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Backend Engineer

Happenstance · San Francisco, CA, US · On-site

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About Happenstance

AI-powered network search for sales, recruiting, finding a job, fundraising, and more. Find warm intros, discover mutual connections, and research people across LinkedIn, Gmail, Twitter, and other networks. Backed by Y Combinator.

About the role

Build the reliable systems behind our search and agent infrastructure. Own foundational architecture, remove bottlenecks, and help us scale with confidence.

What they're looking for

  • Building core data indexing and ingestion pipelines for new data sources
  • Owning infrastructure as code with Terraform or OpenTofu and workflow orchestration with tools like Hatchet or Temporal
  • Giving AI agents safe, autonomous access to AWS, GitHub, orchestration, and other backend systems through least-privilege controls and clear, auditable boundaries
  • Identifying performance optimizations and scaling bottlenecks proactively
  • Building integrations with third-party services
More about this role

Build the reliable systems behind our search and agent infrastructure. Own foundational architecture, remove bottlenecks, and help us scale with confidence.

  • Building core data indexing and ingestion pipelines for new data sources
  • Owning infrastructure as code with Terraform or OpenTofu and workflow orchestration with tools like Hatchet or Temporal
  • Giving AI agents safe, autonomous access to AWS, GitHub, orchestration, and other backend systems through least-privilege controls and clear, auditable boundaries
  • Identifying performance optimizations and scaling bottlenecks proactively
  • Building integrations with third-party services

Read the full posting on Happenstance's site ↗

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