Apiphany
Senior / Staff Backend Engineer
San Francisco · Staff+
Sponsorship not specified$160k-$300kDetected 272 days ago
TypeScriptPythonReactBackend DevelopmentFull-Stack DevelopmentDatabricksAWSGCPAzureDockerKubernetesTerraformCI/CDRESTData EngineeringData Visualization
About the role
- Infrastructure familiarity: Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform
- Background in data visualization dashboards (D3, visx, or equivalent)
- Startup mindset: bias toward action, rapid iteration, and ownership
Responsibilities
- Our models understand physics principles, design specifications, and program constraints.
- We're passionate about transforming hard-tech and building a category-defining company together.
- As a Senior / Staff Backend Engineer at Apiphany, you'll design, build, and scale the core systems that power our intelligence platform.
- You'll own backend low-latency services and APIs that handle massive engineering data streams, ensure security and compliance, and architect systems for high availability and performance.
- You'll also help shape long-term architecture, mentor teammates, and establish engineering best practices for scaling backend services to deliver high-performance and reliable applications.
Requirements
- 3-5+ years of experience designing and building distributed backend services in Python (async, data pipelines, APIs)
- Hands-on experience with cloud deployments (GCP, AWS, Azure) and containerization (Docker/Kubernetes)
- Experience with CI/CD, observability, and testing frameworks
- Frontend experience with React/TypeScript (full-stack exposure)
Compensation
- $160,000-$300,000
- Visa Sponsorship
- Hybrid work: 3 days in San Francisco office
- Snacks at the office
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance coverage
- Flexible vacation policy
- Equity: 0.1%-1.0%
Company info
- Backed by world-class investors from Markforged, Databricks, GM, and Character, our mission is to revolutionize how engineering decisions are made, turning complexity into clarity for the world's top manufacturers.
- We're a small, elite team of builders from Stanford, Berkeley, MIT, UW, and CMU, alongside industry leaders from GM, Ford, and Genesis Therapeutics.
Visa & Work Authorization
- Visa Sponsorship
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