Software Engineer, Backend at Anara

$150K - $200K // 0.50% - 1.00% // San Francisco Backend engineers build the platform that support’s Anara’s functionality. Sometimes this means inventing retrieval systems that can process 10M+ files. Sometimes this means dealing with the woes of scaling to hundreds of thousands of concurrent users. Designing and building scalable infrastructure for AI-powered research tools. Designing and building scalable infrastructure for AI-powered research tools. Collaborating closely with the rest of the engineering team on our RAG pipeline, continuously improving response quality, latency and robustness. Collaborating closely with the rest of the engineering team on our RAG pipeline, continuously improving response quality, latency and robustness. Establishing best practices for prompt engineering and deployment of new models and workflows. Establishing best practices for prompt engineering and deployment of new models and workflows. Monitoring and optimizing system performance and costs, making pragmatic tradeoffs to keep us lean and moving fast. Monitoring and optimizing system performance and costs, making pragmatic tradeoffs to keep us lean and moving fast. Owning the design and automat