Backend Product Engineer at Tolan
Tolan is hiring a Backend Product Engineer in San Francisco, CA, US. On-site. Pay: USD 200k-300k/yr.
About Tolan
Tolan is a company that makes a mobile app featuring an AI companion, an alien character, that supports people in their everyday lives, including helping them through emotionally difficult experiences and improving relationships.
Backend Product Engineer job description
Tolan is building personal AI that helps people think, reflect, and take action in their real lives.
We're an experienced team that previously founded Even, acquired for $300M in 2022. Tolan is backed by the designers and founders behind Instagram, Retro, Behance, Vimeo, and Notion.
The Role
We're hiring a Backend Product Engineer to build and maintain the systems that make Tolan possible: a mix of backend distributed systems and LLM engineering. Our stack is built primarily with Node.js (TypeScript), Python, PostgreSQL, and Redis.
What You'll Do
Build and maintain the distributed backend systems that power Tolan's core product experience.
Contribute to LLM engineering work that brings Tolan's AI capabilities to life.
Work cross-functionally with our frontend, design, and applied AI teams.
Who We're Looking For
Relevant experience. You have at least 4 years of backend engineering experience and can hit the ground running.
TypeScript or Python expert. You use deep language expertise to rapidly prototype and iterate on user-facing features.
Systems thinker. You apply systems thinking to ensure great user experience..
Scale-tested. You've built low-latency systems that real users depend on at scale.
Small team operator. You do your best work with high ownership and minimal layers.
AI-native. You've deeply integrated AI into how you work and build.
Bias to ship. You love to ship quickly and make contact with reality as often as possible.
Compensation: $200,000-300,000 base salary + equity + benefits
