Senior Backend Engineer, Inference Platform
You.com · San Francisco, CA, New York, NY (Remote)
Posted about 3 months ago
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 81 days You.com's roles stay open a median of 82 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 0% of You.com's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at You.com
- high 5 stale, 0 reposted of 8 open
- Hiring momentum
- 9 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-24
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from You.com's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for You.com.
About this role
As a Senior Backend Engineer at You.com, you will design, build, and maintain backend systems for AI-driven search products that handle millions of queries daily. Your responsibilities will include developing APIs and SDKs, managing billing and account systems for enterprise customers, maintaining databases, and ensuring system observability. You will also participate in an on-call rotation and contribute to improving existing systems and best practices.
- benefits
- 5/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of You.com as an employer.
What you need
- Strong generalist engineer comfortable owning the full lifecycle from design to deploy
- Strong instincts for distributed systems, data modeling, and API design
- Track record of shipping and operating mission-critical services under high-volume traffic
- Primarily backend-focused (Python or similar)
- Familiar with Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, and debugging system-level issues
- Experience with billing/payments systems, B2B SaaS tooling, enterprise software, or LLM/AI model integrations
What you get
- Hubs in San Francisco and New York City for in-person gatherings and co-working sessions
- Flexible PTO with U.S. holidays and an end of year shutdown
- 100% health insurance coverage for policyholder and 75% for dependents
- 12 weeks of paid parental leave in the US
- 401k program with 3% match, vested immediately
- $500 work-from-home stipend
Worth weighing
- Salary band is $200,000 - $250,000 USD but compensation is determined by multiple factors during the interview process
- Certain perks and benefits are limited to full-time employees only
- Remote position with preference for candidates in San Francisco Bay Area or New York
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Listed by You.com on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-24. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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