Senior Backend Engineer – AI-Driven, Onsite SF

Highlight; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and generous equity package

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Flexible PTO and parental leave

Paid team lunches and dinners during the week

Relocation package

Job summary

Highlight is looking for a Senior Backend Software Engineer to develop critical backend infrastructure, enhancing team management and AI integration. This on-site role demands deep technical expertise and collaboration in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities include building backend systems, improving performance, and maintaining system reliability. Ideal candidates have 5+ years in backend development, experience with APIs, and a strong ownership mentality.

Perks include competitive salary, health benefits, flexible PTO, and a robust relocation package.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience at a fast-moving startup with experience shipping production backend systems.
• Comfort owning systems end-to-end from architecture to deployment.
• Experience building reliable distributed systems and real-time systems.

Responsibilities

• Build backend systems supporting product growth.
• Design and operate asynchronous processing systems.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to ship features end-to-end.

Skills

Backend development

Distributed systems

APIs

Real-time systems

Collaboration

Job description

Highlight is looking for a Senior Backend Software Engineer to develop critical backend infrastructure, enhancing team management and AI integration. This on-site role demands deep technical expertise and collaboration in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities include building backend systems, improving performance, and maintaining system reliability. Ideal candidates have 5+ years in backend development, experience with APIs, and a strong ownership mentality.

Perks include competitive salary, health benefits, flexible PTO, and a robust relocation package.