You.com

You.com

Senior Back End Engineer

San Francisco (Remote) · Senior · Full-time

Work authorization required$200k-$250kDetected 110 days ago
SQLNoSQLKubernetesDevOpsRESTData EngineeringLLMsAgentic AIResearchCommunicationCollaborationProblem Solving

About the role

  • Your work will directly impact the technology that millions of users rely on every day.
  • This is a remote position open to candidates based in the United States.
  • We also have co-working spaces in the San Francisco Bay Area and New York.

Responsibilities

  • Architect and Build Scalable Systems: Design, build, and maintain backend systems and infrastructure that support web-scale AI-driven products.
  • Optimize Data Pipelines: Develop and maintain production databases (SQL and NoSQL) and ensure performant query patterns that scale effectively.
  • Collaborate Across Teams: Work with infrastructure and DevOps teams to ensure robust deployment and monitoring strategies.
  • Design, build, and maintain backend systems and infrastructure that support web-scale AI-driven products.
  • In this role, you'll focus on creating robust, secure, and scalable backend systems, improving infrastructure, and contributing to open-source projects that drive innovation.
  • The chance to collaborate with a team at the forefront of AI research

Requirements

  • Database Proficiency: Expertise in designing and maintaining scalable SQL and NoSQL databases.
  • Familiarity with Kubernetes (k8s), deployment pipelines, and debugging system-level issues.
  • Expertise in designing and maintaining scalable SQL and NoSQL databases.
  • Technical Expertise: Proven experience building and deploying mission-critical REST/RPC services with a focus on scalability and performance.
  • Infrastructure Knowledge: Familiarity with Kubernetes (k8s), deployment pipelines, and debugging system-level issues.
  • Problem-Solving Skills: Ability to tackle complex technical challenges and deliver elegant, maintainable solutions.
  • Collaboration Skills: Strong communication and teamwork abilities to work effectively with cross-functional technical teams.
  • Our salary bands are structured based on a combination of geographic tiers and internal leveling. Compensation is determined by multiple factors assessed during the interview process, with the final offer reflecting these considerations.
  • Salary Band
  • Company Perks:
  • Hubs in San Francisco and New York City offering regular in-person gatherings and co-working sessions
  • Flexible PTO with U.S. holidays observed and a week shutdown in December to rest and recharge*
  • A competitive health insurance plan covers 100% of the policyholder and 75% for dependents*

Nice to have

  • Experience contributing to or maintaining open-source projects is a plus.
  • Open Source Contributions: Experience contributing to or maintaining open-source projects is a plus.

Skills

  • Strong communication and teamwork abilities to work effectively with cross-functional technical teams.
  • Our salary bands are structured based on a combination of geographic tiers and internal leveling.
  • Collaboration
  • Compensation is determined by multiple factors assessed during the interview process, with the final offer reflecting these considerations.
  • $200,000 - $250,000 USD
  • Work on open-source projects and integrate cutting-edge technologies into our platform.
  • Work with infrastructure and DevOps teams to ensure robust deployment and monitoring strategies.

Compensation

  • Our salary bands are structured based on a combination of geographic tiers and internal leveling.

Benefits

  • $500 work-from-home stipend to be used up to a year of your start date*
  • $1,200 per year Health & Wellness Allowance to support your personal goals*
  • Certain perks and benefits are limited to full-time employees only
  • $600 technology stipend to support a portion of our hybrid/remote team's cell phone and internet expenses*

Company info

  • At You.com, we are building the AI Search Infrastructure that powers modern AI systems. Our goal is to create the trusted knowledge layer that agents, applications, and enterprises rely on to retrieve real-time, accurate, and citation-backed information.
  • Our platform combines proprietary vertical indexes with LLM-optimized retrieval systems to power AI agents, applications, and enterprise workflows. We are solving hard problems across search, large language models, and large-scale infrastructure to make AI systems more reliable, transparent, and useful.
  • Our team includes engineers, researchers, product builders, and operators who care about solving meaningful problems and delivering real-world impact. Whether you are improving core infrastructure, shaping product experiences, or helping bring new AI capabilities to market, your work will help define how modern AI finds and uses knowledge.
  • At You.com, we are building the AI Search Infrastructure that powers modern AI systems.
  • Our goal is to create the trusted knowledge layer that agents, applications, and enterprises rely on to retrieve real-time, accurate, and citation-backed information.
  • Our platform combines proprietary vertical indexes with LLM-optimized retrieval systems to power AI agents, applications, and enterprise workflows.
  • We are solving hard problems across search, large language models, and large-scale infrastructure to make AI systems more reliable, transparent, and useful.
  • Our team includes engineers, researchers, product builders, and operators who care about solving meaningful problems and delivering real-world impact.
  • Whether you are improving core infrastructure, shaping product experiences, or helping bring new AI capabilities to market, your work will help define how modern AI finds and uses knowledge.
  • We're looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to design and develop the foundational systems and platforms that power our LLM-based generative AI assistant.

Equal opportunity

  • Please let us know if you require accommodation for any portion of the recruitment and hiring process.

Visa & Work Authorization

  • We will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with information from each new employee's Form I-9 to confirm work authorization. (English/Spanish: E-Verify Participation
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