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United States 2000w PTO 9w maternity 9w paternity

  • Build, maintain, and improve infrastructure supporting reliable data collection at scale.
  • Enhance system success rates when interacting with complex or highly protected web environments.
  • Investigate complex production issues, identify root causes, and implement long-term solutions.

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$200,000–$250,000/yr
Americas 3w PTO 12w maternity 12w paternity

  • Build and maintain the infrastructure that powers reliable data collection at scale
  • Improve success rates against sites with aggressive defenses
  • Own the health, rotation, and cost efficiency of the proxy layer

Firecrawl provides an API to convert web pages into LLM-ready markdown or structured data. They are a small, high-growth team with a culture of deep ownership and urgency.

US 4w PTO 14w maternity 14w paternity

  • Own core compute infrastructure across multiple cloud providers and regions.
  • Design capabilities for greater performance and flexibility in service deployment.
  • Investigate and resolve challenging cloud and compute issues across the stack.

Render is a cloud platform for developers building AI-native, full-stack, multi-service applications. Trusted by over 6 million developers, the company has raised $257M in funding and values craft, velocity, and user experience.

$163,000–$226,000/yr
United States Unlimited PTO

  • Work on the Tailscale product, focusing on networking features and optimizations across open-source client code and backend services.
  • Take ownership of the entire product lifecycle, from coding and system design to feature ideation and strategic decisions.
  • Collaborate with designers and product managers to shape features that enhance networking capabilities for users.

Tailscale builds software to securely interconnect people and devices, regardless of location. Founded in 2019, the fully distributed company is backed by notable investors and serves teams of all sizes.

$195,000–$260,000/yr
Americas 5w PTO 12w maternity 12w paternity

  • Tackle the highest-leverage problem on the board, shipping across backend, infra, tooling, and occasionally frontend.
  • Unblock other engineers by building tools and fixes they need.
  • Own hard, cross-cutting problems that don't fit neatly on any one team, raising the bar on reliability and developer experience.

Firecrawl converts any URL into clean, LLM-ready markdown or structured data, solving the boring-hard problem for AI agents. We hit 8 figures in ARR in year one, have 147k+ GitHub stars, and are a small team punching above our weight with a culture of ownership and urgency.

United States Canada UK Unlimited PTO 18w maternity 12w paternity

  • Build and maintain core components of the clearing house in Go on GCP, including customer onboarding flows and data ingestion pipelines.
  • Take ownership of ambiguous problems and drive features from design through production with appropriate testing and observability.
  • Participate in on-call rotation, contribute to incident response, and become a go-to engineer for core subsystems.

Chainguard is the trusted source for secure open source software, delivering hardened builds for enterprise customers. The company is venture-backed by leading investors and serves Fortune 500 enterprises.

US Canada UK Unlimited PTO 18w maternity 12w paternity

  • Own end-to-end domain within the clearing house: customer onboarding, entitlements, or data validation.
  • Drive architecture and implementation of backend systems in Go on GCP, ensuring production readiness.
  • Establish engineering best practices and collaborate with principal engineer on technical planning.

Chainguard secures the open source software supply chain by providing hardened, secure builds of open source software. It is a venture-backed startup with a remote-first culture, trusted by Fortune 500 enterprises.

$160,000–$190,000/yr
US

  • Manage a scrum team of 4-6 engineers building and operating high-volume bidder systems.
  • Oversee AWS-based cloud infrastructure processing over 1 billion HTTP requests per hour.
  • Drive improvements in reliability, performance, and cost efficiency across production systems.

Jamloop builds high-scale advertising technology for real-time bidding systems. We are a remote-first company focused on reliability and operational excellence.

Canada Unlimited PTO

  • Design and implement scalable, secure, and high-performance backend systems and APIs supporting AI-driven security and pentesting.
  • Collaborate with product, frontend, and infrastructure teams to define system architecture and translate requirements into robust technical solutions.
  • Optimize application performance, scalability, and security across distributed and cloud-native environments.

The company is a partner of Jobgether, specializing in AI-driven cybersecurity and vulnerability detection. It is a highly technical, fast-paced environment focused on solving complex scalability and security challenges at enterprise scale.

$190,000–$260,000/yr
US 3w PTO 12w maternity 12w paternity

  • Design, build, and maintain large-scale crawling, indexing, ranking, and retrieval systems.
  • Improve search performance by reducing latency, optimizing costs, and increasing reliability as usage grows.
  • Own engineering projects end-to-end, from architecture and implementation to deployment, monitoring, and continuous improvement.

This company builds large-scale web search and AI-driven data retrieval infrastructure. They are a fast-moving, highly technical team with a focus on production systems and immediate impact.

$212,500–$255,000/yr
US Unlimited PTO

  • Architect and evolve scalable backend systems using Python and modern technologies.
  • Build distributed, data-intensive systems with high performance and operational excellence.
  • Collaborate with product, data, and machine learning teams to integrate AI/ML capabilities.

This partner company builds large-scale, data-intensive systems for next-generation digital experiences. It fosters a collaborative, remote-first culture focused on innovation, performance, and long-term impact.

US Unlimited PTO

  • Architect and implement scalable, performant, and secure software solutions for backend distributed platforms.
  • Provide technical leadership, write clean code, and conduct code reviews to ensure best practices.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with product managers, designers, and engineers to translate business requirements into technical specifications.

Dave is a financial app that builds products to level the financial playing field for Americans who are financially vulnerable or living paycheck to paycheck. As a public fintech company, it offers a digital financial platform with products like ExtraCash and is focused on creating accessible credit options.

$190,000–$260,000/yr
3w PTO 12w maternity 12w paternity

  • Design and build crawling, indexing, and retrieval systems for Firecrawl Search at scale.
  • Push down latency and cost per query while improving ranking quality for LLMs.
  • Own services end-to-end from design to production with a focus on speed and iteration.

Firecrawl provides the easiest way to convert web content into clean, LLM-ready data for AI agents. With 147k+ GitHub stars and rapid growth to 8-figure ARR, we are a small, fast-moving team building infrastructure that other AI companies rely on.

  • Operate, maintain, and monitor the global CDN infrastructure.
  • Respond to incidents, diagnose issues promptly, and participate in on-call rotations.
  • Automate repetitive tasks using scripting and configuration management tools.

Gcore is a global provider of infrastructure and software solutions for AI, cloud, network, and security. With over 550 professionals, the company builds infrastructure that supports the entire digital ecosystem.

United States

  • Ensure reliability, scalability, and security of mission-critical cloud infrastructure and CI/CD environments.
  • Develop and implement automation solutions to streamline operational tasks and improve deployment efficiency.
  • Monitor system health and performance, proactively resolving incidents and contributing to continuous improvement.

Jobgether uses AI-powered matching to connect candidates with hiring companies. They are a platform that processes applications and shares top-fitting candidates with employers, operating remotely.

UK Unlimited PTO

  • Design and build scalable backend systems, APIs, and data pipelines for the vulnerability intelligence platform.
  • Own services end-to-end including architecture, development, deployment, and operation.
  • Lead technical design discussions and contribute to system architecture decisions while mentoring junior engineers.

VulnCheck transforms vulnerability intelligence by helping security teams act faster with more confidence. Founded in 2021, the company has a transparent, collaborative, and supportive culture with a fast-growing team of experts.

$140,000–$165,000/yr
US

  • Design, build, and maintain scalable back-end systems and APIs for high-throughput messaging operations.
  • Improve platform reliability, performance, observability, and automation across onboarding, compliance, and routing.
  • Collaborate with Product and Operations teams to translate complex workflows into scalable distributed systems.

Volt Labs builds the infrastructure layer behind modern business messaging, helping companies navigate messaging compliance, onboarding, deliverability, routing, and operational complexity across carriers and providers. We are a remote-first, high-ownership team operating in a fast-moving growth environment with a deep focus on builder mentality, operational excellence, and collaborative culture.

$90,000–$105,000/yr
US Unlimited PTO

  • Investigate, diagnose, and resolve intricate technical issues related to API integrations, databases, servers, and network technologies.
  • Serve as the primary technical point of contact for customer inquiries, providing clear communication via email and support portal.
  • Create and maintain comprehensive documentation, FAQs, and knowledge base articles to empower both customers and internal teams.

Cresta unlocks the true potential of the customer experience, turning every conversation into a competitive advantage. Born from Stanford AI Lab, the company has raised over $270 million from leading investors and is led by AI experts from Google.