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Backend Infrastructure Engineer

Strategic Employment Partners (SEP), San Francisco, CA, United States


Job Overview

Join a stealth-mode startup on a mission to redefine how people shop online. Our client is building a hyper-personalized, AI-powered shopping experience backed by some of the most successful names in tech.
Term: Full Time
Location: Onsite in San Francisco, CA
The Role:

Architect and scale low-latency, high-throughput systems used by millions. Build APIs, core infrastructure, and backend services powering AI-driven personalization. Collaborate daily in a fully onsite role with a tight-knit, high-output team. Shape foundational systems, not just features.
Build low-latency, high-throughput systems
Build APIs, core infrastructure, and backend services
Collaborate daily in an onsite role
Shape foundational systems
Languages: Go, Python, Rust, or similar
Cloud: AWS, GCP, or Azure
Systems: Distributed systems, real-time APIs, or high-availability infrastructure
Bonus: Experience scraping and normalizing large-scale data
Ideal Qualifications:

Backend engineer with 7+ years building reliable, scalable infrastructure
Thrive in ambiguity, move fast, and care deeply about clean architecture
Low ego, strong communicator, and ready to own key systems
Compensation

Base pay range: $180,000.00/yr - $220,000.00/yr
We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from diverse candidates.

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