Staff Backend Engineer

About Us

Sequen AI is leading the charge for building frontier ranking models for search and recommendations. Sequen AI's technology specializes in designing end-user behavior for large consumer enterprises.

About the Role

• Build and scale platform components to handle Sequen’s rapid growth

  Design and architect platform components that are composable and deliver value for a variety of use cases

  Collaborate closely with product teams to understand their needs and build platform capabilities that accelerate their feature delivery

  Make build vs buy decisions, evaluating and implementing 3rd party solutions when most impactful

  Set technical direction and vision for various product and platform features

  Partner with research to quickly prototype and launch new capabilities based on research breakthroughs

  About You

  • Have 8+ years of practical experience as a backend or platform engineer building scalable distributed systems

    Firm grasp of Go

    Have 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

    Strong Candidates May Also

    Have firm grasp of Python

    Know their way around kubectl and terraform

    Have worked with NLP and ML models and understand their capabilities and limitations

    Have experience with REST APIs

    Have experience with React and Frontend frameworks

  What We Offer

  • High-autonomy IC role shaping backend architecture and platform evolution

    The opportunity to build mission-critical systems powering advanced ML experiences

    Very competitive salary: 230k-280k + equity

    Health insurance, unlimited time off, awesome team