Backend Engineer

About the Company

Hebbia is an AI platform for investors and bankers that generates alpha and drives upside. Backed by Peter Thiel and Andreessen Horowitz, Hebbia powers investment decisions for major global asset managers like BlackRock and KKR.

Responsibilities

• Own critical system components by turning complex requirements into robust, scaled solutions
• Build and iterate on a high-scale document build system for universal indexing
• Architect and implement performance-tuning solutions to minimize latency and maximize throughput
• Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and guidance to junior engineers

Requirements

• 5+ years of software development experience at a venture-backed startup or top technology firm
• Proficiency in Python, Java, or Go
• Extensive experience with cloud platforms such as AWS
• Working experience with Kafka, ElasticSearch, PostgreSQL, and/or Redis
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Statistics, or a related field
• Proven experience leading software development projects and collaborating with cross-functional teams

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building agentic systems or LLM enabled products
• Frequent user of AI products like Cursor or Claude Code

Benefits

• Unlimited PTO
• Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance
• 401K
• Catered lunch daily and DoorDash dinner credit
• Parental leave: 3 months non-birthing, 4 months birthing
• $15k lifetime fertility benefit
• Competitive equity package