What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Software Engineer - Backend position at Greylock?
Greylock recently led a series seed round in a new AI company (valued over $100M) based in San Francisco. Broadly, you'll be a part of a team building a new developer tool bridging GenAI and devops. The company is still operating in stealth mode and more information will be shared to qualified candidates.
Please note : this is an onsite role in San Francisco at an early company, sub 20 people . Please only apply if both of these appeal to you.
Qualifications
- 7-10 yrs of experience building backend systems, ideally from scratch to scale.
- Experience with Python, Go, Javascript, Java or C
- Strong understanding of database management systems, including SQL and NoSQL databases.
- Experience with web server technologies such as Apache, Nginx, or similar.
- Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
- Knowledge of RESTful web services and API design.
- Understanding of software development lifecycle and best practices.
- CS degree or equivalent
If you've have experience with the latest LLM open source projects, that's a huge draw to the founders, but not required.
About Greylock :
Greylock is an early-stage investor in hundreds of remarkable companies including Airbnb, LinkedIn, Dropbox, Workday, Cloudera, Facebook, Instagram, Roblox, Coinbase, Palo Alto Networks, among others. More can be found about us here :
About the Greylock Recruiting team and me :
As full-time, salaried employees of Greylock, our team provides free candidate referrals / introductions to our active investments to help them grow / succeed (as one of the many services we provide). Our recruiting team, combined, has over 125 years of in-house recruiting experience at successful startups through FAANG’s and over 30 years of VC Talent.
How We Work :
I will contact anyone who looks like a potential match requesting to schedule a call with you immediately. Once contacted, I'll explain our VC Recruiting model, spend some time getting to know you better, and will discuss various startup opportunities within our portfolio with you as well.
