Backend Engineer, Coactive

SQL

$180-200k

+ Equity

SQL
MongoDB
Python
Java
Elasticsearch
Go
Postgres
Senior and Expert level
San Francisco Bay Area

3 days a week in office (San Jose, CA)

Coactive

Visual data analytics platform

Open for applications

Coactive

Visual data analytics platform

21-100 employees

B2BBig dataAnalyticsSaaS

Open for applications

$180-200k

+ Equity

SQL
MongoDB
Python
Java
Elasticsearch
Go
Postgres
Senior and Expert level
San Francisco Bay Area

3 days a week in office (San Jose, CA)

21-100 employees

B2BBig dataAnalyticsSaaS

Company mission

To empower data practitioners and data-driven teams to unlock insights in unstructured image and video data.

Role

Who you are

  • A proven track record with 8+ years of professional experience in web development, microservices architecture and SQL development
  • Deep knowledge of database internals, query planning and optimizations
  • Proficiency in design of algorithms, data structures, design patterns and deploying scalable microservices
  • Experience with one or more general purpose programming languages including but not limited to Python, Go or Java (we use Python)
  • Experience working with NoSQL databases including but not limited to MongoDB, ElasticSearch, etc and relational databases like Postgres, etc
  • Strong data ingestion fundamentals and meaningful contribution in the area of streaming pipelines and handling high volumes of data
  • Strong testing ethos and knowledge of best practices, including code quality, accessibility, performance, and security

Desirable

  • Exposure to big data frameworks like Spark, Kafka, etc

What the job involves

  • We are seeking a Backend Engineer to build highly reliable full-stack applications using foundational AI models
  • Your role will involve designing and developing services to advance data pipelines for video, audio, and image data
  • You will architect intricate data models for optimal storage and retrieval, supporting high throughput and low latency queries
  • You will work with both structured and unstructured data sources, building performant functionality on top of them
  • Collaboration across departments, with engineers, product, and research teams, will be key to solving complex, high-scale problems
  • Additionally, you will gain exposure to AI/ML and all parts of the codebase through team discussions
  • Your expertise will shape our engineering best practices and contribute to our company culture as we grow
  • We look for candidates with extensive experience in web development, microservices architecture, and SQL development, along with deep knowledge of database internals and query optimization
  • Proficiency in programming languages like Python, Go, or Java is essential
  • Experience with NoSQL and relational databases, strong data ingestion fundamentals, and a robust testing ethos are also required
  • Build highly reliable full stack applications that use foundational AI models
  • Design and develop services that advances data pipelines ingesting video, audio and image date
  • Design and architect intricate data models for optimal storage and retrieval to support high throughput, low latency queries
  • Work with both structured and unstructured data sources and build performant functionality on top of them
  • Collaborate across departments, engineers, product and research teams to solve complicated high scale problems
  • Gain exposure to AI/ML and all parts of the codebase through collaborative team discussions
  • Shape engineering best practices and company culture as we grow

Our take

CoactiveAI is on a mission to help humans and machines work together by empowering data practitioners and data-driven teams to unlock insights in unstructured image and video data.

The company is ahead of the curve with its focus on visual data, which is becoming increasingly part of everyday life, now occupying well over 75% of all Internet traffic. CoactiveAI makes this data useful by bringing it into the world of Structured Query Language (SQL), providing information from visual data that can inform business decisions.

Though only founded in 2021, CoactiveAI's founding team has experience working with the first generation of modern machine learning systems at Google, Facebook, Pinterest and eBay. The company has secured impressive funds to expand operations, development efforts, and business reach.

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Insights

Top investors

Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks

Company

Funding (2 rounds)

May 2024

$30m

SERIES B

Mar 2023

$10.4m

SERIES A

Total funding: $40.4m

Company benefits

  • 100% medical, dental & vision coverage for you
  • Medical, dental & vision partially covered for your dependents
  • 401K
  • Unlimited PTO
  • An allowance to set up workstations however you want
  • A supportive environment with opportunity for growth
  • Social events ranging from happy hours and hiking to board game nights and games of Mario Kart

Company values

  • Engage together - We act as one team, always staying humble and grateful. There are no bystanders in our ranks
  • Act with purpose - We move boldly and deliberately, while maintaining pragmatism with empathy
  • Lead with transparency - We always have the hard conversations upfront, and our opinions come backed with evidence

Company HQ

Horace Mann, San Jose, CA

Leadership

Cody Coleman

(CEO)

Previously served as a Founding Member for MLCommons, Founding Partner for MLPerf, and as an Intern for Facebook.

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