Senior Backend Software Engineer

Location

Remote, but 10am - 4pm PST overlap with PST hours is required.

Overview

At Mem, we are pioneers in the space of personal and proactive intelligence. We’re seeking a Senior Backend Software Engineer to help us deliver on our mission of augmenting human intelligence by inventing and implementing core backend and AI capabilities—from high-volume data processing pipelines, to our semantic search engine, to real-time recommendation systems, and more. We are looking for someone who is eager to shape this evolving field and define the way humanity engages with AI on a daily basis. If you are someone who is creative and attentive to detail with a passion for helping people turn their digital information into high-leverage knowledge, we’re eager to meet you.

As a Senior Backend Software Engineer, you will

• Report directly to our CEO and work closely with our Founding Engineer, Lead UX Designer, and CEO to architect and build backend systems that integrate state-of-the-art artificial intelligence to enable intelligence in our product.
• Build the backend for user-facing features that enable integrated, context-aware, and proactive personal knowledge assistance.
• Tackle challenging backend problems from end-to-end, such as local-first sync, collaborative rich text editing, data ingestion and processing, real-time recommendation, and LLM-augmented information indexing, retrieval, and discovery.
• Develop and implement backend services and APIs.
• Design, build, and maintain highly scalable, highly available systems.
• Improve observability, monitoring, and alerting so that we can more effectively respond to operational incidents.

You may be a good fit if you

• Have prior experience in complex engineering environments.
• Are a self-starter with the ability to work independently and solve complex problems. Prior founder or startup experience is a plus.
• Are open-minded to using state-of-the-art tools.
• Are well-versed in systems thinking.
• Take pride in working on projects from conception to successful completion involving a wide range of systems, processes, and technologies.
• Have a meticulous eye for detail.
• Thrive in ambiguity.
• Enjoy greenfield problems.
• Love making the impossible possible.

Tech

• Django, Python, and OpenAPI
• Postgres and Redis
• Search and data pipelines built with OpenAI, Cohere, Elasticsearch, Pinecone, PubSub, Apache Beam, and Temporal
• TipTap (Prosemirror) Editor with Yjs
• Local-first data synchronization system
• Hosted on the Google Cloud Platform
• CI/CD with GitHub Actions, Docker, Terraform, Google Cloud Run
• Monitoring via Datadog

What we offer

• Interesting and challenging work at the frontier of AI
• Competitive salary and equity
• Work-life balance
• Work remotely, no commuting to the office
• 21 days paid vacation
• Company-sponsored team retreats, events, and meals
• Comprehensive health benefits, including medical, dental, vision, mental health, and monthly wellness stipend
• M1 Macbook Pro, 4K display, accessories, and a monthly AI stipend to explore new tools
• Comprehensive family benefits, including 16 weeks paid family leave and support for IVF, egg freezing, adoption, and childcare

Learn how we think and work

• Why We Started Mem
• Article by The Verge on how we’re building your own personal Google
• Blog by The OpenAI Startup Fund introducing their first investments
• Deep-dive into the technology behind our similar notes feature