Founding Engineer, Backend

About Seekeasy

Seekeasy builds recommendation engines powered by generative AI and by experts, reviewers, and influencers. As a funded pre-seed startup and a veteran team, we're on a mission to deliver recommendations that are trusted, informed and crafted for you.

The Opportunity

As a founding engineer at Seekeasy, you’ll work with our CTO and founding team at the core of the technology that powers our recommendation engine. You’ll use the latest advancements in AI, including computer vision, language, speech, and generative ML models, work in a flexible development environment that gives you the tools and the freedom to experiment and work fast, and shape the foundations of our products and the way that we build them.

Responsibilities

• Build our core services : Design, implement, and maintain Seekeasy’s core backend infrastructure and distributed, large-scale data processing pipelines using efficient, testable, and maintainable code.

• Build our ML infrastructure : Work with data scientists and ML engineers to train, integrate, deploy, and evaluate ML models and APIs that power Seekeasy’s recommendation intelligence.

• Shape our development processes : Maintain and improve our developer tooling, build, and deployment systems to ensure reliable production releases.

• Ensure our products are working : Ensure high service availability by implementing logging, monitoring, and alerting for production services. Lead outage incident responses, identify and troubleshoot application issues, and optimize services for efficiency and scalability.

• Lead and mentor : Guide the growth of our engineering team as we scale. Your experience will be invaluable in nurturing talent and fostering a culture of innovation.

Who you are

• You are a builder : You love to build, ship, get feedback, and iterate - because that’s the only way to know what’s working and what’s not.

• You are an owner : You take pride in your work and can operate autonomously to drive your work forward. Seekeasy is not the right fit for people who default to waiting for instructions.

• You are a team player : You see yourself as part of the team, not just as someone working on the same project. Whatever it takes for the team to succeed, you want to be a part of it.

Your qualifications

• Proficient with Python, AWS services, Git, relational and key-value databases, and search databases such as Elasticsearch or Opensearch.

• Proficient with build systems such as Bazel, Pants, Buck, Please, or other similar internal build systems.

• Proficient in software engineering operations methodologies, such as DevOps and MLOps.

• Passionate about AI and its potential to transform user experiences, and have experience with training, deployment, and inference with machine learning models.

• A problem-solver who thrives in the ambiguity and fast pace of startup environments.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

• A seasoned backend engineer with 8+ years of experience and a track record of building scalable systems.

• Live in the San Francisco Bay area and can commute to our office in San Francisco.

• Previous startup experience is a plus – even if you have not worked at a startup before, we want you to understand the expectations.

Compensation and Benefits

• Starting salary of $120,000 - 150,000/year, increasing as the company achieves fundraising goals.

• Generous equity grant – be a true owner in the company you're building.

• Comprehensive health insurance, dental insurance, and vision insurance – we cover 100% for employees and 80% for dependents.

• Flexible vacation policy – we need people at their best at all times, and we trust you to manage your time. When you’re off, be fully off. When you’re on, be fully present and let’s get things done.

Seekeasy is committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status, or any other legally-protected status. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities who need assistance during the hiring process - please contact to request an accommodation.

Seekeasy will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law.