Software Engineer; Backend

• Backend engineering at Mirage isn’t narrowly defined. We work across product, platform, and machine learning—building the systems, services, APIs, and ML pipelines that power all of our product surfaces
• You’ll own critical backend systems end-to-end, partnering closely with product, design, client, and AI teams to turn ambitious ideas into reliable, scalable production systems. This opportunity is ideal for engineers who enjoy solving complex technical problems while staying connected to product and user outcomes
• While we don’t use hierarchical titles or levels internally, we are currently hiring engineers who have operated at senior or staff+ scope
• Design, build, and own backend systems end-to-end, including services, APIs, data pipelines, and infrastructure that power our products
• Solve complex technical challenges across distributed systems, scaling, concurrency, and performance
• Integrate and operate large generative AI models in production—deploying, serving, and scaling systems that combine internal research and external capabilities to unlock new product experiences
• Instrument, experiment, and iterate in production to continuously improve system and product quality
• Design and operate core platform infrastructure, including integrations with third-party providers, storage systems, security, and internal APIs

• We’ve done team off-sites to places like Paris, London, Park City, Los Angeles, and Nashville with more planned in the future
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans
• Anything you need to do your best work

A track record of shipping high‑impact systems and/or products in production

Exceptional problem solving fundamentals and ability to learn5+ years of professional industry experience

Able to operate effectively in an extremely fast-paced environment as well as scope and deliver projects end-to-end Excellent engineering taste combined with a strong sense of practicality and time-management

You have been a startup founder or an early engineer at oneYou have worked extensively with LLMs, generative media models, and have a pulse on where the technology is going

You are grounded, collaborative, and willing to do whatever it takes to help the team win