Ideogram aims to make world-class design accessible to everyone by building proprietary generative media models and AI native creative workflows, tackling unsolved challenges in graphic design.
Requirements
- 3+ years developing and shipping large-scale backend systems with proven ability to manage complexity through thoughtful abstractions and scalable design
- Strong fundamentals in data structures, algorithms, and distributed systems
- Experience designing APIs and database schemas that are extensible, performant, and account for real-world read/write workloads
- Track record of writing well-instrumented, reliable code with appropriate metrics, monitoring, and proactive error handling
- OpenAPI & gRPC
- Kubernetes
- Redis & Memcached
Responsibilities
- build cutting-edge AI design experiences that delight millions of users
- Moving fast and shipping to production daily, alongside a strong, supportive team that values pragmatic engineering
- Tackling complex technical challenges collaboratively, from scaling distributed systems to enabling new generative media experiences
- Shaping our product roadmap and influencing technical direction, standards and team culture
- developing and shipping large-scale backend systems with proven ability to manage complexity through thoughtful abstractions and scalable design
- designing APIs and database schemas that are extensible, performant, and account for real-world read/write workloads
- writing well-instrumented, reliable code with appropriate metrics, monitoring, and proactive error handling
Other
- Ability to break down open-ended, technically complex problems into actionable solutions with clear milestones
- Experience scoping projects, identifying technical constraints, estimating timelines, and keeping teams on track
- Interested in raising the quality bar through mentorship and constructive code reviews
- Deep sense of ownership - proactively identifies opportunities, suggests improvements, and acts on them
- Thrives in fast-moving, ambiguous environments with a strong bias toward action
