Sr Backend Engineer
at Smore Labs
Location: Remote
Employment Type: full_time
Job Description
<p style="background:none 0% 0% / auto repeat scroll padding-box border-box rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);border-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);border-image:none 100% / 1 / 0 stretch;border-style:none;border-width:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);font-family:-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:400;line-height:1.5;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background:none 0% 0% / auto repeat scroll padding-box border-box rgb(255, 255, 255);border-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);border-image:none 100% / 1 / 0 stretch;border-style:none;border-width:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);font-family:-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;outline:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9) none 0px;padding:0px;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">Smore Labs is a recently funded, VC-backed stealth startup building a UGC platform where kids play with AI to create, learn, and share with their friends. We’re seeking a Senior Backend Engineer with experience powering large-scale game services, collaborating with external partners, and a passion for breaking new ground with AI. This role is foundational to our identity, data, services, and AI platform designed to serve millions of families.</span></p><p style="background:none 0% 0% / auto repeat scroll padding-box border-box rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);border-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);border-image:none 100% / 1 / 0 stretch;border-style:none;border-width:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);font-family:-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:400;line-height:1.5;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;"> </p><p style="background:none 0% 0% / auto repeat scroll padding-box border-box rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);border-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);border-image:none 100% / 1 / 0 stretch;border-style:none;border-width:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);font-family:-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:400;line-height:1.5;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background:none 0% 0% / auto repeat scroll padding-box border-box rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);border-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);border-image:none 100% / 1 / 0 stretch;border-style:none;border-width:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);font-family:-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;outline:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9) none 0px;padding:0px;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;"><strong style="background:none 0% 0% / auto repeat scroll padding-box border-box rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);border-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);border-image:none 100% / 1 / 0 stretch;border-style:none;border-width:0px;box-sizing:inherit;font-family:-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;margin:0px;outline:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9) none 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;">Responsibilities:</strong></span></p><ul style="background:none 0% 0% / auto repeat scroll padding-box border-box rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);border-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);border-image:none 100% / 1 / 0 stretch;border-style:none;border-width:0px;box-sizing:inherit;font-family:-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;list-style-type:disc;margin:0px 0px 0px 1.6rem;padding:0px 0px 0px 18px;vertical-align:baseline;"><li style="background:none 0% 0% / auto repeat scroll padding-box border-box rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);border-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);border-image:none 100% / 1 / 0 stretch;border-style:none;border-width:0px;box-sizing:inherit;font-family:-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;margin:0px 0px 0px 1.6rem;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background:none 0% 0% / auto repeat scroll padding-box border-box rgb(255, 255, 255);border-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);border-image:none 100% / 1 / 0 stretch;border-style:none;border-width:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);font-family:-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;outline:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9) none 0px;padding:0px;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">Design and own core backend services for identity (parent/child roles), profiles, content/UGC pipelines, subscriptions & entitlements, catalog/search, and telemetry</span></li><li style="background:none 0% 0% / auto repeat scroll padding-box border-box rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);border-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);border-image:none 100% / 1 / 0 stretch;border-style:none;border-width:0px;box-sizing:inherit;font-family:-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;margin:0px 0px 0px 1.6rem;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background:none 0% 0% / auto repeat scroll padding-box border-box rgb(255, 255, 255);border-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);border-image:none 100% / 1 / 0 stretch;border-style:none;border-width:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);font-family:-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;outline:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9) none 0px;padding:0px;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">Integrate AI capabilities across voice, image, and conversation engines with clear SLAs and fallback</span></li><li style="background:none 0% 0% / auto repeat scroll padding-box border-box rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);border-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);border-image:none 100% / 1 / 0 stretch;border-style:none;border-width:0px;box-sizing:inherit;font-family:-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;margin:0px 0px 0px 1.6rem;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background:none 0% 0% / auto repeat scroll padding-box border-box rgb(255, 255, 255);border-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);border-image:none 100% / 1 / 0 stretch;border-style:none;border-width:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);font-family:-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;outline:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9) none 0px;padding:0px;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">Evaluate build vs. buy and integrate partner APIs/managed services (payments, auth, storage/CDN, analytics) to accelerate delivery while maintaining a strong security posture</span></li><li style="background:none 0% 0% / auto repeat scroll padding-box border-box rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);border-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);border-image:none 100% / 1 / 0 stretch;border-style:none;border-width:0px;box-sizing:inherit;font-family:-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;margin:0px 0px 0px 1.6rem;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background:none 0% 0% / auto repeat scroll padding-box border-box rgb(255, 255, 255);border-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);border-image:none 100% / 1 / 0 stretch;border-style:none;border-width:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);font-family:-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;outline:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9) none 0px;padding:0px;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">Bake in safety, privacy, and compliance for child audiences</span></li><li style="background:none 0% 0% / auto repeat scroll padding-box border-box rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);border-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);border-image:none 100% / 1 / 0 stretch;border-style:none;border-width:0px;box-sizing:inherit;font-family:-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;margin:0px 0px 0px 1.6rem;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background:none 0% 0% / auto repeat scroll padding-box border-box rgb(255, 255, 255);border-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);border-image:none 100% / 1 / 0 stretch;border-style:none;border-width:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);font-family:-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;outline:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9) none 0px;padding:0px;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">Ship with reliability: CI/CD, observability, low latency, cost governance, incident response, and clear SLOs for backend and AI paths.</span></li></ul><p style="background:none 0% 0% / auto repeat scroll padding-box border-box rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);border-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);border-image:none 100% / 1 / 0 stretch;border-style:none;border-width:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);font-family:-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:400;line-height:1.5;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;"><br> </p><p style="background:none 0% 0% / auto repeat scroll padding-box border-box rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);border-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);border-image:none 100% / 1 / 0 stretch;border-style:none;border-width:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);font-family:-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:400;line-height:1.5;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background:none 0% 0% / auto repeat scroll padding-box border-box rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);border-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);border-image:none 100% / 1 / 0 stretch;border-style:none;border-width:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);font-family:-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;outline:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9) none 0px;padding:0px;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;"><strong style="background:none 0% 0% / auto repeat scroll padding-box border-box rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);border-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);border-image:none 100% / 1 / 0 stretch;border-style:none;border-width:0px;box-sizing:inherit;font-family:-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;margin:0px;outline:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9) none 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;">Essential Skills and Experience:</strong></span></p><ul style="background:none 0% 0% / auto repeat scroll padding-box border-box rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);border-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);border-image:none 100% / 1 / 0 stretch;border-style:none;border-width:0px;box-sizing:inherit;font-family:-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;list-style-type:disc;margin:0px 0px 0px 1.6rem;padding:0px 0px 0px 18px;vertical-align:baseline;"><li style="background:none 0% 0% / auto repeat scroll padding-box border-box rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);border-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);border-image:none 100% / 1 / 0 stretch;border-style:none;border-width:0px;box-sizing:inherit;font-family:-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;margin:0px 0px 0px 1.6rem;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background:none 0% 0% / auto repeat scroll padding-box border-box rgb(255, 255, 255);border-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);border-image:none 100% / 1 / 0 stretch;border-style:none;border-width:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);font-family:-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;outline:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9) none 0px;padding:0px;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">5+ years building distributed backends at scale (one or more of Go, Python, C#, or Node) including 3+ years professional experience working on backends for games, AI, or social platforms</span></li><li style="background:none 0% 0% / auto repeat scroll padding-box border-box rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);border-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);border-image:none 100% / 1 / 0 stretch;border-style:none;border-width:0px;box-sizing:inherit;font-family:-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;margin:0px 0px 0px 1.6rem;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background:none 0% 0% / auto repeat scroll padding-box border-box rgb(255, 255, 255);border-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);border-image:none 100% / 1 / 0 stretch;border-style:none;border-width:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);font-family:-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;outline:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9) none 0px;padding:0px;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">Experience integrating third-party/partner systems (storefronts, payments, identity, analytics) and defining robust contracts and SLAs.</span></li><li style="background:none 0% 0% / auto repeat scroll padding-box border-box rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);border-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);border-image:none 100% / 1 / 0 stretch;border-style:none;border-width:0px;box-sizing:inherit;font-family:-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;margin:0px 0px 0px 1.6rem;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background:none 0% 0% / auto repeat scroll padding-box border-box rgb(255, 255, 255);border-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);border-image:none 100% / 1 / 0 stretch;border-style:none;border-width:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);font-family:-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;outline:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9) none 0px;padding:0px;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">Proven ownership of high-throughput services in production (autoscaling, rate-limiting, queues, idempotency, retries, etc. . )</span></li><li style="background:none 0% 0% / auto repeat scroll padding-box border-box rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);border-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);border-image:none 100% / 1 / 0 stretch;border-style:none;border-width:0px;box-sizing:inherit;font-family:-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;margin:0px 0px 0px 1.6rem;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background:none 0% 0% / auto repeat scroll padding-box border-box rgb(255, 255, 255);border-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);border-image:none 100% / 1 / 0 stretch;border-style:none;border-width:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);font-family:-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;outline:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9) none 0px;padding:0px;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">Working knowledge of privacy requirements (COPPA; GDPR-K/parental consent) and how they impact backend design</span></li><li style="background:none 0% 0% / auto repeat scroll padding-box border-box rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);border-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);border-image:none 100% / 1 / 0 stretch;border-style:none;border-width:0px;box-sizing:inherit;font-family:-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;margin:0px 0px 0px 1.6rem;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background:none 0% 0% / auto repeat scroll padding-box border-box rgb(255, 255, 255);border-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);border-image:none 100% / 1 / 0 stretch;border-style:none;border-width:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);font-family:-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;outline:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9) none 0px;padding:0px;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">Bonus: AI infrastructure exposure (model routing, caching, asynchronous generation workflows, safe-output checks)</span></li></ul><p style="background:none 0% 0% / auto repeat scroll padding-box border-box rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);border-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);border-image:none 100% / 1 / 0 stretch;border-style:none;border-width:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);font-family:-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:400;line-height:1.5;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;"><br> </p><p style="background:none 0% 0% / auto repeat scroll padding-box border-box rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);border-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);border-image:none 100% / 1 / 0 stretch;border-style:none;border-width:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);font-family:-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:400;line-height:1.5;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background:none 0% 0% / auto repeat scroll padding-box border-box rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);border-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);border-image:none 100% / 1 / 0 stretch;border-style:none;border-width:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);font-family:-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;outline:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9) none 0px;padding:0px;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;"><strong style="background:none 0% 0% / auto repeat scroll padding-box border-box rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);border-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);border-image:none 100% / 1 / 0 stretch;border-style:none;border-width:0px;box-sizing:inherit;font-family:-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;margin:0px;outline:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9) none 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;">The salary range is $133K to $196K</strong></span></p><p style="background:none 0% 0% / auto repeat scroll padding-box border-box rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);border-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);border-image:none 100% / 1 / 0 stretch;border-style:none;border-width:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);font-family:-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:400;line-height:1.5;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background:none 0% 0% / auto repeat scroll padding-box border-box rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);border-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);border-image:none 100% / 1 / 0 stretch;border-style:none;border-width:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);font-family:-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;outline:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9) none 0px;padding:0px;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;"><strong style="background:none 0% 0% / auto repeat scroll padding-box border-box rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);border-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);border-image:none 100% / 1 / 0 stretch;border-style:none;border-width:0px;box-sizing:inherit;font-family:-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;margin:0px;outline:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9) none 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;">Candidates must be authorized to work and accept new employment in the U.S.</strong></span></p><p style="background:none 0% 0% / auto repeat scroll padding-box border-box rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);border-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);border-image:none 100% / 1 / 0 stretch;border-style:none;border-width:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);font-family:-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:400;line-height:1.5;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background:none 0% 0% / auto repeat scroll padding-box border-box rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);border-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);border-image:none 100% / 1 / 0 stretch;border-style:none;border-width:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);font-family:-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;outline:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9) none 0px;padding:0px;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;"><strong style="background:none 0% 0% / auto repeat scroll padding-box border-box rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);border-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);border-image:none 100% / 1 / 0 stretch;border-style:none;border-width:0px;box-sizing:inherit;font-family:-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;margin:0px;outline:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9) none 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;">Smore Labs is an Equal Opportunity Employer and ADA compliant.</strong></span></p>