Backend Engineer Agents
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Summary
Hebbia is hiring a backend engineer in NYC or San Francisco to own critical components of high-scale document-indexing systems, tuning performance across millions of documents while minimizing latency and mentoring junior engineers. The stack centers on Python/Java/Go, AWS, and data infrastructure like Kafka, Elasticsearch, PostgreSQL, and Redis.
You will turn complex requirements into robust backend systems, build and improve high-scale document-indexing capabilities, and optimize performance across millions of documents. You will provide technical leadership and mentorship while designing efficient data communication and distributed-system integrations.
Responsibilities
- Own critical system components
- Build and iterate on high-scale document-indexing systems
- Architect and implement performance-tuning solutions
- Minimize latency and maximize throughput
- Mentor and guide junior engineers
Requirements
- 5+ years of backend software-development experience
- Proficiency building backend and API systems with Python, Java, or Go
- Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS
- Experience with Kafka, Elasticsearch, PostgreSQL, or Redis
- Ability to analyze complex problems and communicate technical concepts
- Experience leading software-development projects
- Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams
- Rapid prototyping with user feedback
- Experience taking ownership of major initiatives
Benefits
- Unlimited PTO
- Medical, dental, vision, and 401K
- Catered daily lunch
- DoorDash dinner credit when working late
- Three months of parental leave for non-birthing parents
- Four months of parental leave for birthing parents
- $15k lifetime fertility benefit
- New-hire equity grant
