Software Engineer, Backend

Gamma
San Francisco
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 180,000 - 310,000 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 3+ yearsSkills: ["Curiosity","Collaboration","Problem-solving"]

Build and scale backend systems powering millions of content creators on Gamma. Tackle distributed systems at scale, ensure high performance and reliability, and ship features across the full stack with frontend, product, and design teams. Work with a TypeScript stack (React, Node.js, PostgreSQL, Redis) and collaborate in a data-driven, AI-powered product environment from San Francisco.

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Gamma
Gamma
4 months ago

Software Engineer, Backend

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Job Summary

Build and scale backend systems powering millions of content creators on Gamma. Tackle distributed systems at scale, ensure high performance and reliability, and ship features across the full stack with frontend, product, and design teams. Work with a TypeScript stack (React, Node.js, PostgreSQL, Redis) and collaborate in a data-driven, AI-powered product environment from San Francisco.
Location: San Francisco
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering

Key Responsibilities

  • •Scale backend systems to hundreds of millions of users while maintaining high performance and availability
  • •Build and optimize APIs that power real-time collaborative editing and AI content generation
  • •Design and implement distributed systems that handle massive scale with reliability
  • •Ship features across the full stack, working closely with frontend engineers to deliver polished experiences
  • •Architect solutions for complex technical challenges in areas like data consistency, caching, and query optimization

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 180,000 - 310,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity

Key Requirements

  • •3+ years building production backend systems with strong fundamentals in distributed systems, databases, and API design
  • •Deep proficiency in TypeScript/Node.js or similar backend languages, with eagerness to work in our TypeScript stack
  • •Experience scaling systems to handle millions of users and high throughput workloads
  • •Strong understanding of PostgreSQL, Redis, or similar database technologies
  • •Prior experience working with websockets, streaming, or scaling inference workloads (Nice to have)
Experience:3+ yearsAI-powered productDistributed systemsScalable backend
Skills:CuriosityCollaborationProblem-solving
Languages:English
Tech Stack:TypeScriptNode.jsReactPostgreSQLRedisWebSocketsAPIsDistributed systemsScaling

Company Brief

Gamma
Gamma (gamma.app) is an AI-powered visual storytelling platform that generates presentations, websites, documents, and social content from text or briefs — combining AI design agents, smart layouts, and collaboration tools for fast, polished outputs.
Industry: SaaS
Company Size: Medium (51 to 250 employees)
Revenue: USD 100M to 250M
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Series B
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2020
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