Software Engineer - Backend

Hive; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Deploy is seeking engineers who enjoy shipping production-ready products and tackling scale challenges. You will work on core backend systems, REST APIs and microservices, writing maintainable, secure code and collaborating across teams to drive impactful features.

The role emphasizes automated testing, OWASP-aligned security practices, and high code quality. Based in Seattle, the position offers a competitive base salary and stock options as part of the package.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field.
• Several years building web applications and backend services.
• Experience with Node.js and highly available distributed systems.
• Proven ability to design scalable web APIs with good testing practices.
• Familiarity with relational databases, preferably PostgreSQL.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement or improve features in backend systems including REST APIs and microservices.
• Write scalable, secure code and shareable components across platforms.
• Contribute to product decisions and optimize core backend systems.
• Improve engineering standards, tooling, processes and security.
• Practice test-driven development and debug across services.
• Participate in on-call rotations and security practices.

Skills

Node.js

REST APIs

Distributed systems

Web applications

Automated testing

Security best practices

OWASP Top 10

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Tools

PostgreSQL

CI/CD pipelines

Monitoring tools

Job description

About Deploy

Deploy is an intelligence infrastructure platform that gives developers and enterprises access to open source and proprietary AI models. For leading open source LLMs, Deploy operates an optimized model inference engine that keeps costs and latency low while maintaining high throughout. Deploy also offers a set of proprietary AI models that address challenges in content safety, AI & deepfake detection, sponsorship intelligence, and IP & publicity protection. Trusted by the world's largest and most innovative organizations, Deploy's solutions unlock high-performance AI model inference at production scale.
Deploy has raised more than $200M from leading investors, including Tomales Bay Capital, General Catalyst, 8VC, Glynn Capital, Bain & Company, Visa Ventures, and others. The company has more than 250 employees across offices in San Francisco, Seattle, New York, and Delhi.

About the Role

In order to execute our vision, we need to grow our team of best-in-class engineers. We are looking for developers who are excited about launching new products and features into production, who can work autonomously and aren’t afraid to try new technologies, and who don’t back down from the challenges of scale. Our ideal candidate has experience building core services and web-based APIs from the ground up, cares just as much about the product itself as the technology that powers it, and is capable of both structuring and writing clean, maintainable code.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement or improve features in a variety of backend systems including our REST APIs, microservices, data ingestion and processing systems, and distributed task/job processing systems
• Write and maintain scalable, performant and secure code that can be shared across platforms
• Meaningfully contribute to the product and core backend systems by suggesting and executing improvements
• Improve engineering standards, tooling, processes and security
• Practice test-driven development
• Debug production issues across services and multiple levels of the stack
• Participate in on-call rotations, as needed, to ensure prompt and effective resolution of critical technical issues
• Utilize OWASP top 10 techniques to secure code from vulnerabilities
• Maintain awareness of industry best practices for data maintenance handling as it relates to your role
• Adhere to policies, guidelines and procedures pertaining to the protection of information assets
• Report actual or suspected security and/or policy violations/breaches to an appropriate authority

Requirements

• You have a Bachelor's Degree in computer science or a related field
• You have a few years of experience building web applications
• You have experience or a strong interest in writing applications in Node.js
• You have experience implementing highly-available distributed systems/microservices
• You have experience building scalable backend APIs
• You have experience working with relational databases, Postgres preferred
• Understanding monitoring and alerting platforms is a plus
• You strongly believe in high code quality, automated testing, and other engineering best practices
• You have attention to detail and a passion for correctness
• You are comfortable learning new technologies and systems
• You have strong interpersonal and communication skills with a bias towards action

Who We Are

We are a group of ambitious individuals who are passionate about creating a revolutionary AI company. At Deploy, you will have a steep learning curve and an opportunity to contribute to one of the fastest growing AI start-ups in San Francisco. The work you do here will have a noticeable and direct impact on the development of the company.

Thank you for your interest in Deploy and we hope to meet you soon!

The current expected base salary for this position ranges from $120,000 - $180,000. Actual compensation may vary depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the total compensation package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work; stock options may be offered in addition to the range provided here.