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Our goal is to create the trusted knowledge layer that agents, applications, and enterprises rely on to retrieve real-time, accurate, and citation-backed information.\nOur platform combines proprietary vertical indexes with LLM-optimized retrieval systems to power AI agents, applications, and enterprise workflows. We are solving hard problems across search, large language models, and large-scale infrastructure to make AI systems more reliable, transparent, and useful.\nOur team includes engineers, researchers, product builders, and operators who care about solving meaningful problems and delivering real-world impact. Whether you are improving core infrastructure, shaping product experiences, or helping bring new AI capabilities to market, your work will help define how modern AI finds and uses knowledge.\nAbout the Role\nWe're looking for a strong, generalist backend engineer to help build the platform behind our AI search products and infrastructure that already supports millions of queries a day. The role spans a lot of ground: scalable systems, the APIs and SDKs developers build on top of, and the billing and account infrastructure our enterprise customers need to run their business on our platform.\nThis is a remote position open to candidates based anywhere in the United States. We give preference to candidates in San Francisco Bay Area or New York, where we have offices, but we're happy to consider strong remote candidates elsewhere in the US.\nResponsibilities\nDesign, build, and maintain backend systems that support web-scale, AI-driven search products\nShape our public API and SDKs into tools developers can rely on and enjoy building with\nBuild the billing, account, permissions, and provisioning systems that support our enterprise customers\nMaintain performant production databases (SQL and NoSQL) and analytics stores at scale\nApply observability practices suited to large-scale, fast-changing AI workloads\nParticipate in an on-call rotation and help build monitoring that catches issues early\nRefactor and improve existing systems, and help shape team-wide best practices\nQualifications\nA strong generalist engineer, comfortable owning the full lifecycle from design to deploy\nStrong instincts for distributed systems, data modeling, and API design, with good judgment about when to prioritize speed versus long-term scalability\nA track record of shipping and operating mission-critical services that hold up under real-world, high-volume traffic\nPrimarily backend-focused (Python or similar), comfortable working across the stack when needed\nFamiliar with Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, and debugging system-level issues\nExperience with at least one of: billing/payments systems, B2B SaaS tooling, enterprise software, or LLM/AI model integrations and products\nStrong product instincts and a builder's mindset - motivated by solving the underlying customer problem, not just closing out a ticket\nOur salary bands are structured based on a combination of geographic tiers and internal leveling. Compensation is determined by multiple factors assessed during the interview process, with the final offer reflecting these considerations.\nSalary Band\n$200,000—$250,000 USD\nCompany Perks:\nHubs in San Francisco and New York City offering regular in-person gatherings and co-working sessions\n\nFlexible PTO with U.S. holidays observed and an end of year shutdown in December to rest and recharge*\n\nA competitive health insurance plan covers 100% of the policyholder and 75% for dependents*\n\n12 weeks of paid parental leave in the US*\n\n401k program, 3% match - vested immediately!*\n\n$500 work-from-home stipend to be used up to a year of your start date*\n\n$600 technology stipend to support a portion of our hybrid/remote team's cell phone and internet expenses*\n$1,200 per year Health & Wellness Allowance to support your personal goals*\n\nThe chance to collaborate with a team at the forefront of AI research\n\n*Certain perks and benefits are limited to full-time employees only\nYou.com participates in E-Verify. We will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with information from each new employee’s Form I-9 to confirm work authorization. (English/Spanish: E-Verify Participation /Right to Work) We are also an inclusive, equitable, and accessible workplace. Please let us know if you require accommodation for any portion of the recruitment and hiring process.\nBeware of Recruiting Scams:\nYou.com will only contact you through official @You.com email addresses and will never ask for payment or sensitive personal information during the hiring process.\nUse of AI Tools During Our Hiring Process:\nAt You.com, we're thoughtful about how we use AI throughout our business - including our hiring process.\nDuring certain stages of the interview process, we may use AI-powered tools to assist with administrative tasks such as scheduling, note-taking, transcription, or summarizing interview discussions. 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