Full-Stack Engineer – San Francisco, CA

AHU technology; San Francisco, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Job summary

AHU technology in San Francisco is seeking a Full-Stack Engineer to build an interactive, creator-focused product that blends modern web engineering with AI-powered workflows. You will work across frontend interfaces, backend services, real-time interactions, and the infrastructure needed to keep creative work fast and reliable.

This onsite, full-time role offers a base salary of $150K–$190K plus equity. You will ship production-grade React and TypeScript, build Node.js or Python backends, use

Qualifications

• 3+ years of serious React and TypeScript product engineering experience with shipped production work.
• Hands-on backend experience in Node.js or Python supporting real users and production traffic.
• Experience building interaction-heavy UI such as infinite canvas tools, editors, node graphs, media tools, or live workflow surfaces.
• Practical experience with REST APIs, WebSockets, Postgres, Redis, and production monitoring or debugging.
• Able and willing to work on-site in San Francisco.

Responsibilities

• Design and ship production-quality React and TypeScript interfaces for interaction-heavy creative workflows.
• Build backend services in Node.js or Python that support real production traffic and user-facing product features.
• Work with REST and WebSocket APIs, Postgres data models, Redis caching, observability, and production monitoring.
• Improve workflow performance across latency, queueing, cancellation, retries, error recovery, and user feedback states.
• Collaborate in a fast-moving small team environment where engineers write, test, deploy, measure, and iterate quickly.

Skills

React

TypeScript

Node.js

Python

REST APIs

WebSockets

PostgreSQL

Redis

Live workflows

Canvas editors

Job description

We are hiring a Full-Stack Engineer to help build a highly interactive, creator-focused product that blends modern web engineering with AI-powered generation workflows. This person will work across polished frontend experiences, reliable backend services, real-time interactions, and the infrastructure needed to keep creative workflows fast, stable, and intuitive.

Work arrangement: Onsite, Full time

Salary: $150K - $190K base + 0.3% - 0.8% equity

WHAT YOU WILL OWN

• Design and ship production-quality React and TypeScript interfaces for interaction-heavy creative workflows.
• Build backend services in Node.js or Python that support real production traffic and user-facing product features.
• Work with REST and WebSocket APIs, Postgres data models, Redis caching, observability, and production monitoring.
• Improve workflow performance across latency, queueing, cancellation, retries, error recovery, and user feedback states.
• Collaborate in a fast-moving small team environment where engineers write, test, deploy, measure, and iterate quickly.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 3+ years of serious React and TypeScript product engineering experience with shipped production work.
• Hands-on backend experience in Node.js or Python supporting real users and production traffic.
• Experience building interaction-heavy UI such as infinite canvas tools, editors, node graphs, media tools, or live workflow surfaces.
• Practical experience with REST APIs, WebSockets, Postgres, Redis, and production monitoring or debugging.
• Able and willing to work on-site in San Francisco.

STRONG MATCH BACKGROUND

• Built canvas-based, editor-style, graph-based, node-based, or workflow-builder product surfaces.
• Integrated image, video, audio, or other long-running generation APIs with thoughtful queueing and failure handling.
• Kept generation or creative workflows stable under load by managing latency, retries, cancellations, and recovery paths.
• Has a strong product sense and can clearly explain why a creative workflow feels fast, slow, confusing, or fragile.
• Comfortable shipping daily in a small team and using data or user feedback to improve the product.

BONUS EXPERIENCE

• Real-time or multiplayer systems, including WebSockets, CRDTs, collaborative editors, or live shared state.
• Experience using or integrating AI-generation APIs for image, video, audio, or creator tooling.
• Heavy personal or professional use of generative AI tools with strong taste for creator workflows and product quality.

THIS MAY NOT BE THE RIGHT FIT IF

• You have less than 3 years of hands-on React and TypeScript product development experience.
• Your background is frontend-only with no meaningful production backend ownership.
• Most of your full-stack experience is limited to CRUD applications without complex UI or async workflow challenges.
• You are not comfortable reasoning about the quality, speed, and feel of creative product interactions.
• You are only considering remote roles, as this position requires on-site work in San Francisco.