Backend Software Engineer

About this role

• As a backend engineer at Rogo, you’ll be at the cutting edge of AI research and application development, playing a crucial role in creating a category-defining product and scaling it to massive enterprises
• Architect REST and gRPC APIs that are backed by stable, scalable server side implementations and asynchronous code
• Design and build large-scale infrastructure to power crawling, ranking, and retrieval systems
• Ship secure and compliant code: implement security concepts to develop software dealing with sensitive data
• Write robust code that’s easy to read, maintain and test
• Raise the bar for code quality, reliability and product velocity. Collaboratively, you’ll push yourself and peers to develop technically and interpersonally- 4+ years of experience building and scaling distributed systems
• Track record of shipping high-quality products
• Strong programming skills and general Computer Science knowledge
• Experience with a strongly typed language (e.g., Rust, C++, or Java)
• Bachelors in Computer Science or related degree
• You love writing highly performant and readable code that is well-tested
• You thrive in fast-paced environments. You are high-intensity and care a lot about what you do, and you’re ecstatic to work at a startup
• You are an owner. You are autonomous, self-directed, and comfortable working with ambiguity
• You are ambitious. You have fun solving problems that others think are impossible
• You are collaborative, organized, thoughtful, and kind
• You are curious. You find joy in learning about AI, technology, and finance
• Experience with an interface definition language like protocol buffers and gRPC
• Experience with Map Reduce or other massively distributed parallel computation frameworks
• Early engineer at a hyper-growth startup
• Experience in world-class product organizations (e.g., Notion, Figma)