Backend Software Engineer

Rogo

New York, United States Posted September 27, 2026

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On-site Full-time Mid level
Job Description

Join Rogo, a cutting-edge AI research and application development company, as a Backend Software Engineer. In this role, you will architect REST and gRPC APIs, design and build large-scale infrastructure, and ship secure and compliant code. You will also raise the bar for code quality, reliability, and product velocity. The ideal candidate has 4+ years of experience building and scaling distributed systems, strong programming skills, and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field.

  • Architect REST and gRPC APIs that are backed by stable, scalable server side implementations and asynchronous code.
  • Design and build large-scale infrastructure to power crawling, ranking, and retrieval systems.
  • Ship secure and compliant code: implement security concepts to develop software dealing with sensitive data.
  • 4+ years of experience building and scaling distributed systems
  • Track record of shipping high-quality products
  • Strong programming skills and general Computer Science knowledge
  • Experience with a strongly typed language (e.g., Rust, C++, or Java)
  • Bachelors in Computer Science or related degree
  • You love writing highly performant and readable code that is well-tested
  • You thrive in fast-paced environments. You are high-intensity and care a lot about what you do, and you're ecstatic to work at a startup
  • You are an owner. You are autonomous, self-directed, and comfortable working with ambiguity
  • You are ambitious. You have fun solving problems that others think are impossible
  • You are collaborative, organized, thoughtful, and kind
  • You are curious. You find joy in learning about AI, technology, and finance
  • Experience with an interface definition language like protocol buffers and gRPC
  • Experience with Map Reduce or other massively distributed parallel computation frameworks
  • Early engineer at a hyper-growth startup
  • Experience in world-class product organizations (e.g., Notion, Figma)
Required Skills
software development gRPC distributed systems Rust C++ Java collaboration Notion Figma
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