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Software Engineer, Backend

KREA · San Francisco

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At a glance

Highlights

  • Own backend systems end-to-end, from design through running in production.
  • Build durable execution for long-running multi-step AI inference workflows.
  • Design public API and enterprise features like ACLs and audit logs.

What they offer

  • Generous salary and equity packages
  • 100% health and 99% dental/vision premiums covered plus FSA and long-term disability
  • Flexible PTO policy
  • 401(k) with 4% company match
  • Breakfast, lunch and dinner in the office
  • Ubers covered to and from the office

Ideal candidate

First-principles backend engineer with 4-8 years owning production systems end-to-end who thrives across unfamiliar code, communicates clearly, and cares about empowering creativity with controllable AI tools.

Requirements

  • Owned real production systems end-to-end including design, monitoring, metrics and incidents
  • Ideally 4-8 years of experience with scope and judgment
  • Comfortable across the stack and unfazed by unfamiliar code with opinions on scalable architecture
  • Writes and communicates clearly and works without heavy PM support
  • First-principles engineering mindset over specific languages or tools
remote policy
Full-time in-person in San Francisco office
visa sponsorship
Open to sponsoring international visas where possible (STEM OPT, OPT, H-1B, O-1, E-3)

Lab profile

About KREA

Building intuitive, controllable AI creative tools that empower human creativity across image, video, and 3D.

What they build

  • Next-generation AI creative tools

Known for

  • Image / video diffusion
  • Model post-training
  • Personalization & recommendation systems
  • Supercomputing & distributed systems
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