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Software Engineer - Backend

Emergent· Engineering
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San FranciscoFull-timePosted 4w ago

About the role

Backend-focused software engineering role at Emergent, an AI app builder building autonomous coding agents. Role targets staff-level engineers to architect and implement large-scale distributed systems that generate, test, and deploy production software from natural language intent.

Responsibilities

  • Architect autonomous systems where AI agents reliably generate production-grade software, with feedback loops for self-correction, validation, and continuous improvement.
  • Build infrastructure that supports millions of applications and real-time workloads, solving for latency, concurrency, and reliability at global scale.
  • Establish standards for correctness, observability, and fault tolerance across backend, infrastructure, and AI layers.
  • Collaborate with AI/ML, infrastructure, and product teams to build end-to-end systems from model interaction layers to distributed execution engines.
  • Debug non-deterministic systems, design for edge cases you can't enumerate, and build systems that reason, not just execute.
  • Mentor engineers and influence technical culture and direction across teams.

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of experience building large-scale backend or distributed systems.
  • Strong proficiency in Python and/or Go.
  • Deep understanding of distributed systems, concurrency and parallelism, and system design under scale and failure.
  • Proven track record of owning architecture for critical production systems, not just contributing to them.
  • You think in trade-offs, simplify complex systems without dumbing them down, and have influenced engineering direction across teams.
  • Experience with AI/ML infrastructure or LLM-based systems is a strong plus.
  • Familiarity with Kubernetes, Docker, AWS/GCP/Azure, event-driven systems, and data infrastructure is a bonus.

Skills

Required:Backend architecturesPythonDistributed systems
Nice to have:GoKubernetesDocker

Benefits

  • 401(k)
  • Health, dental, and vision insurance
  • Unlimited Paid Time Off: take the time you need to recharge and come back refreshed
  • Flexible Working Hours: work arrangements that fit your life and commitments
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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About Emergent

Build apps with AI - think it, describe it, ship it

Emergent is the AI coding platform builders use to create production-ready software. Describe what you want in the chat, and our coding agents handle everything else: frontend design, database architecture, backend logic, authentication, payments, deployment, and automatic scaling. We've grown to 700,000+ users and $10M ARR in just 2 months because we solved the real problem: the best software comes from people who understand the problems.

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