Backend Engineer Job at David Joseph & Company, San Francisco, CA

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  • David Joseph & Company
  • San Francisco, CA

Job Description

Backend Engineer

Location: San Francisco, CA (Onsite, 5–6 days/week)

Role Overview

Backend Engineer owning core API, data infrastructure, and production systems powering an AI memory platform. This is a high-ownership, founding-level backend role working directly with founders to build scalable, high-performance systems handling millions of interactions.

Responsibilities

  • Design and ship production-grade REST APIs including versioning, authentication, rate limiting, and documentation
  • Build backend services in Python using modern frameworks such as FastAPI, Django, or Flask
  • Model and manage data across relational databases (PostgreSQL) and graph databases (Neo4j or similar)
  • Optimize system performance including query tuning, indexing, caching strategies, and latency reduction
  • Debug and resolve production issues end-to-end using logs, metrics, and tracing
  • Own infrastructure including containerization (Docker), cloud deployment (AWS), and Kubernetes environments
  • Implement background jobs, queues, schedulers, and event-driven systems
  • Instrument systems with observability tools, metrics, alerts, and tracing for reliability

Requirements

  • 5–8 years building backend systems and shipping APIs to production
  • Strong Python fundamentals including async programming
  • Experience with web frameworks such as FastAPI, Django, or Flask
  • Strong SQL and data modeling experience with PostgreSQL or MySQL
  • Experience working with graph databases or complex data systems
  • Experience deploying and operating systems on AWS with Docker and Kubernetes
  • Strong debugging and root-cause analysis skills
  • Ability to work onsite in San Francisco

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