Giga · 15 hours ago
Staff Backend Engineer
NYC Metro Area
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$200K/yr - $500K/yr
6+ years expGiga is a voice AI startup that has recently raised a $61M Series A and is focused on building real-time AI agents for customer experience. They are seeking a senior backend engineer to build the infrastructure and systems that power these AI agents, with a significant emphasis on autonomy and impact in the role.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)SoftwareB2C
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
Ship 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, and help set the bar for code quality and system design
Collaborate with a team of other great engineers who care about quality
Qualification
Required
Have 6+ years building backend systems, ideally at companies where reliability and scale mattered
Are comfortable with ambiguity—you can take a loosely-defined problem and figure out what to build
Are 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
Are excited about AI agents and the infrastructure challenges that come with running them in production
Benefits
Competitive Compensation: Base salary plus equity
Catered lunch daily
$150/month wellness benefit (gym, fitness classes)
401(k) plan
Paid parental leave (12 weeks maternal, 6 weeks paternal)- Commuter benefits
All-you-can-drink coffee (kidding but not kidding, you know?)😉
Medical, dental, and vision coverage
Company
Giga
AI support agents for the largest B2C companies in the world
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$64.6MKey Investors
RedpointNexus Venture Partners
2025-08-01Series A· $61M
2023-10-23Seed· $3.6M
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