Staff Backend Engineer
Location: San Francisco (100% In-Office)
Experience: 7+ years
Salary: $200K - $500k • Offers Equity
Giga builds AI agents trusted by the largest B2C companies in the world. Industry leaders like DoorDash trust Giga with their most complex support and operations workflows across voice, chat, and email.
Engineers at Giga work on problems like:
building agents with almost no hallucination rates
a voice experience that's better than talking to humans
creating self-learning agents that optimize metrics
Who You Are / Must-Haves:
Exceptional Engineer
Backend: Strong experience in Python (Django experience is a plus)
Cloud: Proficient with AWS or Google Cloud
Scalability: Familiarity with Kubernetes and Docker is a plus
Entrepreneurial: Preference for candidates with experience at successful startups. Former founders are especially valued
Seasoned: 7+ years of hands-on engineering experience with roles in leadership
Committed: Willing to be present in-office for all work days. No remote.
Perks & Benefits
Competitive total compensation
Equinox membership
Full health, dental, and vision coverage
On-demand snacks, coffee, and DoorDash Credits
Ubers covered home
Interview Process
Screening call w/ recruiting lead (20 min)
Intro call w/ Founding Engineer (15 min)
Live coding round w/ Founding Engineer (1 hr)
In-office interview (full day)
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