Sequen - Staff Backend Engineer

Sequen AI is seeking a Staff Backend Engineer to build and scale platform components, design and architect platform components, and collaborate with product teams to accelerate feature delivery. The ideal candidate has 8+ years of experience in building scalable distributed systems, strong coding skills, and experience with service-oriented architectures.

Requirements

• 8+ years of practical experience as a backend or platform engineer building scalable distributed systems
• Firm grasp of Go
• Strong coding skills and experience with service-oriented architectures
• Have worked in early start-up or otherwise fast moving, rapidly evolving environments, and have ideally built products from 0 to 1
• Take full ownership of your work, navigate ambiguity effectively, and proactively overcome obstacles to deliver results
• Are comfortable diving into any part of the system, whether it's infrastructure, services, or product frontends, to deliver effective solutions
• Enjoy working with a fast-paced team tackling cutting-edge problems in AI ranking
• Take a product-focused approach and care about building solutions that are robust, scalable, and easy to use
• Have a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or comparable experience

Benefits

• High-autonomy IC role shaping backend architecture and platform evolution
• The opportunity to build mission-critical systems powering advanced ML experiences
• Very competitive salary: 280k-350k + equity