Founding Software Engineer - Backend and Infrastructure

unsiloed.ai • San Francisco, CA

41d • $150,000 - $300,000 • Onsite

About The Position

We are hiring a Founding Software Engineer in San Francisco.

We are building a small, talent-dense team. This role will define the engineering archetype at Unsiloed AI and set the ceiling for the team. We strongly believe technical DNA compounds (or degrades) with every hire and hence the first few matter disproportionately. You will be expected to operate proactively, take full ownership, and independently drive systems from idea to production.

Requirements

• Experience building and operating scaled production systems
• Strong backend engineering skills (Python required; C++/Rust is a major plus)
• Experience with distributed systems (microservices, parallel processing, queues, caches like Redis)
• Deep familiarity with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, Azure)
• Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform / Pulumi)
• An ownership mindset

Nice To Haves

• Experience serving ML / VLM / GPU-heavy workloads

Responsibilities

• Architect, build, and scale core backend systems powering document intelligence and VLM-based workflows
• Own production infrastructure end-to-end: deployments, monitoring, performance, reliability
• Design and operate high-throughput, low-latency services in real production environments
• Take systems from R&D → production → enterprise scale
• Build and maintain cloud and on-prem deployments (Docker, Kubernetes, Helm) for enterprise customers
• Establish best practices for CI/CD, observability, debugging, and incident response
• Work closely with the founders and research team to turn research prototypes into production-grade, scalable systems.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed