LangChain · 3 months ago
Senior Backend Software Engineer, Observability & Evals Platform
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$170K/yr - $195K/yr
5+ years expLangChain is a company dedicated to making intelligent agents ubiquitous by providing an agent engineering platform and open source frameworks. The Senior Backend Engineer will build backend systems for LangChain's observability and evaluation platform, focusing on performance, reliability, and collaboration with cross-functional teams.
Agentic AIArtificial Intelligence (AI)DatabaseDeveloper APIsGenerative AI
Responsibilities
Design, develop, and maintain backend services and APIs to support LangSmith’s tracing, monitoring, and evaluation workflows
Collaborate on architectural decisions to ensure systems are performant and maintainable
Optimize storage and query performance for high-volume observability and evaluation data
Ensure system reliability through strong testing, monitoring, and alerting practices
Troubleshoot and resolve production issues, performing root-cause analysis and implementing long-term fixes
Create and maintain technical documentation, including system design and API references
Work closely with full-stack engineers, product managers, and product designers on rolling out new features
Qualification
Required
5+ years of professional experience in backend engineering
Proficiency in one or more backend languages/frameworks, ideally Python or Go
Strong understanding of API design and building reliable data services
Experience with high-throughput or mission-critical systems
Demonstrated ability to optimize backend services for performance and reliability
Experience with database systems (Postgres, Redis, Clickhouse), and cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure)
Strong communication skills, with the ability to collaborate cross-functionally
Customer centricity and ownership mentality
Preferred
Familiarity with fullstack or frontend engineering
Experience in performance tuning and debugging production issues
Benefits
Health and dental coverage
Flexible vacation
A 401(k) plan
Life insurance
Company
LangChain
LangChain is a platform that provides open-source frameworks and tools for engineering and deploying language model agents.
51-200 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$160MKey Investors
IVPSequoia CapitalBenchmark
2025-10-20Series B· $125M
2024-02-15Series A· $25M
2023-03-21Seed· $10M
Leadership Team
Harrison Chase
Co-Founder and CEO
Ankush Gola
Co-Founder
Recent News
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