Software Engineer, Open Source AI
Backblaze External Website2 days ago
Remote, Costa Rica +2 moreMid Level
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain open source AI integrations, frameworks, SDKs, notebooks, coding harnesses, and reference applications for Backblaze B2.
- Use Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, JavaScript, and AI coding agents to implement and accelerate development.
- Contribute to open source projects through coding, issue triage, code reviews, and ongoing maintenance.
- Maintain public GitHub repositories with high standards for testing, documentation, reproducibility, security, performance, and developer usability.
- Collaborate with Product and QA to align integrations with customer AI workflows and Backblaze B2 usage patterns.
Requirements
- Experience contributing to open source projects using one or more widely used open source programming languages.
- Experience owning and maintaining public repositories with external users and contributors.
- Practical understanding of AI workflows, including data ingestion, preprocessing, inference, data orchestration, and agent-based systems.
- Experience writing production-quality code with strong testing and documentation practices.
- Strong written communication skills focused on developer experience and adoption.
Benefits
- Remote-first culture supporting work-life balance.
- Competitive compensation and benefits.
- Opportunity to build open source software used by developers worldwide and work at the intersection of AI, data, and cloud storage.
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About Backblaze External Website
Backblaze provides cloud storage and backup services for businesses, developers, and individuals, centered on its B2 S3‑compatible object storage and Computer Backup offerings. It also offers B2 Overdrive for high‑throughput AI/GPU data pipelines and B2 Neo for white‑label enterprise storage, sold on usage-based and subscription pricing. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in San Mateo, the NASDAQ‑listed company (BLZE) serves 500,000+ customers across 175 countries.