True Talent Solutions Partners

Founding Backend Software Engineer

San Francisco
Salary
$225,000 - $275,000 annually
Level
Mid
Work type
On-site · San Francisco
Visa
Not offered

Open. First seen 29 October 2026.

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About the role

About the Role

Join an early-stage AI video company as a founding backend engineer, building the systems that power its generative video platform. You will serve as a technical lead on a small team, shaping backend architecture and setting a strong standard for engineering quality.

What You'll Do

  • Design and develop scalable backend systems for AI-powered video creation.
  • Build infrastructure for agentic workflows, video generation pipelines, reinforcement learning loops, and real-time data processing.
  • Own distributed systems architecture and improve reliability through automated testing, performance benchmarking, and end-to-end observability.
  • Partner with researchers, engineers, and designers to develop product features and APIs.
  • Write production code, set engineering guidelines, and help raise the team's technical standards.
  • Document systems, define agent skills, and communicate technical decisions clearly.

What We're Looking For

  • Five to ten years of backend software engineering experience, including experience at startups or high-growth companies.
  • Professional experience building scalable backend and distributed systems, including large-scale data processing, information retrieval, and asynchronous workflows.
  • Industry experience with TypeScript and AWS.
  • At least one year of industry experience designing and building agentic systems, LLMs, or generative AI products.
  • Strong foundations in algorithms, data structures, and system design, applied to professional backend engineering.
  • Experience acting as a technical lead, writing code, setting technical direction, and establishing code standards.
  • A formal degree and fluent English communication skills.
  • Experience with AI engineering in technology companies and, ideally, backend systems involving video generation or related real-time workflows.

Compensation & Benefits

Base salary: $225,000 to $275,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is not available.

Location

On-site, five days per week in San Francisco, California.

What this role asks for

Particular to this role

Generative AI · Test Automation

Rare in True Talent Solutions Partners's other 126 open postings.

Standard for backend roles

AWS

Common in backend postings at any company.

Compared with True Talent Solutions Partners's other open jobs.

The team: Client Roles

This role is one of 123 open in Client Roles. 123 were posted in the last 30 days, including 5 lead roles: the team is hiring the people who run it too.

WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS

Python (70 of 123), TypeScript (46 of 123), LLM (44 of 123), React (37 of 123), Machine Learning (35 of 123), AWS (26 of 123), JavaScript (24 of 123)

OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM

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Other openings for this role

2 postings for this role in San Francisco since 28 October 2026, 1 still open. None has been taken down and posted again.

  • 29 October 2026 – open (this posting)
  • 28 October 2026 – closed 29 October 2026

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