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Happenstance

Backend Engineer

San Francisco

Full-time

Build the reliable systems behind our search and agent infrastructure. Own foundational architecture, remove bottlenecks, and help us scale with confidence.

  • Building core data indexing and ingestion pipelines for new data sources
  • Owning infrastructure as code with Terraform or OpenTofu and workflow orchestration with tools like Hatchet or Temporal
  • Giving AI agents safe, autonomous access to AWS, GitHub, orchestration, and other backend systems through least-privilege controls and clear, auditable boundaries
  • Identifying performance optimizations and scaling bottlenecks proactively
  • Building integrations with third-party services

Sourced 2026-09-30