Klarity

AI Backend Engineer

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6 months ago
San Francisco, CA, USAEntry Level / Mid Level
H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$201k - $240k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, test, and deploy backend services powering Within’s AI platform.
  • Develop data ingestion, storage, APIs, background processing, and deployment architecture.
  • Implement resilient AI orchestration workflows using structured outputs, tool calling, state management, grounding, evaluations, and guardrails.
  • Build secure, scalable systems with least-privilege access, tenant isolation, auditability, and secure data handling.
  • Own features end-to-end while translating ambiguous product needs into technical specifications and working prototypes.

Requirements

  • 1–3 years of experience shipping production code, or exceptional new graduates with strong portfolios.
  • Backend engineering experience designing reliable, observable, secure, and performant services, APIs, data models, and infrastructure.
  • Experience building at least one meaningful AI-powered project in production, open source, research, or a serious side project.
  • Understanding of LLMs, multimodal agents, orchestration, evaluation, model regression testing, traceability, and exception handling.
  • Strong systems thinking, architectural judgment, distributed-systems fundamentals, and evidence of strong execution.
  • A CS or Engineering degree is not required.

Benefits

  • Equity in addition to competitive cash compensation.
  • 100% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision options.
  • Paid parental leave, a $500 annual learning fund, and a $150 monthly wellness fund.
  • 401(k) via Betterment and monthly wellness funding.
  • Full-time role based in San Francisco/Bay Area with relocation assistance where applicable.
  • Office perks include pre-tax parking and transit funds, daily catered meals, snacks and drinks, and a secure bike room.
Klarity

About Klarity

51-200 employees

Klarity builds enterprise AI software that automates back-office workflows such as contract and document review, exception handling, and finance/legal operations. The platform observes work across systems, captures decision logic into a context graph, and executes recommendations or automated actions; it’s sold as SaaS with enterprise integrations and services. Founded in 2017 and based in San Francisco, Klarity serves customers including DoorDash and Cloudflare and raised a Series B in 2024.

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