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