Software Engineer, Backend
Gamma·San Francisco·Posted 21 May 2026
About the role
ABOUT THE ROLE You'll build and scale the backend systems that power millions users creating content every day on Gamma. This role is about solving real distributed systems challenges at scale while maintaining the performance and reliability users expect from a modern AI-powered product. You'll work across the full stack, shipping features that directly impact how people create and share their ideas. While this role is backend focused, you'll work across the entire product with our frontend, product, and design teams. Our full TypeScript stack is built on modern technologies including React, Node.js, PostgreSQL, Redis, and cutting-edge AI models. Our team has a strong in-office culture and works in person 4–5 days per week in San Francisco. We love working together to stay creative and connected, with flexibility to work from home when focus matters most. WHAT YOU'LL DO - Scale backend systems to hundreds of millions of users while maintaining high performance and availability - Build and optimize APIs that power real-time collaborative editing and AI content generation - Design and implement distributed systems that handle massive scale with reliability - Ship…
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