Continua is looking for a Systems Software Engineer to help improve the quality of their AI agent experience and scale to the next level.
Requirements
- 4+ years of infra / backend engineering experience.
- Good understanding of database technologies, like SQL, Postgres, etc.
- Comfortable working across the stack, from frontend to backend systems and data pipelines.
- Familiarity with cloud architecture and deploying to cloud, particularly Google Cloud Platform (GCP) or Terraform
- Experience integrating or deploying AI/ML models into user-facing products.
- Background in real-time or conversational applications.
- Prior experience in high-growth startups or developing products from 0 to 1.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and scale backend services and APIs using Python (and preferably Go) to power our AI agent platform.
- Partner with ML engineers to integrate large language models (LLMs) into production systems.
- Own feature development from ideation to launch: gather requirements, implement, test, and iterate.
- Improve system reliability and scalability by enhancing testing, removing performance bottlenecks, and refining infrastructure.
- Collaborate closely across disciplines, including with our CEO, product manager, and designer, to translate product goals into technical solutions.
- Participate in on-call rotations and production maintenance to ensure a great user experience.
Other
- This is a hybrid position in New York, NY. We are onsite 3+ days per week.
- You balance technical depth with product intuition, building reliable, user-focused applications that scale.
- You’re comfortable moving quickly in a startup environment, collaborating across disciplines, and owning features from concept through deployment.
- You thrive in ambiguity, enjoy working with emerging AI technologies, and are based in New York City for a hybrid schedule.
- Able to work independently and handle ambiguity in a fast-paced startup environment.
