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Giga · 1 day ago

Staff Backend Engineer

positionSan Francisco, CA
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
senioritySenior Level, Lead/Staff
money$200K/yr - $500K/yr
date6+ years exp

Giga is a voice AI startup that has recently raised a $61M Series A and is focused on building the next generation of customer experience through real-time AI agents. They are seeking a Staff Backend Engineer to build the infrastructure and systems that power these AI agents, with significant autonomy and influence over the development process.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)B2CSoftware
Hiring Manager
★ Jon J. LoCurto ★
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Responsibilities

Build the infrastructure and systems that power our AI agents
Work across the stack—from data pipelines and analytics to real-time agent systems
Shipping features that directly impact how our customers operate
Own problems end-to-end: figuring out the right approach, building it, and iterating based on what you learn
Make sound technical decisions
Ship reliably
Help set the bar for code quality and system design
Collaborate with a team of other great engineers who care about quality

Qualification

PythonDjangoAWSKubernetesBackend systemsTypeScriptClean codeProblem-solving

Required

6+ years building backend systems, ideally at companies where reliability and scale mattered
Comfortable with ambiguity—you can take a loosely-defined problem and figure out what to build
Ok to jump into unfamiliar parts of the codebase when that's what the problem requires
Write clean code and care about getting the details right, but also know when to ship
Want to work on hard problems with a small team where your work has obvious impact
Excited about AI agents and the infrastructure challenges that come with running them in production

Benefits

Catered lunch daily
$150/month wellness benefit (gym, fitness classes)
401(k) plan
Paid parental leave (12 weeks maternal, 6 weeks paternal)
Commuter benefits
Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Company

Giga

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AI support agents for the largest B2C companies in the world
dateFounded in 2024
location
San Francisco, California, USA
people-size51-200 employees
web-link
https://giga.ai

Funding

Current Stage
Growth Stage
Total Funding
$64.6M
Key Investors
RedpointNexus Venture Partners
2025-08-01Series A· $61M
2023-10-23Seed· $3.6M

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