Software Engineer - Backend

Julius is an innovative AI company revolutionizing code execution and data analysis, currently serving millions of knowledge workers. As a backend engineer, you'll join a small but deeply technical team focused on building and scaling systems that power web and mobile products.

The role involves leading the design, implementation, and scaling of core backend systems, building interfaces between backend and web/mobile clients, and working on load balancing with rapidly changing needs. You'll be instrumental in bringing AI capabilities to millions of users.

Julius has impressive traction - writing and executing 1 million lines of code every 36 hours, serving over 1 million users, and generating over 3 million data visualizations. The team brings experience from top tech companies like Uber, Microsoft and Facebook.

The company is backed by prestigious investors including AI Grant and founders of leading tech companies like Vercel, Notion, Perplexity, Palantir, Replit, Zapier, Intercom, and Dropbox, as well as researchers from OpenAI and Google DeepMind.

This role offers competitive compensation ($160K-$180K salary with 0.10%-0.30% equity) and benefits including health & dental insurance, gym reimbursement, and daily team lunches. You'll be working in San Francisco with a team focused on enabling knowledge workers in finance, operations, scientific research and academia to become software creators.

The ideal candidate should have strong experience with Python or equivalent backend languages, databases/pooling/concurrency, cloud platforms, and system design. Experience with infrastructure tools like Kubernetes and Terraform is valuable, and familiarity with R or AI/LLM projects is a plus.