KKN, Inc Defunct
General Backend Engineer (Volunteer)
KKN, Inc Defunct, San Francisco, California, United States, 94199
Commitment:
10-15 hrs a week About the Role We’re seeking a Generalist Backend Engineer to help build the technical foundation of Kōkūn’s platform. You’ll work across our stack to connect data, intelligence, and community—developing backend systems that power personalized, evidence-based insights for people with invisible conditions. This is a hands-on role for someone who enjoys solving problems end-to-end. You’ll collaborate with a small, cross-functional team to design APIs, optimize data pipelines, and shape early AI-powered features. It’s an opportunity to contribute to technology that blends rigor with empathy—turning lived experience into knowledge that drives better care and understanding. What You’ll Do Contribute to our FastAPI backend running on Railway Help manage and optimize our Supabase Postgres Support integrations with the OpenAI API, and eventually LangChain / LangGraph workflows Implement, test, and monitor RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) components Maintain and evolve the production cloud environment, including deployments, performance monitoring, and environment variables Collaborate with our React Native frontend team to ensure smooth data flow Improve observability and performance (logging, error tracking, LLM latency, etc.) Participate in GitHub-based CI/CD Occasionally help explore integrations like Discourse (for community features) What We’re Looking For Proficiency in Python Experience with SQL / Postgres, and ideally Supabase Familiarity with LLM / RAG architectures, vector stores, or LangChain Comfort with cloud-hosted environments Working knowledge of RESTful APIs, authentication, and deployment workflows Comfortable navigating front-end interfaces (React/React Native) at a high level Strong problem-solving ability; thrives with autonomy and limited oversight Bonus: experience with community platforms (e.g. Discourse)Curiosity about AI, data, and social impact tech Collaborative and eager to contribute in an early-stage, mission-driven environment What You’ll Gain Real-world experience developing and deploying production systems in a modern cloud environment Hands-on exposure to AI-powered architectures, including vector databases, RAG pipelines, and LangChain workflows A growing portfolio of backend projects demonstrating technical depth, creativity, and impact Mentorship, portfolio credit, and the satisfaction of using your engineering skills to help make invisible conditions visible
10-15 hrs a week About the Role We’re seeking a Generalist Backend Engineer to help build the technical foundation of Kōkūn’s platform. You’ll work across our stack to connect data, intelligence, and community—developing backend systems that power personalized, evidence-based insights for people with invisible conditions. This is a hands-on role for someone who enjoys solving problems end-to-end. You’ll collaborate with a small, cross-functional team to design APIs, optimize data pipelines, and shape early AI-powered features. It’s an opportunity to contribute to technology that blends rigor with empathy—turning lived experience into knowledge that drives better care and understanding. What You’ll Do Contribute to our FastAPI backend running on Railway Help manage and optimize our Supabase Postgres Support integrations with the OpenAI API, and eventually LangChain / LangGraph workflows Implement, test, and monitor RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) components Maintain and evolve the production cloud environment, including deployments, performance monitoring, and environment variables Collaborate with our React Native frontend team to ensure smooth data flow Improve observability and performance (logging, error tracking, LLM latency, etc.) Participate in GitHub-based CI/CD Occasionally help explore integrations like Discourse (for community features) What We’re Looking For Proficiency in Python Experience with SQL / Postgres, and ideally Supabase Familiarity with LLM / RAG architectures, vector stores, or LangChain Comfort with cloud-hosted environments Working knowledge of RESTful APIs, authentication, and deployment workflows Comfortable navigating front-end interfaces (React/React Native) at a high level Strong problem-solving ability; thrives with autonomy and limited oversight Bonus: experience with community platforms (e.g. Discourse)Curiosity about AI, data, and social impact tech Collaborative and eager to contribute in an early-stage, mission-driven environment What You’ll Gain Real-world experience developing and deploying production systems in a modern cloud environment Hands-on exposure to AI-powered architectures, including vector databases, RAG pipelines, and LangChain workflows A growing portfolio of backend projects demonstrating technical depth, creativity, and impact Mentorship, portfolio credit, and the satisfaction of using your engineering skills to help make invisible conditions visible