Yupp is hiring for the Senior Backend Developer
Backend Engineer (AI) — Yupp
Company: Yupp (well-funded, early-stage AI startup)
Role: Backend Engineer
Experience: 4+ years
Stack: Python or Go, MySQL/PostgreSQL/MongoDB, GCP, Git
Location: Silicon Valley (mostly in-person with flexible WFH)
About Yupp
Yupp is a well-funded, rapidly growing, early-stage AI startup headquartered in Silicon Valley. We are building a two-sided product: one side for global consumers and the other for AI builders and researchers. Our recent product launch tackles a foundational challenge in AI — robust and trustworthy model evaluations — and we operate across the AI stack.
The founding team comes from companies like Twitter, Google, Coinbase, Microsoft, and PayPal. We value autonomy, ownership, and high impact. The work is fast-paced and intense, ideal for engineers who want to build the future of AI and ship products used by millions.
Why Join
- Work on challenging, large-scale problems at the cutting edge of AI.
- Build for both global consumers and AI researchers/model builders.
- Collaborate with a top-tier team from leading tech companies.
- High ownership, high impact environment with flexible in-person culture.
- Exposure to the latest AI models, agents, and research workflows.
Role: Backend Engineer
As a Backend Engineer at Yupp, you will design, build, and optimize scalable backend systems and cloud infrastructure. You will collaborate closely with frontend engineers, product managers, and database specialists to deliver high-performance web applications.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain server-side logic with high performance and responsiveness.
- Integrate user-facing elements with backend services and APIs.
- Implement data storage solutions and manage databases.
- Build and maintain cloud infrastructure on GCP.
- Optimize for speed, reliability, and scalability.
- Collaborate cross-functionally to define and deliver new features.
- Troubleshoot, debug, and improve production systems.
- Write clean, maintainable, well-documented code.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
- 4+ years of professional backend development experience.
- Strong proficiency in Python or Go for server-side development.
- Experience with MySQL, PostgreSQL, or MongoDB.
- Hands-on with cloud services and infrastructure (preferably GCP).
- Comfort with Git and modern development workflows.
- Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
- Excellent communication and collaboration.
Preferred Qualifications
- Familiarity with testing frameworks and CI/CD pipelines.
- Experience with performance profiling and optimization.
Work Model
We are mostly in-person in Silicon Valley and flexible. Many engineers work from home about one day per week and manage their own hours based on team needs.
How to Apply
Ready to build the future of AI?
Role Highlights (Quick Summary)
- Backend engineering for large-scale AI products.
- Python/Go, GCP, relational and NoSQL databases.
- High ownership with a world-class founding team.
- Impact across both consumer and AI-builder products.
FAQs
Which databases are used?
Experience with MySQL, PostgreSQL, or MongoDB is relevant.
Which cloud platform?
GCP experience is preferred.
What programming languages are expected?
Strong proficiency in Python or Go for backend development.