{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"4dbea5f5b153950bcbb10bb3","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/4dbea5f5b153950bcbb10bb3","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/4dbea5f5b153950bcbb10bb3","title":"Senior Software Engineer – Backend","description":"Why Vizcom\nOur mission is to reshape design by streamlining the path from concept to creation, bringing more impactful ideas into the physical world.We’re well-funded (Series B $51m to date), growing double-digits MoM, and expanding the core engineering team in SF. The surface area is big: realtime collaboration, GPU inference at scale, a modern TypeScript stack, and serving real enterpriseThe Role\nAs theSenior Software Engineer – Backend (Systems / Infrastructure)you’ll architect and deliver backend systems that keep Vizcom fast, reliable, and scalable as our workload and customer base grow. You’ll work on everything fromqueueing GPU workloadstooptimizing GraphQL resolversandstreaming realtime events . You’ll have deep ownership over APIs, performance, and data integrity — while collaborating with frontend and AI teams to enable magical experiences. Within your first 90 days you will: ship onecritical backend feature(e.g., model queue, caching layer, or realtime service), reduce p95 latency in one major API path by ~30%, Author one technical RFC proposing an improvement to architecture or reliability, Implement or document oneobservability improvement(metrics, traces, alerts).Compensation\n$195k - $225,000K + Offers Equity\nWhat You’ll DoDesign and implement scalable APIsin TypeScript/Node with GraphQL and PostgresProfile and optimizeslow paths — queries, resolvers, and I/OBuild and operate distributed systems:job queues, streaming, caching, and observabilityCollaborate with AI engineersto integrate GPU inference pipelines into user workflowsImprove reliability:lead incident reviews, strengthen CI/CD and deployment flowsMentor teammateson backend architecture, testing, and performance thinkingThe Problems You’ll TackleDistributed GPU inference and queueing with bursty workloads.Realtime synchronization with WebSocket and CRDT-based collaboration.GraphQL performance: caching, batching, resolver optimization.Secure multi-tenant data boundaries and enterprise integrations (SSO/SAML/SCIM).Our Stack (today)Frontend:TypeScript, React, Vite, WebGL; realtime collaboration.API/Backend:TypeScript/Node, GraphQL (PostGraphile), Postgres, Redis, background workers.Infra:Kubernetes, Pulumi, CI/CD with GitHub Actions, Datadog for observability, feature flags.Security/Enterprise:SSO/SAML (WorkOS), SOC 2-minded practices.Experience with every item above is not required. 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