Senior Software Engineer — AI Infrastructure & Distributed Systems

Xcede; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Xcede in San Francisco is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to help design and build the core backend and distributed systems powering our AI infrastructure platform. You will own services from design through production, focusing on scalability, observability, and secure, policy-driven operations.

You'll collaborate with founders, product, AI, and security teams in a fast-moving startup. The role offers ownership, technical influence, and a path to meaningful equity within a well-funded company.

Qualifications

• 5+ years building large-scale backend or distributed systems in production.
• Strong knowledge of distributed systems, scalability, APIs and cloud infrastructure.
• Experience owning services from design through production operations.
• Passion for building high-quality software in fast-moving startup environments.

Responsibilities

• Build the core backend and distributed systems powering the platform.
• Own critical infrastructure from architecture through production operations.
• Design scalable services that support identity, policy enforcement, observability, and AI agent lifecycle management.
• Mentor other engineers and collaborate with founders, product, AI, and security teams to shape the product and engineering culture.

Skills

Distributed systems

Backend architecture

Production ownership

Mentorship

Cloud infrastructure

Rust

Go

Python

TypeScript

Tools

Rust

Go

Python

TypeScript

AWS

GCP

Azure

Job description

Xcede in San Francisco is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to help design and build the core backend and distributed systems powering our AI infrastructure platform. You will own services from design through production, focusing on scalability, observability, and secure, policy-driven operations.

You'll collaborate with founders, product, AI, and security teams in a fast-moving startup. The role offers ownership, technical influence, and a path to meaningful equity within a well-funded company.