Senior Backend Engineer

SupportFinity™; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Equity compensation

Daily catered lunch

Job summary

LlamaIndex is seeking an experienced backend engineer to expand our ingestion and AI systems. Hybrid-friendly role based in San Francisco, focusing on building scalable backend capabilities and core APIs using Python, Node.js, Kubernetes, and related tools.

You will work closely with prospects and customers to deliver production-grade solutions and help evolve the product roadmap for core features. The ideal candidate has 4+ years of backend experience and a track record of shipping features to

Qualifications

• Shipping brand-new features from scratch and taking prototypes to production.
• Interest or experience in AI/LLM-native applications.
• Iterating rapidly with customers/engineers to shape product roadmap.

Responsibilities

• Build out features and scale backend capabilities focusing on core APIs.
• Collaborate with prospects and customers to implement production solutions.

Skills

Backend engineering

Python

Node.js

Kubernetes

Terraform

PostgreSQL

Temporal

Tools

K8s

Terraform

PostgreSQL

Temporal

Job description

Join us and help shape the future of AI by defining the narrative around document understanding.

About The Role

LlamaIndex's backend application platform team is hiring for an experienced (4+ years) backend engineer excited to build new features and scale out our ingestion and AI systems! LlamaIndex is backed by Greylock and has grown significantly in the last year from a combination of open source and private enterprise interest. Our teams and positions offer terrific growth and ownership opportunities as we expand our engineering team to power our next phase of growth!

Responsibilities

• [Primary] Build out new features and scale our backend capabilities focused scaling out our core APIs
• Backend stack: Python, Node.JS, K8s, Terraform, Postgres, Temporal, etc.
• [Secondary] Work closely with prospects and customers to build production solutions.

Qualifications

• Experience with shipping completely new product features from scratch. Have gone from prototype to production serving end users in a short amount of time.
• Shipped or otherwise interested in AI/LLM-native applications.
• Iterated rapidly with customers or other engineers - translate user feedback into features back to proactive user discovery. Help jointly develop and iterate on product roadmap for core features.
• Shipped applications at scale

Location

We offer a hybrid-friendly culture based out of our downtown San Francisco office.

Why Join Us?

• Impactful Mission: Work on innovative AI products that redefine how knowledge is accessed and utilized.
• Collaborative Team: Join a team of passionate individuals committed to pushing the boundaries of technology.
• Growth Opportunities: Be at the forefront of the AI revolution, with ample opportunities to grow alongside our scaling organization.

Additional Benefits

• Competitive base salary and equity compensation
• Comprehensive medical/dental/vision coverage for you and your family
• Unlimited paid time off policy
• Daily catered lunch and snacks in the San Francisco office

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

LlamaIndex does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, employees, or any other organization location. LlamaIndex is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

Compensation Range: $180K - $250K