Backend Engineer

Reposted 22 Days Ago
San Francisco, CA, USA
In-Office
Entry level
Artificial Intelligence • Software • Design • Generative AI
The Role
As a Backend Engineer, you will design and maintain APIs and databases, improve system performance, and implement new features for web and mobile applications.
Summary Generated by Built In

About Krea

At Krea, we are building next-generation AI creative tools.

We are dedicated to making AI intuitive and controllable for creatives. Our mission is to build tools that empower human creativity, not replace it.

We believe AI is a new medium that allows us to express ourselves through various formats—text, images, video, sound, and even 3D. We're building better, smarter, and more controllable tools to harness this medium.

What you'll do

  • Design, implement, deploy, and maintain private APIs for our main web and mobile applications.

  • Design database models.

  • Fix issues with our system that, among other things, may be related to how HTTP/3 handles client-side connections to our processes.

  • Improve database and infrastructure performance by implementing caching solutions or better connection pooling.

  • Profile and find bottlenecks for many types of HTTP/WebSockets requests to enable real-time image generation—and even video!

  • Improve observability, monitoring, and alerting for our service so that we can better respond to operational incidents

  • Scale our service via architectural changes as well as infrastructure improvements

  • Open-source any non-trivial innovations that come out of our work on the product

  • Design and iterate over software development processes so that we can build an web-native and AI-native creative tools for people.

  • Professionalize our main product by adding enterprise-grade features such as Audit Logs, SAML/SSO, SCIM.

Our stack

  • Javascript/TypeScript

  • Svelte & SvelteKit

  • Node, Postgres, and Redis

  • WebSockets

  • Managed Kubernetes cluster(s) on AWS

  • Monitored and observed via Axiom/HyperDX/Prometheus/OpenTelemetry

  • GitHub, Slack, Notion

Skills Required

  • Experience with JavaScript and TypeScript
  • Proficiency in Node.js
  • Familiarity with PostgreSQL and Redis
  • Knowledge of Kubernetes and AWS
  • Experience with WebSockets
Am I A Good Fit?
beta
Get Personalized Job Insights.
Our AI-powered fit analysis compares your resume with a job listing so you know if your skills & experience align.

The Company
1,019 Employees
Year Founded: 2007

What We Do

Krea is a generative AI creative platform offering AI tools for creatives to generate, edit, and enhance images, video, and 3D content. It uses artificial intelligence to generate visuals tailored to unique styles, concepts, or products.

Similar Jobs

ChowNow Logo ChowNow

Back-end Engineer

Food • Software
Easy Apply
Remote or Hybrid
USA
208 Employees
170K-221K Annually

Airwallex Logo Airwallex

Senior Back-end Engineer

Artificial Intelligence • Fintech • Payments • Business Intelligence • Financial Services • Generative AI
Hybrid
San Francisco, CA, USA
2200 Employees
150K-299K Annually

SoFi Logo SoFi

Senior Back-end Engineer

Fintech • Mobile • Software • Financial Services
Easy Apply
Remote or Hybrid
San Francisco, CA, USA
4500 Employees
188K-206K Annually

CrowdStrike Logo CrowdStrike

Senior Engineer

Cloud • Computer Vision • Information Technology • Sales • Security • Cybersecurity
Hybrid
2 Locations
10000 Employees
140K-215K Annually

Similar Companies Hiring

Kepler  Thumbnail
Fintech • Software
New York, New York
6 Employees
LTX Thumbnail
Conversational AI • Generative AI
Jerusalem, Israel
360 Employees
Onshore Thumbnail
Artificial Intelligence • Fintech • Software • Financial Services
New York, New York
60 Employees

Sign up now Access later

Create Free Account

Please log in or sign up to report this job.

Create Free Account