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Software Engineer, Backend

Gamma
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San Francisco, CA$180k - $310kFull-timePosted 11mo ago

About the role

Backend-focused software engineer role at Gamma building and scaling backend systems powering AI-driven content creation and real-time collaboration. Full-stack collaboration with frontend, product, and design; primarily TypeScript/Node.js stack with PostgreSQL, Redis, and modern AI models. In-office culture in San Francisco with 4–5 days/week onsite.

Responsibilities

  • Scale backend systems to hundreds of millions of users while maintaining high performance and availability
  • Build and optimize APIs that power real-time collaborative editing and AI content generation
  • Design and implement distributed systems that handle massive scale with reliability
  • Ship features across the full stack, working closely with frontend engineers to deliver polished experiences
  • Architect solutions for complex technical challenges in areas like data consistency, caching, and query optimization
  • Collaborate with product and design to turn ideas into production-ready features

Qualifications

  • 3+ years building production backend systems with strong fundamentals in distributed systems, databases, and API design
  • Deep proficiency in TypeScript/Node.js or similar backend languages, with eagerness to work in our TypeScript stack
  • Experience scaling systems to handle millions of users and high throughput workloads
  • Strong understanding of PostgreSQL, Redis, or similar database technologies
  • Passion for building APIs, scaling complex systems, and creating excellent web applications
  • Curiosity and attitude that matches your technical knowledge
  • Prior experience working with websockets, streaming, or scaling inference workloads (Nice to have)

Skills

Required:Distributed systemsTypeScript/Node.jsAPI designPostgreSQL
Nice to have:RedisWebsockets / streaming
Last updated Jul 15, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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