# Backend Engineer at Dart

- Company: Dart (YC W22)
- What the company does: The work and agent management platform. Backed by Y Combinator.
- Company website: https://www.dartai.com
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: San Francisco, CA, US / Remote (San Francisco, CA, US)
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $40K to $100K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2025-04-19
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/dart/jobs/fY0s284-backend-engineer
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/dart-backend-engineer/

## About the role

Take initiative, move quickly, and learn fast —especially from real usage and live data

## What they're looking for

- Build and scale LLM-powered systems that support agents, AI-assisted planning, chat with tasks/docs, and more
- Use LLMs and other AI tools in your development workflow to ship faster and with higher quality
- Design and maintain robust APIs and backend services using Python + Django
- Optimize data models and queries across a PostgreSQL + Redis foundation
- Work flexibly and autonomously across a wide range of product and technical challenges
- Improve existing systems and architect new ones as Dart’s capabilities grow

Tags: Engineering