Senior Backend AI Engineer

We're on a mission to empower builders.

• Massive reach: Our docs platform serves 100 million+ developers every year and powers documentation for 10,000+ companies, including Anthropic, Cursor, Windsurf, Scale AI, X, and over 20% of the last YC batch.

• Small team, huge impact: We’re only 25 people today, backed by $22 million in funding, each new hire shapes the company’s trajectory.

• Culture of slope over y-intercept : We value learning velocity, grit, and unapologetically unique personalities.

We grew in value faster than headcount and we’re looking to align the two quickly.

• Backend software engineering & infrastructure engineering to support the AI and agentic flows

• RAG/data ingestion pipelines

• Prompt engineering

• Model performance and evals

• 4+ years of software development experience

• Deep customer empathy, including the desire to speak with customers and make product decisions

• Strong ability to learn new technologies and be productive in unfamiliar domains

• Passion for tasteful user experience

• Strong ownership mentality

• Deep experience in LLM fine-tuning, RAG systems, and AI automations

• Bonus points: Previously founded a startup. Extra bonus for a dev-tools startup

• You're all about finding the intersection between what excites you and business priorities, and you're excited for your role to evolve accordingly

• You crave a mix of collaborative and heads-down builder time, and are excited to contribute to a small-but-mighty team

• You're looking for an environment where the best ideas win and acknowledge when you're wrong

Competitive compensation and equity | Free Waymos

20 days paid time off every year | Health, dental, vision

401k or RRSP | Free lunch and dinners

$420/mo. wellness stipend | Annual team offsite