Jarmin Verified
Founding Backend Engineer
San Francisco, California, United StatesOnsiteFull Time$130,000–$180,000 /yrPosted 10 days agoHidden Gem · YC Startup
Role summary
Jarmin is seeking a founding backend engineer to build the distributed systems powering their AI employees. This role involves designing and building complex backend systems and infrastructure, developing the orchestration layer for agents, and making critical decisions on reliability, performance, and data flow. The engineer will also build internal tools to accelerate the team and create quick prototypes. The ideal candidate has deep experience in backend and distributed systems, can translate vague problems into actionable items, ships code frequently, is enthusiastic about AI technology, enjoys tackling new challenges, and upholds high quality standards. The company emphasizes an in-person team culture in San Francisco.
We're looking for a founding backend engineer to build the distributed systems that power our AI employees. From day one you'll own real systems and shape the future of Jarmin.
**In any given week you'll be:**
* Designing and building complex backend systems and distributed infrastructure
* Building the orchestration layer that runs our agents
* Making decisions on reliability, performance, and data flow
* Putting out whatever fire just flared up
* Building internal tools so the whole team moves faster
* Hacking quick prototypes to find out if they're useful
**Ideally you:**
* Have deep experience with backend and distributed systems
* Turn vague problems into clear action items
* Ship code constantly
* Geek out on the newest AI tech/trends/ideas
* Enjoy diving into problems you've never seen before
* Hold a high bar and own the quality of everything you touch
* Love in-person team culture (we're in San Francisco)
**Team Culture:**
* We're small, in-person, resourceful, and building the future we want to live in
* We give feedback early and often, so you always know where you stand and where you're headed
**In any given week you'll be:**
* Designing and building complex backend systems and distributed infrastructure
* Building the orchestration layer that runs our agents
* Making decisions on reliability, performance, and data flow
* Putting out whatever fire just flared up
* Building internal tools so the whole team moves faster
* Hacking quick prototypes to find out if they're useful
**Ideally you:**
* Have deep experience with backend and distributed systems
* Turn vague problems into clear action items
* Ship code constantly
* Geek out on the newest AI tech/trends/ideas
* Enjoy diving into problems you've never seen before
* Hold a high bar and own the quality of everything you touch
* Love in-person team culture (we're in San Francisco)
**Team Culture:**
* We're small, in-person, resourceful, and building the future we want to live in
* We give feedback early and often, so you always know where you stand and where you're headed
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