Senior Backend Architect: Scalable Systems, GPUs & GraphQL

Vizcom Technologies, Inc.; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 195,000 - 225,000; Full time

Job summary

Vizcom Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Senior Software Engineer – Backend (Systems / Infrastructure) to architect and deliver robust backend systems. You will focus on scaling Vizcom as customer demand grows, working on optimizations and integrations to ensure high performance and reliability.

Your role requires 5-8+ years of experience in production web systems, strong skills in databases and distributed systems, and familiarity with Kubernetes. The position offers an annual salary of $195,000 - $225,000 plus equity.

Qualifications

• 5-8+ years building production web systems (TypeScript/Node or similar).
• Strength in databases, performance tuning, and distributed systems.
• Experience operating Kubernetes or similar orchestration environments.
• Fluency with observability tools and debugging live systems.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable APIs in TypeScript/Node with GraphQL.
• Profile and optimize slow paths — queries, resolvers, and I/O.
• Build and operate distributed systems: job queues, streaming, caching.
• Collaborate with AI engineers to integrate GPU inference pipelines.
• Improve reliability: lead incident reviews, strengthen CI/CD.

Skills

Production web systems

Databases

Performance tuning

Distributed systems

Kubernetes

Observability tools

Tools

TypeScript

Node.js

GraphQL

Postgres

Redis

Job description

Vizcom Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Senior Software Engineer – Backend (Systems / Infrastructure) to architect and deliver robust backend systems. You will focus on scaling Vizcom as customer demand grows, working on optimizations and integrations to ensure high performance and reliability.

Your role requires 5-8+ years of experience in production web systems, strong skills in databases and distributed systems, and familiarity with Kubernetes. The position offers an annual salary of $195,000 - $225,000 plus equity.