Luma AI · 21 hours ago
Software Engineer - Backend Systems
Palo Alto, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
8+ years expLuma AI is on a mission to build multimodal AI to expand human imagination and capabilities. They are seeking a versatile and product-minded Backend Engineer to architect robust application layers that make their generative AI accessible and reliable.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Generative AIVideoVideo Editing
Hiring Manager
Lorenzo Casanova
Responsibilities
Architect the "Product Engine": Design and build low-latency distributed systems and high-traffic client-facing APIs that wrap our foundational models in a reliable product experience
Scale the Agent Stack: Take ownership of our AI agent infrastructure, building the persistent state and execution layers required for autonomous agentic workflows
Serve Intelligence Real-Time: Work with our applied research and model inference teams to expose SOTA model capabilities optimizing for latency (p99) and availability to ensure instant, magical feedback for users
Own Critical Business Systems: Build and scale the "nervous system" of Luma, managing the core business logic, including authentication, transactional billing, and real-time user state management
Collaborate for User Delight: Partner closely with product, design, and research teams to translate user needs into elegant backend solutions, ensuring the "feel" of the product is fast and responsive
Qualification
Required
A Product Systems Engineer: You care as much about the User Experience (latency, polish, reliability) as you do about the code
Experienced Builder: You have 8+ years of experience with a proven record of shipping impactful, user-focused products
Polyglot & Proficient: You have strong proficiency in a backend language like Python or Go, with a willingness to learn across the stack
Infrastructure-Aware: You don't just deploy containers; you understand production orchestration and how to debug a crashing service in Kubernetes
Security Minded: You possess a strong understanding of security, authentication, and best practices for designing public-facing APIs
Adaptable: You are a generalist who enjoys hopping from one challenge to the next and thrives in the face of ambiguity
Preferred
AI Agentic Systems: Experience building or deploying agentic systems, co-pilot style features, or other complex LLM-powered workflows
Media-Heavy Applications: A background building backend systems for creative tools or media-rich apps (video, images, audio)
Full Stack Familiarity: Exposure to or experience with frontend development (TypeScript, React) enabling you to empathize with client-side challenges
Company
Luma AI
Luma AI develops tools that let users generate photorealistic images and videos from text, image, or video prompts.
11-50 employees
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2025 (10)
2024 (3)
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$1.06BKey Investors
HUMAINAndreessen HorowitzAmplify Partners
2025-11-19Series C· $900M
2024-12-06Series B· $90M
2024-01-09Series B· $43M
Leadership Team
Amit Jain
Co-Founder
Recent News
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