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Tolan

Backend Product Engineer

San Francisco, CA · On-site

$200K - $300K/yr

Tolan is backed by the designers and founders behind Instagram, Retro, Behance, Vimeo, and Notion ... The Role We're hiring a Backend Product Engineer to build and maintain the systems that make Tolan ...

Tolan

Backend Product Engineer

San Francisco, CA · On-site

$200K - $300K/yr

Tolan is backed by the designers and founders behind Instagram, Retro, Behance, Vimeo, and Notion ... The Role We're hiring a Backend Product Engineer to build and maintain the systems that make Tolan ...

Plaud

Backend Engineer - San Francisco

San Francisco, CA · On-site +1

$150K - $250K/yr

To learn more about Plaud, please visit and follow along on Instagram, X, Facebook, LinkedIn, and ... Work closely with Product and Engineering to design and implement secure, scalable backend services ...

Plaud

Backend Engineer - San Francisco

San Francisco, CA · On-site

$150K - $250K/yr

To learn more about Plaud, please visit and follow along on Instagram, X, Facebook, LinkedIn, and ... Work closely with Product and Engineering to design and implement secure, scalable backend services ...

Lightfield

Staff Engineer, Backend Systems

San Francisco, CA · On-site

$150K - $300K/yr

Before Lightfield, our team worked on Llama, Instagram, Facebook Messenger, Pinterest, Google, and ... engineering team, driving the architecture and execution of the backend systems that power our core ...

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Backend Product Engineer

Tolan

San Francisco, CA • On-site

$200K - $300K/yr

Full-time

Posted 23 days ago

Job description

Tolan is an Embodied Companion - a cute AI alien you talk with naturally, like a friend. Tolans have their own personality and preferences, and over time form memories about you, your life, and your shared friendship.
We're an experienced team that previously founded Even, acquired for $300M in 2022. Tolan is backed by the designers and founders behind Instagram, Retro, Behance, Vimeo, and Notion. Our team works hard, with an emphasis on autonomy and ownership. We're building together in-person in downtown SF.
The Role
We're hiring a Backend Product Engineer to build and maintain the systems that make Tolan possible: a mix of backend distributed systems and LLM engineering. Our stack is built primarily with Node.js (TypeScript), Python, PostgreSQL, and Redis.
What You'll Do
  • Build and maintain the distributed backend systems that power Tolan's core product experience.
  • Contribute to LLM engineering work that brings Tolan's AI capabilities to life.
  • Work cross-functionally with our frontend, design, and applied AI teams.
Who We're Looking For
  • Relevant experience. You have at least 4 years of backend engineering experience and can hit the ground running.
  • TypeScript or Python expert. You use deep language expertise to rapidly prototype and iterate on user-facing features.
  • Systems thinker. You apply systems thinking to ensure great user experience..
  • Scale-tested. You've built low-latency systems that real users depend on at scale.
  • Small team operator. You do your best work with high ownership and minimal layers.
  • AI-native. You've deeply integrated AI into how you work and build.
  • Bias to ship. You love to ship quickly and make contact with reality as often as possible.

Compensation: $200,000-300,000 base salary + equity + benefits

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