The Team
The Growth and Data team at Hebbia is the engine that fuels the entire AI platform with the data it needs to reason and retrieve. We’re responsible for sourcing, indexing, and enriching content from every corner of the knowledge universe — spanning private enterprise data, public data, and third-party platforms — and delivering it seamlessly to power user workflows and agentic research.
We build robust integrations with platforms like Snowflake, S3, SharePoint, Dropbox, and beyond, enabling organizations to securely unify their data ecosystems. From discovery and search to retrieval-augmented deep research within chat matrix frameworks, the data we deliver quite literally powers every part of the AI platform.
The Role
As a Backend Software Engineer on Hebbia’s Growth and Data team, you will build and maintain the powerful backend systems that drive user engagement and fuel Hebbia's continued expansion. Your role involves architecting and implementing robust APIs, services, and infrastructure that empower customers with tailored, high-value experiences—such as personalized data views, streamlined management tools, and powerful integrations that uniquely amplify the value of Hebbia. Collaborating closely with product teams, designers, and frontend engineers, you’ll take ownership of core backend features from initial design through deployment, ensuring scalability, reliability, and performance. Your technical expertise, strategic thinking, and proactive problem-solving will directly impact customer success, unlocking innovative solutions that accelerate adoption and growth of Hebbia’s platform.
Responsibilities
- Own critical system components: Take complex requirements and turn them into robust, scaled solutions that solve real customer needs.
- Unlock O(1) universal indexing: Build and iterate on our high-scale document build system that enables constant time latency for indexing any content in the world, regardless of data volume.
- Drive performance optimization: Architect and implement performance-tuning solutions to ensure our systems operate efficiently at scale, minimizing latency and maximizing throughput across millions of documents.
- Mentor and guide: Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and guidance to junior engineers, fostering a culture of learning and growth.
Who You Are
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Statistics, or a related field. A strong academic background with coursework in data structures, algorithms, and software development is preferred.
- 5+ years software development experience at a venture-backed startup or top technology firm, with a focus on backend software engineering.
- Proficiency in backend/API systems using technologies such as Python, Java, or Go.
- Extensive experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS)
- Experience with: Kafka, ElasticSearch, PostgreSQL, and/or Redis
- Analytical and communicational skills to explain technical concepts to stakeholders.
- Proven leadership and collaboration with cross-functional teams; strong interpersonal and communication skills.
- Continuous learning mindset and passion for exploring new technologies.
- Autonomy and ownership over major initiatives
- Experience building agentic systems or LLM-enabled products
- Frequent user of AI products , especially during development (e.g., Cursor, Claude Code)
Compensation
The salary range for this role is $160,000 to $300,000, covering levels from junior to principal. Final leveling is determined through our assessment process, and exceptions to this range may be made for candidates with qualifications that fall outside our standard framework.
PTO: Unlimited
Insurance: Medical + Dental + Vision + 401K
Eats: Catered lunch daily + doordash dinner credit if you ever need to stay late
Parental leave policy: 3 months non-birthing parent, 4 months for birthing parent
Fertility benefits: $15k lifetime benefit
New hire equity grant: competitive equity package with unmatched upside potential
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