Backend Engineer

Backend Engineer

Our mission at New Gen is to bend the internet to you. We envision a future where interfaces are personalized and powered by LLMs. We believe all websites and interfaces will eventually incorporate an intelligence layer, and New Gen aims to provide that layer, making the internet dynamic and adaptive to users.

We’re building a small team of exceptional engineers that are excited about building the future of websites and internet commerce. We’re looking for a backend engineer that can collaborate closely with product engineering, and who can iterate and experiment quickly to unlock great product experiences for users.

You’re a great fit if you

Have experience building 0 to 1 products that balance moving fast with scalable implementations, either as an ex-founder or at an early stage startup

Get excited about data intensive applications, search, distributed systems, and real time data flows

Care deeply about building high quality user experiences and are excited about the practical challenges of implementing AI data pipelines and products

Want to join a high growth, fast paced team and are based in San Francisco (or willing to occasionally hop on a plane if not in SF)

Self-motivated with a strong sense of ownership, exception communication skills, and a bias toward action

Bonuses

Shipped a production application with LLM retrieval as a core feature

Used Designing Data-Intensive Applications for more than a door stop

Worked on mission critical data infrastructure at a hedge fund or fintech company

Know the ins and outs of Postgres, ElasticSearch, AWS or IaaC tools

Have familiarity with distributed systems languages like Elixir or Go, and scripting languages like Typescript or Python

Benefits

Health Insurance - we’ve got you covered head to toe

401k Plan - tomorrow is as important as today

HSA / FSA - put tax free dollars to work

Commuting - keep your ride smooth and easy

Gym / Fitness - sweat it out on us

Wellness - a sound mind leads to great work

Learning & Subscriptions - stay curious and keep leveling up

Laptop / Hardware - new tech for new ideas

Unlimited Vacation (we mean it) - work hard and rest well

Annual Company Retreat - hanging out together is way more fun in person

How to Apply

To apply for this position, please send an email to founders@new-gen.ai with :

Your full name and contact information

Your resume / CV

Any additional links or materials you think highlight your fit for the role (e.g., GitHub projects, personal website, Twitter / X profile, etc.)

Please use the subject line : "Application : Backend Engineer".

We read all applications and will aim to get back to you in 2-3 days.

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