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Artisan

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 About Artisan
 
 
 
 At Artisan, we&rsquo;re building real AI employees - not copilots, not assistants, but autonomous teammates.
 
 
 Our first, Ava, is an AI BDR. She finds and researches leads, writes emails in customers&rsquo; tone of voice, runs outbound sequences, self-optimizes, and manages email deliverability infrastructure. She learns, adapts, and improves over time - just like a human would.
 
 
 Human team members use Artisan as their primary working platform, replacing a sprawling stack of sales tools, and have Artisans working alongside them.
 
 
 We went through Y Combinator (W24) and have raised $35M+ from top investors. We&rsquo;re at $7M+ ARR, with hundreds of customers including Remote, Quora, and SumUp. We&rsquo;re currently working on Ava 2.0, pushing the boundaries of what an AI employee can do. And we're hiring.
 
 
 
 Your Mission
 
 
 
 This isn&rsquo;t a maintenance gig. You&rsquo;ll design, build, and scale the backend that powers AI employees. Expect to:
 
 
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 Build resilient, scalable services: Architect and implement backend systems and APIs that handle high-throughput AI requests with precision.
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 Own end-to-end delivery: From design to deployment, you&rsquo;ll shepherd features into production rapidly, with quality and ownership.
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 Work cross-functionally: Partner with product, design, and AI teams to ensure backend decisions serve real user workflows.
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 Use AI as a coworker: Directly collaborate with AI coding agents like Claude Code, leveraging them to boost your productivity and quality.
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 Maintain engineering rigor: Champion testing, observability, deployment pipelines, and reliability best practices from day one.
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 Drive long-term scalability: Iteratively improve architecture, manage technical debt, and optimize for scale as we grow.
 
 
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 What You Bring
 
 
 
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 2+ years of backend engineering experience in high-growth environments, preferably early-stage or Series B.
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 Strong experience building scalable, data-intensive services with modern APIs and robust infrastructure.
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 Proficiency with cloud-native tools - containers, orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes), monitoring, CI/CD.
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 Deep understanding of distributed systems, APIs, reliability, performance, and database systems (SQL + NoSQL).
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 Experience with modern stacks - TypeScript/Node preferred, but equivalent backend stacks are welcome.
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 Demonstrated track record of ownership - leading parts of systems independently and shipping with impact.
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 Excellent communication, clarity in articulating architecture to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
 
 
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 What Makes This Role Stand Out
 
 
 
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 End-to-end ownership: You&rsquo;re not just doing the &ldquo;ticket&rdquo;; you own feature delivery. Build systems that support intelligent, autonomous AI teammates.
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 Scalable, reliable systems: Backend must handle growth and complexity. High-throughput pipelines serving AI agents across many customers.
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 Hands-on infrastructure work: Jump in on deployment, monitoring, tuning. You're shaping the platform that automates itself (AI agents included).
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 Collaborative, multidisciplinary environment: Work closely with product, design, ops. Work alongside AI engineers and product partners to define what AI employees can do.
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 Balance innovation and technical debt: Iterate quickly while maintaining system health. Ship fast but sustainably - your engine powers AI teammates in production.
 
 
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 Why Artisan is the Next Career-Defining Move
 
 
 
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 You&rsquo;ll be building the infrastructure that powers AI employees - an entirely new product category.
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 Real equity upside and compensation aligned with high expectations and high impact.
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 High-velocity environment: release often, learn fast, iterate week over week.
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 Mission-driven: reshape how businesses scale by putting AI on the front lines.
 
 
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 Details
 
 
 
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 Role: Engineering
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 Eng type: Backend
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 Job type: Full-time
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 Experience: 2+ years
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 Location: San Francisco or NYC (in-person)
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 Remote: In rare circumstances
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 US visas: Will sponsor
 
 
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Software Engineer (Backend)

Hive

About HiveHive is the leading provider of cloud-based AI solutions for content understanding, trusted by the world&rsquo;s largest, fastest growing, and most innovative organizations. The company empowers developers with a portfolio of best-in-class, pre-trained AI models, serving billions of customer API requests every month. Hive also offers turnkey software applications powered by proprietary AI models and datasets, enabling breakthrough use cases across industries. Together, Hive&rsquo;s solutions are transforming content moderation, brand protection, sponsorship measurement, context-based ad targeting, and more. Hive has raised over $120M in capital from leading investors, including General Catalyst, 8VC, Glynn Capital, Bain &amp; Company, Visa Ventures, and others. We have over 250 employees globally in our San Francisco, Seattle, and Delhi offices. Please reach out if you are interested in joining the future of AI!Senior Software Engineer - Backend In order to execute our vision, we need to grow our team of best-in-class engineers. We are looking for developers who are excited about launching new products and features into production, who can work autonomously and aren&rsquo;t afraid to try new technologies, and who don&rsquo;t back down from the challenges of scale. Our ideal candidate has experience building core services and web-based APIs from the ground up, cares just as much about the product itself as the technology that powers it, and is capable of both structuring and writing clean, maintainable code.Responsibilities<ul><li>Design, implement or improve features in a variety of backend systems including our REST APIs, microservices, data ingestion and processing systems, and distributed task/job processing systems</li><li>Write and maintain scalable, performant and secure code that can be shared across platforms</li><li>Meaningfully contribute to the product and core backend systems by suggesting and executing improvements</li><li>Improve engineering standards, tooling, processes and security</li><li>Practice test-driven development</li><li>Debug production issues across services and multiple levels of the stack</li><li>Participate in on-call rotations, as needed, to ensure prompt and effective resolution of critical technical issues</li><li>Utilize OWASP top 10 techniques to secure code from vulnerabilities</li><li>Maintain awareness of industry best practices for data maintenance handling as it relates to your role</li><li>Adhere to policies, guidelines and procedures pertaining to the protection of information assets</li><li>Report actual or suspected security and/or policy violations/breaches to an appropriate authority</li></ul>Requirements<ul><li>You have a Bachelor's Degree in computer science or a related field</li><li>A minimum of 5 years of experience with building scalable web applications</li><li>You have experience or a strong interest in writing applications in Node.js</li><li>You have designed and implemented highly-available distributed systems/microservices</li><li>You have experience building platforms that expose scalable backend APIs</li><li>You have deep experience working with relational databases, Postgres preferred</li><li>Understanding monitoring and alerting platforms is a plus</li><li>You strongly believe in high code quality, automated testing, and other engineering best practices</li><li>You have attention to detail and a passion for correctness</li><li>You are comfortable with ambiguity and scoping solutions with your teammates</li><li>You have strong interpersonal and communication skills with a bias towards action</li></ul>Who We AreWe are a group of ambitious individuals who are passionate about creating a revolutionary AI company. At Hive, you will have a steep learning curve and an opportunity to contribute to one of the fastest growing AI start-ups in San Francisco. The work you do here will have a noticeable and direct impact on the development of the company.Thank you for your interest in Hive and we hope to meet you soon!Employees are eligible to participate in a number of Company-sponsored benefits, including health, vision and dental insurance. Employees are also eligible to participate in a gym membership as part of our commitment to employee wellness. In addition, employees will be entitled to paid vacation in accordance with the Company's vacation policy.Hired applicant may receive an equity grant in the form of an option to purchase stock in the future for a specified price.Job Type: Full-timePay: $160,000.00 - $250,000.00 per yearWork Location: In person

Senior BE Engineer

Plaid

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 We believe that the way people interact with their finances will drastically improve in the next few years. We&rsquo;re dedicated to empowering this transformation by building the tools and experiences that thousands of developers use to create their own products. Plaid powers the tools millions of people rely on to live a healthier financial life. We work with thousands of companies like Venmo, SoFi, several of the Fortune 500, and many of the largest banks to make it easy for people to connect their financial accounts to the apps and services they want to use. Plaid&rsquo;s network covers 12,000 financial institutions across the US, Canada, UK and Europe. Founded in 2013, the company is headquartered in San Francisco with offices in New York, Washington D.C., London and Amsterdam.
 
 
 
 Responsibilities
 
 
 
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 Design &amp; Development: Build and maintain backend services with a focus on performance, reliability and scalability.
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 Collaboration: Work closely with product managers and other stakeholders to define and implement new features that meet product and customer needs.
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 Code Quality: Write clean, maintainable and efficient code.
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 Testing &amp; Debugging: Develop automated tests to ensure the quality and reliability of the codebase. Troubleshoot and resolve issues.
 
 
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 Qualifications
 
 
 
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 1-4 years as a backend engineer.
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 Working knowledge of one or more programming languages such as Go, Python, Java, or Node.js.
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 Experience MySQL or other relational databases.
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 Experience working with microservices.
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 Excellent coding and testing skills.
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 High ownership. You are excited to roll up your sleeves and figure things out that don&rsquo;t have precedent at Plaid.
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 Customer empathy. You want to be face to face with customers (internal or external) to understand their needs and design products together.
 
 
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 $148,800 - $223,200 a year
 
 
 The target base salary for this position ranges from $148,800/year and $223,200/year in Zone 1. The target base salary will vary based on the job's location.
 
 
 
 Our Geographic Zones Are As Follows
 
 
 
 Zone 1 - New York City and San Francisco Bay Area
 
 
 Zone 2 - Los Angeles, Seattle, Washington D.C.
 
 
 Zone 3 - Austin, Boston, Denver, Houston, Portland, Sacramento, San Diego
 
 
 Zone 4 - Raleigh-Durham and all other US cities
 
 
 Additional compensation in the form(s) of equity and/or commission are dependent on the position offered. Plaid provides a comprehensive benefit plan, including medical, dental, vision, and 401(k). Pay is based on factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience and skillset, and location. Pay and benefits are subject to change at any time, consistent with the terms of any applicable compensation or benefit plans.
 
 
 Our mission at Plaid is to unlock financial freedom for everyone. To support that mission, we seek to build a diverse team of driven individuals who care deeply about making the financial ecosystem more equitable. We recognize that strong qualifications can come from both prior work experiences and lived experiences. We encourage you to apply to a role even if your experience doesn't fully match the job description. We are always looking for team members that will bring something unique to Plaid!
 
 
 Plaid is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and values diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, color, national origin, ethnicity, religion or religious belief, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, military or veteran status, disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Plaid is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance with your application or interviews due to a disability, please let us know at accommodations@plaid.com.
 
 
 Please review our Candidate Privacy Notice here .
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Software Engineer - Backend

Lyft

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 At Lyft, our purpose is to serve and connect. We aim to achieve this by cultivating a work environment where all team members belong and have the opportunity to thrive.
 
 
 Lyft is looking for software engineers from a scope of disciplines. We are growing our team with people who want to build, improve and incorporate technologies that make the lives of our community more enriched. As an engineer at Lyft, you'll collaborate with teams like product, data science, analytics, and operations on code that empower us to iterate quickly, while focusing on delighting our passengers and drivers.
 
 
 The Rider organization is focused on building a seamless, best-in-class rideshare experience for riders. From the foundational functionality of requesting a ride to the tailored interactions with your flight, we sweat the small stuff to help make Lyft the best transportation solution. As an Backend Engineer on the Rider Team, you will work hand in hand with various teams across Lyft, fostering collaboration, and driving innovation to improve riders' experience with rideshare.
 
 
 Responsibilities:
 
 
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 Write well-crafted, well-tested, readable, maintainable code
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 Participate in code reviews to ensure code quality and distribute knowledge
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 Participate in our team's on-call rotation. Identify, triage, debug and resolve issues/bugs across our various applications and platforms
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 Have the ability to explain the various trade offs made in decisions
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 Manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables.
 
 
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 Experience:
 
 
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 BS/MS or equivalent in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field or equivalent practical experience
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 Experience with Python
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 Proficiency in object-oriented programming
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 Experience working with data structures or algorithms
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 Ability to work with a low-ego, highly collaborative, and cross-functional team
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 Bonus points: experience pursuing side projects or open-source projects
 
 
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 Benefits:
 
 
 
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 Great medical, dental, and vision insurance options with additional programs available when enrolled
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 Mental health benefits
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 Family building benefits
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 Child care and pet benefits
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 401(k) plan to help save for your future
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 In addition to 12 observed holidays, salaried team members have discretionary paid time off, hourly team members have 15 days paid time off
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 18 weeks of paid parental leave. Biological, adoptive, and foster parents are all eligible
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 Subsidized commuter benefits
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 Lyft Pink - Lyft team members get an exclusive opportunity to test new benefits of our Ridership Program
 
 
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 Lyft is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive workplace that fosters belonging. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, age, genetic information, or any other basis prohibited by law. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.
 
 
 Lyft highly values having employees working in-office to foster a collaborative work environment and company culture. This role will be in-office on a hybrid schedule &mdash; Team Members will be expected to work in the office 3 days per week on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. Lyft considers working in the office at least 3 days per week to be an essential function of this hybrid role. Your recruiter can share more information about the various in-office perks Lyft offers. Additionally, hybrid roles have the flexibility to work from anywhere for up to 4 weeks per year. #Hybrid
 
 
 The expected base pay range for this position in the San Francisco area is $108,000 - $135,000. Salary ranges are dependent on a variety of factors, including qualifications, experience and geographic location. Range is not inclusive of potential equity offering, bonus or benefits. Your recruiter can share more information about the salary range specific to your working location and other factors during the hiring process.
 
 
 Total compensation is dependent on a variety of factors, including qualifications, experience, and geographic location. Your recruiter can share more information about the salary range specific to your working location and other factors during the hiring process.
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Software Engineer, Rider

Atlassian

<div>
 
 Overview
 
 
 
 
 Working at Atlassian
 
 
 
 Atlassians can choose where they work &ndash; whether in an office, from home, or a combination of the two. That way, Atlassians have more control over supporting their family, personal goals, and other priorities. We can hire people in any country where we have a legal entity. Interviews and onboarding are conducted virtually, a part of being a distributed-first company.
 
 
 To help our teams work together effectively, this role is fully remote, but requires you to be located in either
 
 US Pacific or Mountain time zones
 
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 We're looking for a Back End Software Engineer to join our team, focused on delivering creative improvements for our engineering teams.
 
 
 
 Responsibilities
 
 
 
 
 In this role, you will:
 
 
 
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 Build REST APIs that power core customer experiences
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 Configure monitoring for backend services
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 Build CICD pipelines
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 Develop integrations with our content management system
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 Build features and services with reliability in mind
 
 
 
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 Qualifications
 
 
 
 
 Your background:
 
 
 
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 2+ years experience with one or more prominent languages such as Java, Python, Kotlin, Go, or Scala is required.
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 Bachelor's or Master's degree (preferably a Computer Science degree or equivalent experience).
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 Experience performing platform integrations using REST.
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 A background in working with GIT in a collaborative team setting.
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 Familiarity with server technologies (NPM, Docker, NGINX, Express/Node).
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 A love for working collaboratively on a team with varied strengths. If you've got these skills, even better:
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 Experience working with an enterprise content management system - Experience working with cloud platforms like AWS
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 Java experience
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 Freemarker experience
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 Rust experience
 
 
 
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 Compensation
 
 
 
 At Atlassian, we strive to design equitable, explainable, and competitive compensation programs. To support this goal, the baseline of our range is higher than that of the typical market range, but in turn we expect to hire most candidates near this baseline. Base pay within the range is ultimately determined by a candidate's skills, expertise, or experience. In the United States, we have three geographic pay zones. For this role, our current base pay ranges for new hires in each zone are:
 
 
 Zone A: $147,500 - $196,600
 
 
 Zone B: $132,700 - $177,000
 
 
 Zone C: $122,400 - $163,200
 
 
 This role may also be eligible for benefits, bonuses, commissions, and equity.
 
 
 Please visit go.atlassian.com/payzones for more information on which locations are included in each of our geographic pay zones. However, please confirm the zone for your specific location with your recruiter.
 
 
 
 Our Perks &amp; Benefits
 
 
 
 Atlassian offers a variety of perks and benefits to support you, your family and to help you engage with your local community. Our offerings include health coverage, paid volunteer days, wellness resources, and so much more. Visit
 
 go.atlassian.com/perksandbenefits
 
 to learn more.
 
 
 
 About Atlassian
 
 
 
 At Atlassian, we're motivated by a common goal: to unleash the potential of every team. Our software products help teams all over the planet and our solutions are designed for all types of work. Team collaboration through our tools makes what may be impossible alone, possible together.
 
 
 We believe that the unique contributions of all Atlassians create our success. To ensure that our products and culture continue to incorporate everyone's perspectives and experience, we never discriminate based on race, religion, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or marital, veteran, or disability status. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
 
 
 To provide you the best experience, we can support with accommodations or adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. Simply inform our Recruitment team during your conversation with them.
 
 
 To learn more about our culture and hiring process, visit
 
 go.atlassian.com/crh
 
 
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Backend Software Engineer

Decagon

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 About Decagon
 
 
 
 Decagon is the leading conversational AI platform empowering every brand to deliver concierge customer experience. Our AI agents provide intelligent, human-like responses across chat, email, and voice, resolving millions of customer inquiries across every language and at any time.
 
 
 Since coming out of stealth, Decagon has experienced rapid growth. We partner with industry leaders like Hertz, Eventbrite, Duolingo, Oura, Bilt, Curology, and Samsara to redefine customer experience at scale. We've raised over $200M from Bain Capital Ventures, Accel, a16z, BOND Capital, A*, Elad Gil, and notable angels such as the founders of Box, Airtable, Rippling, Okta, Lattice, and Klaviyo.
 
 
 We&rsquo;re an in-office company, driven by a shared commitment to excellence and velocity. Our values&mdash;
 
 customers are everything
 
 ,
 
 relentless momentum
 
 ,
 
 winner&rsquo;s mindset
 
 , and
 
 stronger together
 
 &mdash;shape how we work and grow as a team.
 
 
 
 About The Team
 
 
 
 The
 
 Infrastructure
 
 team builds and operates the foundations that power Decagon: networking, data, ML serving, developer platform, and real‑time voice. We partner closely with product, data, and ML to deliver high‑scale, low‑latency systems with clear SLOs and great developer ergonomics.
 
 
 
 We Organize Around Five Focus Areas
 
 
 
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 Core Infra: The foundational cloud stack&mdash;networking, compute, storage, security, and infrastructure‑as‑code&mdash;to ensure reliability, scale, and cost efficiency.
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 Data Infra: Streaming/batch data platforms powering analytics/BI and customer‑facing telemetry, including for customer‑managed and on‑prem environments.
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 ML Infra: GPU and model‑serving platforms for LLM inference with multi‑provider routing and support for on‑prem/air‑gapped deployments.
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 Platform (DevEx): CI/CD, paved paths, and core services that make shipping fast, safe, and consistent across teams.
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 Voice Infra: Telephony/WebRTC stack and observability enabling ultra‑low‑latency, high‑quality voice experiences.
 
 
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 Our mission is to
 
 deliver magical support experiences
 
 &mdash; AI agents working alongside humans to resolve issues quickly and accurately.
 
 
 
 About The Role
 
 
 
 We&rsquo;re hiring a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to design, build, and operate production infrastructure for high‑scale, low‑latency systems. You&rsquo;ll own critical services end‑to‑end, improve reliability and performance, and create paved‑paths that let every Decagon engineer ship confidently.
 
 
 
 In this role, you will
 
 
 
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 Design and implement critical infrastructure services with strong SLOs, clear runbooks, and actionable telemetry.
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 Partner with research and product teams to architect solutions, set up prototypes, evaluate performance, and scale new features.
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 Tune service latencies: optimize networking paths, apply smart caching/queuing, and tune CPU/memory/I/O for tight p95/p99s.
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 Evolve CI/CD, golden paths, and self‑service tooling to improve developer velocity and safety.
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 Support various deployment architectures for customers with robust observability and upgrade paths.
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 Lead infrastructure‑as‑code (Terraform) and GitOps practices; reduce drift with reusable modules and policy‑as‑code.
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 Participate in on‑call and drive down toil through automation and elimination of recurring issues.
 
 
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 Your background looks something like this
 
 
 
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 3+ years building and operating production infrastructure at scale.
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 Depth in at least one area across Core/Data/AI‑ML/Platform/Voice, with curiosity to learn the rest.
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 Proven track record meeting high availability and low latency targets (owning SLOs, p95/p99, and load testing).
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 Excellent observability chops (OpenTelemetry, Prometheus/Grafana, Datadog) and incident response (PagerDuty, SLO/error budgets).
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 Clear written communication and the ability to turn ambiguous requirements into simple, reliable designs.
 
 
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 Even better
 
 
 
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 Experience being an early backend/platform/infrastructure engineer at another company
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 Strong Kubernetes experience (GKE/EKS/AKS) and experience across multiple cloud providers (GCP, AWS, and Azure)
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 Experience with customer‑managed deployments
 
 
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 Benefits
 
 
 
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 Medical, dental, and vision
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 Flexible time off
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 Daily lunch/dinner &amp; snacks in the office
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Software Engineer, Infrastructure

Notion

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 About Us
 
 
 
 Notion helps you build beautiful tools for your life&rsquo;s work. In today's world of endless apps and tabs, Notion provides one place for teams to get everything done, seamlessly connecting docs, notes, projects, calendar, and email&mdash;with AI built in to find answers and automate work. Millions of users, from individuals to large organizations like Toyota, Figma, and OpenAI, love Notion for its flexibility and choose it because it helps them save time and money.
 
 
 In-person collaboration is essential to Notion's culture. We require all team members to work from our offices on Mondays and Thursdays, our designated Anchor Days. Certain teams or positions may require additional in-office workdays.
 
 
 
 About The Role
 
 
 
 As a Software Engineer, Infrastructure (Early Career), you&rsquo;ll help build and operate the platform that powers Notion for millions of users. You&rsquo;ll work on services, storage, data, networking, observability, CI/CD, and developer experience to make our systems reliable, scalable, and efficient. You&rsquo;ll collaborate with senior engineers to design and implement high‑leverage infrastructure that enables product teams to ship quickly and safely.
 
 
 
 What You'll Achieve
 
 
 
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 Ship improvements to core infrastructure that increase reliability, performance, scalability, and cost efficiency.
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 Contribute to backend systems that meet the needs of over 100 million global users, large enterprise customers, and our rapidly growing business.
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 Build and maintain observability, alerting, and incident tooling to reduce MTTR and improve on‑call experience.
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 Develop the skills and confidence to debug live production systems with minimal disruption. You will participate in an on-call rotation, responding to incidents to uphold service reliability and quickly restore normal operations.
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 Automate operations with tooling and infrastructure‑as‑code to make our systems easy to run and evolve.
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 Partner with our security teams to implement best practices for hardening, secrets, access, and compliance.
 
 
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 </ul>
 
 Areas You Might Work On
 
 
 
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 Storage and databases: schema design, migrations, performance tuning, caching.
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 Compute and orchestration: service frameworks, containerization, CI/CD, rollout safety.
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 Observability: metrics, tracing, logging, SLOs, dashboards.
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 Networking and edge: APIs, rate limiting, load balancing, traffic shaping, CDN.
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 Platform foundations: developer tooling, local dev ergonomics, SDKs, testing infra.
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 Reliability engineering: capacity planning, failover, disaster recovery, chaos testing.
 
 
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 Skills You'll Need To Bring
 
 
 
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 BS or MS in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
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 Proficiency in at least one general‑purpose programming language such as Typescript, Python, Rust, Go, Java, Python, or C++.
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 Solid CS fundamentals in data structures, algorithms, systems, and networking.
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 Experience from internships or projects building backend services , infrastructure, or full stack products.
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 Strong communication skills and a collaborative, product‑minded approach.
 
 
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 Nice To Haves
 
 
 
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 Familiarity with distributed systems, databases, and concurrency.
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 Familiarity with Linux, cloud platforms (e.g., AWS or GCP), and containers.
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 Exposure to Infrastructure‑as‑Code (e.g., Terraform), container orchestration, or service meshes.
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 Hands‑on with observability stacks (e.g., Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, Grafana).
 
 
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 We hire talented and passionate people from a variety of backgrounds because we want our global employee base to represent the wide diversity of our customers. If you&rsquo;re excited about a role but your past experience doesn&rsquo;t align perfectly with every bullet point listed in the job description, we still encourage you to apply. If you&rsquo;re a builder at heart, share our company values, and enthusiastic about making software toolmaking ubiquitous, we want to hear from you.
 
 
 Notion is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in hiring or any employment decision based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. Notion considers qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Notion is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please let your recruiter know.
 
 
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