Staff Backend Engineer (San Francisco)

Join us in a high-impact role where you'll shape the future of visual generative technology for social media. At Scrollmark, we're building the industry's leading AI-first social media management platform-empowering brands to grow fanbases, nurture audiences, and drive revenue. We're now expanding our capabilities to include cutting-edge image and video generation, offering you a unique opportunity to directly influence our product and company trajectory.

We've raised $3M in seed funding from top-tier investors including Mayfield, Jackson Square Ventures, Lemniscap, Shakti, and Aperiam. As an early-stage startup, we're looking for team members who combine technical expertise with a proactive, self-starter spirit. Reporting directly to our CTO and collaborating closely with other engineering leaders, you'll drive projects with minimal oversight-your work will have a lasting impact.

What You'll Do

• Build Next-Generation Social AI Products: Architect and develop products that empower social marketers to interact with and leverage AI models for images and video, staying on the cutting edge of research.
• Optimize for Social Data: Design and implement backend systems capable of processing large volumes of data swiftly and efficiently, using robust data models for both SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Collaborate & Innovate: Work closely with cross-functional teams-including designers, product managers, and engineers-to prototype and roll out new features that drive measurable results.
• Scale & Deploy: Research, experiment with, and productionize state-of-the-art architectures to support large-scale user bases and high-volume data processing across multiple platforms.
• Strategize & Execute: Contribute to the overall product roadmap, champion best practices, and help shape Scrollmark's future in generative imagery and video.

What We're Looking For

• 5+ Years of Experience in Early-Stage Environments: At least 5 years of professional experience (2019 graduate or earlier) with a proven track record of building innovative products in startup settings.
• Expertise in Django: Demonstrated experience developing robust Django APIs as part of a collaborative engineering team.
• Product & System Design Experience: Ability to translate customer needs into scalable, user-friendly products through thoughtful system design.
• Social Media Expertise: Experience developing or integrating AI solutions for social platforms is a significant plus.
• Self-Starter Attitude: Comfortable taking initiative and independently driving projects from concept to completion in a fast-paced environment.