Gamma

Software Engineer, Backend

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over 1 year ago
San Francisco, CA, USAMid Level
H1B Sponsor

Base Salary

$180k - $275k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Scale backend systems to hundreds of millions of users while maintaining high performance and availability.
  • Build and optimize APIs for real-time collaborative editing and AI content generation.
  • Design and implement reliable distributed systems at massive scale.
  • Ship full-stack features with frontend engineers.
  • Architect solutions involving data consistency, caching, and query optimization.
  • Collaborate with product and design teams to turn ideas into production-ready features.

Requirements

  • At least 3 years of experience building production backend systems.
  • Deep proficiency with TypeScript/Node.js or similar backend languages, with willingness to work in a TypeScript stack.
  • Experience scaling systems for millions of users and high-throughput workloads.
  • Strong understanding of PostgreSQL, Redis, or similar database technologies.
  • Strong fundamentals in distributed systems, databases, and API design.
  • Prior experience with WebSockets, streaming, or scaling inference workloads is preferred.
  • Ability to collaborate across frontend, product, and design teams to deliver production-ready features.

Benefits

  • Benefits and equity are offered.
  • Strong in-office culture with work in person 4–5 days per week in San Francisco, with flexibility to work from home when focus matters most.
  • Full-time position with multiple internal levels depending on qualifications.
Gamma

About Gamma

51-200 employees

Gamma is your AI design partner for creating presentations, websites, social media, and more. All at the speed of thought.