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Senior Software Engineer - Together Cloud Platform

Together AI
Location
San Francisco
Posted
2 months ago
Department
Engineering
Salary
$160,000 - $230,000
What they actually want (must-haves)
  • 5+ years of demonstrated experience in building large scale, fault tolerant, distributed systems and API microservices
  • Experience designing, analyzing and improving efficiency, scalability, and stability of various system resources
  • Excellent communication skills – able to write clear design docs and work effectively with both technical and non-technical team members
  • Demonstrated experience with building and operating high-performance and/or globally distributed microservice architectures across one or more cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP)
  • Strong systems knowledge across compute, networking, and storage, including concurrency, memory management, performant I/O, and scale
  • Experience developing against and managing a relational database, such as PostgreSQL
Nice to have
  • Experience with Kubernetes and containers preferred
  • Experience building and operating data infrastructure (Kinesis, Airflow, Kafka, etc) a plus
  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
What the job really is

As a Senior Backend Engineer at Together AI, you will be instrumental in developing a cutting-edge AI cloud platform that supports both internal and external customers. Your day-to-day tasks will include building distributed GPU scheduling systems, enhancing the scalability and robustness of existing services, and collaborating with product teams to deliver effective solutions. You will also be responsible for writing maintainable software, conducting code reviews, and participating in on-call rotations for critical incidents.

Benefits
  • competitive compensation
  • startup equity
  • health insurance
  • flexibility in terms of remote work
  • US base salary range of $160,000 - $230,000 + equity + benefits
Things to weigh
  • no specific mention of the tech stack beyond general cloud and microservice technologies
  • the role involves on-call responsibilities which may not suit everyone
  • the salary range is broad and dependent on individual qualifications
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