Backend Engineer

🏢 Pumpcareers · 📍 San Francisco, CA 💰 $120,000 - $120,000 / yr

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Position Summary & Responsibilities

About Pump.co

Gartner predicts that cloud spend will be over $2T/yr by 2030, making it the fastest-growing expense for tech companies. Managing it well demands constant engineering effort—time that could be spent building your product.

At Pump, we're building the fastest way to save ~60% on cloud costs. Our AI-powered platform not only automates savings but also leverages the power of group buying for even deeper discounts. Backed by Y Combinator, we’re on a mission to transform cloud cost optimization through AI.

Our founding team includes experienced entrepreneurs with prior exits, and our culture is fast-paced, collaborative, and flat in structure. If you’re excited about shipping real impact and joining a team at an early, career-defining stage—we’d love to meet you.

About the Role

Skills: Python, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes (nice to have), LLM/AI (bonus)

As a Backend Engineer, you’ll contribute directly to the core of our product and infrastructure. This role is ideal for someone looking to grow within a strong engineering team while delivering meaningful work that touches real customers.

You’ll collaborate closely with engineers, designers, and founders—working across the stack to build, improve, and scale our platform.

We are 5 days a week in office. No remote work will be considered.

What You’ll Do

Design, build, and maintain backend services that power the Pump platform
Work with the team to define and scope new product features
Contribute to a strong engineering culture by participating in code reviews and continuous improvement
Help extend our internal tools, dev workflows, and CI/CD pipelines
Ensure system reliability, performance, and maintainability
Collaborate across functions to solve real customer problems with intuitive engineering solutions

What We’re Looking For

3–15 years of professional backend engineering experience
Ability to work 5 days a week in office
Proficiency in Python and familiarity with FastAPI or similar frameworks
Experience with SQL databases—we

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