Senior Software Engineer - Backend

Dormont Manufacturing Co; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 220,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Top-tier compensation with salary and equity

Comprehensive benefits: healthcare, dental, vision coverage

Opportunity to work at a high-growth AI startup

Ownership and autonomy over projects

Work with a world-class team

Job summary

Dormont Manufacturing Co is seeking a highly skilled Senior Backend Software Engineer to join its dynamic team in San Francisco. This role offers an opportunity to design and operate backend systems, improve performance, and collaborate closely with other engineers and product teams.

The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of experience in backend engineering with a strong focus on scalable systems. The position offers competitive compensation between $220K and $250K along with top-tier benefits.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience in software engineering.
• Strong backend engineering experience, especially in scalable systems.
• Experience with Go or willingness to learn.

Responsibilities

• Design and operate backend services for core product.
• Improve system reliability and performance.
• Collaborate with frontend engineers and product teams.

Skills

Backend engineering

Scalable systems

Go programming

System design

APIs

Data modeling

Service reliability

Job description

Role Overview

We are looking for a versatile and highly skilled Senior Backend Software Engineer to join our team. This person will own meaningful parts of the product and infrastructure end-to-end. Builders who thrive in ambiguity, care deeply about craft, and want real ownership over what they create are encouraged to apply.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience
• Strong backend engineering experience with focus on building scalable systems
• Experience with Go or willingness to work in Go in production
• Solid understanding of system design, APIs, data modeling, and service reliability
• Product-oriented mindset and comfort making tradeoffs in fast-moving environments
• Experience operating and maintaining production services

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate backend services that support our core product
• Improve system reliability, performance, and observability
• Work on real-time infrastructure that powers voice-based AI workflows
• Collaborate closely with frontend engineers, product, and founders
• Ship to production frequently and iterate based on customer needs and system behavior

Compensation

$220K – $250K

Benefits

• Top‑tier compensation with salary and equity
• Comprehensive benefits: healthcare, dental, vision coverage
• Opportunity to work at a high‑growth AI startup backed by top investors
• Ownership and autonomy over projects with fast feedback loops
• Work with a world‑class team of engineers and builders