Senior Backend Engineer

This job posting is for a Senior Backend Engineer position at Langfuse, a company that develops a widely adopted open-source LLM engineering platform. Key technical requirements and skills: - Strong experience in backend engineering, with a focus on database internals, query optimization, and distributed systems - Proficiency in TypeScript and SQL - Familiarity with analytical databases, data pipelines, or high-throughput event processing, with ClickHouse experience as a plus Team/project information: - The engineer will be responsible for owning and scaling the infrastructure behind the company's open-source platform. Unique or notable about this role: - The role involves working with an open-source project and interacting with users to understand their scaling challenges. Salary/benefits: - Competitive salary - Equity - Relocation assistance - Flexible work schedule - Opportunities for professional growth and development

We are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to own and scale the infrastructure behind the most widely adopted open source LLM engineering platform. The ideal candidate will have experience with database internals, query optimization, and distributed systems, and will be comfortable reading and writing TypeScript and SQL.

Requirements

• Strong backend engineer who gets excited about database internals, query optimization, and distributed systems
• Experience with analytical databases, data pipelines, or high-throughput event processing
• ClickHouse experience is a big plus but not required
• Comfortable reading and writing TypeScript (our backend) and SQL
• Interest in open source software and genuine enjoyment talking to users about their scaling challenges

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Equity
• Relocation assistance
• Flexible work schedule
• Opportunities for professional growth and development

Originally posted on Himalayas