Backend Engineer

We're building the \"Terraform for operators\"an AI-generated schema layer driving a white-labeled data warehouse that lets physical-goods companies evolve their systems of record as fast as their business operations change.

Think AI foundation models driving schema migrations, real-time observability across ops/finance data, complex git versioning of schema and data changes, and workflows you compose like infrastructure code.

The core EAV data model & schema-as-code platform that powers every customer's instance, balancing extreme flexibility with transactional integrity.

A Git-style version-control + migration engine capable of rolling forward/back complex schema and data changes on live production tenants in enterprise settings.

AI-assisted tooling that uses foundation models to propose, validate, and apply new customer schemas and workflow definitions.

Scaling our white-labeled data warehouse (BigQuery/Snowflake-like) for high-volume, low-latency analytics and automation workloads.

Terraform-like declarative APIs & SDKs so ops teams can treat business processes as code while you ensure security, tenancy, and performance.

Delivering end-to-end observability & search across supply-chain, finance, and ops datasurfacing business logic in plain language through AI-native search.

Building enterprise guard rails into a composable system to proactively detect anomalous behavior or risky emergent patterns.

Mentoring and shaping engineering culture, partnering with product and design to turn unsexy back-office pain into elegant, resilient systems loved by operators.

Expertise building large scale ETL on databases like Postgres, Elasticsearch, DuckDB, Memgraph (Graph DB), etc.

Using cloud services to build + deploy reliable web applications.

Working in abstractions to build complex graph-based architectures that scale.

Communicating clearly, asking thoughtful questions, and collaborating effectively with both technical and non-technical teammates.

Taking ownership of problems, and pushing work forward without needing constant direction.

Making sound technical decisions, understanding tradeoffs, and contributing meaningfully to complex discussions.

Breaking down ambiguous problems, investigating root causes, designing practical solutions, and driving them through execution.

Team player: you bring positivity, openness, and curiosity to the team every day.

Growth mindset: everything is an opportunity to learn and improve yourself, the team, and the company.

Craftsmanship: you care about making something of quality.

Pragmatic: you make the right decision based on circumstance, not theory.

Low ego: you work best in collaborative environments where everyone supports the team.

Premium comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance.

Unlimited PTO and mandatory US Holidays.

401(k), immediate eligibility.

Fitness, commuter (BART/MUNI/CalTrain), and equipment stipends.

Premier office space with snacks, drinks (caffeinated, carbonated, coffee), and guest appearances by Nicolas Cage.

Lunch catered into office 4 days per week.

Relocation assistance available.

The salary range for this role is $180k-$300k. Strong equity component: we believe employees building Doss deserve ownership.