Backend Engineer - San Jose, CA

Title: Backend Engineer (Founding / First Backend Hire)

Location: San Jose, CA (In Person)

Salary: $230,000 – $275,000

Job Type: Full-Time | Exempt

Benefits: Eligible for medical, dental, vision, 401(k), and PTO

Sponsorship: Not available

GenAI-powered consumer technology company is hiring its first Backend Engineer to help turn cutting-edge machine learning and visual media research into production-grade systems. This is a foundational engineering role working directly with research scientists, frontend engineers, and leadership to build the backend platform that will power a new generation of AI-driven photography and photo-editing experiences.

This role blends rapid prototyping with long-term platform ownership and is ideal for an engineer who enjoys building from scratch, shipping quickly, and setting technical standards that will scale with ...