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Founding Engineer, BackendFalconer • San Francisco, CA, United States
Founding Engineer, Backend

Founding Engineer, Backend

Falconer • San Francisco, CA, United States
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At Falconer, we’re transforming how engineers create, access, and share knowledge. We’re looking for a Founding Backend Engineer to help us build an AI-powered knowledge platform that companies love.

As a founding engineer, you won’t just help shape our product development—you’ll have a seat at the table to define Falconer’s technical direction and culture.

Key responsibilities

  • Participate in the entire product development lifecycle, including architecture, coding, testing, and deploying
  • Research and apply best practices in terms of infra, deployment, and containerization of our products and ML stack
  • Develop and maintain backend systems including API services, databases, and server-side logic
  • Optimize applications for maximum speed and scalability
  • Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code, following industry best practices— the Falconer platform will help you!
  • Stay updated with emerging technologies in web development and make recommendations for adopting new tools and practices

Who you are

  • Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field, or equivalent work experience
  • Minimum of 5 years of experience in developing APIs or backend systems in different languages (we’ll gravitate towards Python and Node.js)
  • You can evaluate trade-offs and propose the most appropriate storage solution (SQL, NoSQL, Vector DBs)
  • You have experience with event queues such as Kafka or RabbitMQ
  • You make containers look simple, and are the go-to person to discuss Docker or Kubernetes
  • You can make anything run in AWS or Google Cloud
  • You enjoy hard problems and open-ended assignments
  • You use data to make decisions, and experiment your way around hard problems

    • Bonus points

  • You've developed products with LLMs before (extra if you've already built your own agents)
  • You're familiar with vector databases and similarity search

    • Perks and benefits

  • Generous equity package
  • Competitive salary and benefits
  • 401(k) retirement account
  • The best equipment and tools, like a spec'd out MacBook, and dev prod tools like Cursor, Claude, and Linear to help you move fast
  • Flexible work arrangements with in-office work or hybrid work for the right candidate
  • Our office is in San Francisco, just steps from Caltrain

    • At Falconer, we value diversity and equal opportunities. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and are committed to creating an inclusive workplace. If you are passionate about technology and thrive in a challenging environment, come join our team and help us shape the future of work communication.

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