Senior / Staff Software Engineer (Systems Backend)

About LimitlessAt Limitless, our vision is to free the human mind from its biological limits. Limitless is a web app, Mac app, Windows app, and a wearable that records what you've seen, said, or heard and makes it useful. For example, if you’re in back-to-back meetings you don’t have time to take notes, track action items, and draft follow-ups - Limitless automatically does all of this for you.The product we have today is just the first step toward our audacious vision. We have raised over $33m from top-tier investors including Sam Altman, First Round Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, and NEA to help make that vision a reality.Why LimitlessWorking at Limitless will be the most impactful job of your life. Our team is small and everyone plays a huge role. The work you’ll do will have tremendous impact on not just our company, but how the world works. We believe the best version of the future is one in which we augment - not replace - human intelligence with artificial intelligence. This is the key to unlocking humanity’s full potential, and you will play a critical role in helping us get there. Come join us.Benefits• Health insurance: best-in-class healthcare for employees and dependents. Includes vision and dental.• Top-of-market compensation: we strive to offer top-of-market salary and equity.• Flexible vacation: we want you to take the time you need to rest and relax.• Employee-friendly equity terms: we offer an extended exercise window and early exercise for any options offered.• Remote first: we have team members all over the U.S. and everyone is treated equally regardless of location.• 401(k) plan: for US employees we offer a 401(k) plan with company matching.• Office reimbursement: prefer working from an office? We provide a WeWork membership or reimbursement.• Parental leave: we offer all parents 12 weeks of paid time off to spend time with their new family.• Quarterly retreats: we have offsites quarterly to bring everyone together.• Final week of the year off: Enjoy the final week of the year off while we all take time to recharge.• Choose your gear: we equip everyone with a new top-of-the-line laptop with all the upgrades.Why we need you• You will be an integral part of building out Limitless, designing systems that help humans go beyond their biological limitations. This will include projects like LLM and machine learning pipelines, audio ingestion services, batch job processing, and more.• You are excited to take on complex data processing challenges and decide how we scale it to our tens of thousands of customers and beyond.• Your role will be central in deploying features that respect and protect user data through advanced encryption, anonymization, and secure data handling practices.What will be your responsibilities• Architect and Deploy: Define, build, and maintain scalable and robust backend systems, ensuring optimal performance and reliability.• Integrate APIs: Work with 3rd party APIs and internal services, creating seamless integrations to enhance our product offerings.• Collaboration and Problem-Solving: Collaborate with frontend developers, designers, and user research to troubleshoot issues, optimize processes, and deliver high-quality solutions that scale.What will help you be successful• Technical Proficiency: Demonstrated experience developing in Typescript and Python. Expert with infrastructure and deployment technologies like Docker and Terraform on top of cloud providers like AWS and GCP.• Resourcefulness and Ownership: Experience working at startups or on small teams, taking full ownership of your work and utilizing resourcefulness to devise innovative solutions.• Effective Communication: Strong communication skills for articulating ideas clearly, collaborating efficiently, and providing constructive feedback.• Strong Technical Depth: A deep understanding of backend technologies and architectures, with the ability to make sound technical decisions and drive innovation.What cultural values you need to embody• Decisive: Bias for action and learning.• Resourceful: Prioritize well in order to maximize impact with the least effort.• Craft: Good judgement & consideration when deciding something is done enough.• Candor: Give candid feedback, receive it well, and speak up if you disagree.• Communication: Be transparent, create clarity out of ambiguity, and do it with zest.• Collaboration: Help each other out, have empathy, and listen well.$250,000 - $350,000 a yearThe above compensation range includes salary + equity. The final package may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.If you're interested in this job, we strongly encourage you to apply: we'd love to see you on our team working toward our audacious vision of freeing the mind from its biological limitations.#J-18808-Ljbffr