Beacon Talent
About the Company:
They are a pioneering “Generative Engine Optimization” (GEO) platform that helps brands get discovered and perform well on the next generation of search: AI-powered, generative search engines (like ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, plus emerging GenAI engines).
The company is based in San Francisco, was founded around 2024–2025, and has received seed funding (notably from Y Combinator as part of its Winter 2025 batch).
About the Role Our Client is looking for a Staff Backend Engineer to design and build the core platform capabilities that power leading companies like Greptile, Julius, Render, SoFi, and others. This person will play a critical role in translating complex business problems into elegant technical solutions—while driving measurable improvements across performance, automation, and user experience.
Mission
Build foundational backend and platform features that support enterprise-scale customers
Translate business needs into robust, scalable, and maintainable backend systems
Identify opportunities for intelligent automation and workflow optimization
Deliver backend architecture that anticipates user goals and enables new product capabilities
Key Outcomes
Improve system latency through architectural enhancements and performance tuning
Reduce user workload per week through automation, workflow efficiencies, and backend-driven intelligence
Consistently ship features that users didn’t know they needed—by deeply understanding their goals and uncovering more efficient paths to them
Core Competencies
Customer Empathy: Ability to understand user needs, motivations, and friction points, and build systems that meaningfully address them
Exceptional Problem-Solving: Strong analytical thinking, systems design, debugging, and optimization skills
High Agency: History of founding something, leading major initiatives, or building impactful side projects
Fast Learner: Thrives in ambiguous environments and can absorb new concepts, systems, and technologies quickly
Spiky Talent: Deep expertise in at least one area—backend systems, distributed systems, databases, infrastructure, etc.
Intelligence & Drive: Demonstrates ownership, craftsmanship, and a values-driven approach to engineering
Tech Stack Frontend
Next.js App Router
React 19
Motion
Tailwind + Radix primitives
Backend
Node.js
Temporal
Kubernetes
Postgres
OLAP systems
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The company is based in San Francisco, was founded around 2024–2025, and has received seed funding (notably from Y Combinator as part of its Winter 2025 batch).
About the Role Our Client is looking for a Staff Backend Engineer to design and build the core platform capabilities that power leading companies like Greptile, Julius, Render, SoFi, and others. This person will play a critical role in translating complex business problems into elegant technical solutions—while driving measurable improvements across performance, automation, and user experience.
Mission
Build foundational backend and platform features that support enterprise-scale customers
Translate business needs into robust, scalable, and maintainable backend systems
Identify opportunities for intelligent automation and workflow optimization
Deliver backend architecture that anticipates user goals and enables new product capabilities
Key Outcomes
Improve system latency through architectural enhancements and performance tuning
Reduce user workload per week through automation, workflow efficiencies, and backend-driven intelligence
Consistently ship features that users didn’t know they needed—by deeply understanding their goals and uncovering more efficient paths to them
Core Competencies
Customer Empathy: Ability to understand user needs, motivations, and friction points, and build systems that meaningfully address them
Exceptional Problem-Solving: Strong analytical thinking, systems design, debugging, and optimization skills
High Agency: History of founding something, leading major initiatives, or building impactful side projects
Fast Learner: Thrives in ambiguous environments and can absorb new concepts, systems, and technologies quickly
Spiky Talent: Deep expertise in at least one area—backend systems, distributed systems, databases, infrastructure, etc.
Intelligence & Drive: Demonstrates ownership, craftsmanship, and a values-driven approach to engineering
Tech Stack Frontend
Next.js App Router
React 19
Motion
Tailwind + Radix primitives
Backend
Node.js
Temporal
Kubernetes
Postgres
OLAP systems
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