Experience building scalable backend and distributed systems, large-scale data processing, information retrieval, and asynchronous workflows.
• At least 12 months of experience designing and building agentic systems, large language model applications, or generative AI systems.
• Industry experience with TypeScript and AWS; familiarity with S3, Lambda, RDS, SQS, ECS, FastAPI, Docker, and CI/CD is relevant.
• Strong fundamentals in algorithms, data structures, and system design; formal degree; fluency in English; experience leading technical direction and setting code standards.

Responsibilities

• Design and build scalable backend systems that power AI video creation.
• Develop 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.
• Partner with research, engineering, and design teammates to develop product features and APIs.
• Set technical direction and engineering standards through strong code, clear documentation, and effective communication.

Skills

Backend engineering

Distributed systems

LLM / Generative AI

TypeScript

AWS

CI/CD

Algorithms

Data structures

System design

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related field

Tools

AWS

Docker

FastAPI

CI/CD tooling

Job description

True Talent Solutions Partners is seeking a founding backend engineer to design core systems for an AI-powered video platform. You will lead scalable backend development, own distributed architecture, and set engineering standards in a fast-growing startup

On-site in San Francisco, you will collaborate with research and design teams to implement features and APIs, shaping the technical direction and ensuring robust, observable systems.