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title: 'Software Engineer, Backend at Glue'
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# Software Engineer, Backend at Glue

- **Company:** Glue
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2024-05-31
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-08
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/gluegroups/357a840b-e0eb-47ff-97f9-1d7161bbb399

## Job description

Glue is not just another team chat app. We're building the first platform for agentic team chat—a workspace where AI agents and humans collaborate as peers. Our platform supports leading AI models (GPT-5, Claude, Gemini, and open-source alternatives) and integrates with thousands of apps through the Model Context Protocol (MCP), enabling teams to direct actions across their entire tech stack without leaving chat.

We recently raised $20M in Series A funding. Co-founded by David Sacks and Evan Owen, Glue is redefining how teams communicate and get work done in the AI era.

We’re looking for a backend engineer to join our small team and help lead the effort to prepare the product for launch. Our technical foundation -- Golang, GraphQL API, PostgreSQL -- is simple, straightforward, and battle-tested. You’ll be working closely with the CEO/CTO and the rest of the Glue team to make early decisions and help set the direction of the service architecture, APIs, codebase, and team culture. We’ll be shipping daily and experimenting with ideas and interactions as we envision them, focusing on usability, attention to detail, performance, and innovation around optimal team communication.

## Who you are

- An accomplished backend engineer with experience in designing, building, and maintaining scalable backend systems.
- Can identify system bottlenecks and optimize with simple, maintainable solutions while preparing for future changes and growth.
- Can quickly define, implement, and test API endpoints and prototype implementations against them while focusing on the end user experience that you’re validating.
- A self-starter, a builder, a doer. You know how to architect a project the “right way,” but also know when to ask about requirements and make tradeoffs depending on the maturity of the project.
- Care about details but know when to avoid getting lost in the weeds and prioritize the immediate outcomes needed.
- Want to be part of a scrappy, early team who is building something ambitious and exciting

## What we're looking for

- 5+ years of backend development experience, including building resilient, scalable services that handle high-throughput data pipelines
- 2+ years of designing and maintaining production-grade systems, from data ingestion and model integration to serving and monitoring, with attention to latency and cost trade-offs
- 2+ years of experience with a strongly-typed, server-side language (e.g. Go, TypeScript) in production environments
- 2+ years working with SQL (and NoSQL) databases at both application and infrastructure levels, including schema design, query optimization, and performance tuning
- Experience designing and maintaining RESTful and GraphQL APIs, with emphasis on integrating AI/ML inference endpoints and ensuring predictable SLAs
- Familiarity with AI/ML pipelines and RAG systems, including text chunking, vector store tuning, and relevance optimization
- Proficient in observability tooling—monitoring, logging, alerting—to catch edge cases, maintain uptime, and validate model performance in production
- Independent and self-motivated; maintaining side projects or open-source libraries in AI/ML is a major plus

## Compensation & Benefits

- The pay range of base compensation for this role is typically $180,000 - $220,000.
- Flexible vacation policy—we’re moving quickly but want a sustainable culture.
- This role will work out of our lovely San Francisco office.

Glue is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all applicants and employees. Glue doesn’t discriminate on the basis of any protected characteristic, including race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, creed, age, disability, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, medical condition, genetic information, family care or medical leave status, marital status, domestic partner status, military and veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by US federal, state or local laws, or the laws of the country or jurisdiction where you work.

## About Glue

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Glue is building the first platform for agentic team chat, where AI agents and humans collaborate as peers to turn talk into action.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series A)
- **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, United States
- **Founded**: 2021
- **Founders**: David Sacks, Evan Owen

## Core Business
- Primary industry/industries: Team collaboration software, AI-assisted productivity tools
- Target customers: B2B teams (engineering, product, and operations teams)
- Mission or purpose statement: “Make it easy to share the right information with the right people, both inside and outside of your team. Say goodbye to workspace switching, channel fatigue, noisy notifications, and complex setup.”

## Products & Services
- **[Glue Platform]**: An AI-assisted chat platform that uses structured threads, integrates with thousands of apps via the Model Context Protocol (MCP), and supports leading AI models (GPT-5, Claude, Gemini, open-source alternatives). Type: SaaS.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Total funding – $20M Series A (recently raised)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Co-founded by David Sacks (also likely an investor); integrations include Cursor, Jira, and thousands of apps via MCP.
- **Growth Signals**: 12 employees, monthly website visits ~21,380 (+2.1% monthly, +434.5% yearly), active hiring for AI/ML and backend engineers, and recent product launches (Glue x Cursor, App Events for Jira).

## Competitive Advantages
- First-to-market with a dedicated “agentic team chat” platform where AI agents work as peers alongside humans.
- Deep integrations via the Model Context Protocol (MCP) allow teams to direct actions across their entire tech stack without leaving chat.
- Supports multiple leading AI models (GPT-5, Claude, Gemini) and open-source alternatives, giving teams flexibility.

## Strategic Focus
- Preparing the product for launch (currently in early stage), with daily shipping and experimentation.
- Building robust AI features (RAG, multi-modal inputs, fine-tuning) and scaling backend infrastructure.
- Expanding integrations and developer platform capabilities.

## Why Work Here
- Early-stage startup with significant equity, competitive base salary ($180k–$220k for backend engineers), and generous healthcare.
- Flexible vacation policy and a “scrappy, early team” culture where engineers make early decisions and set direction.
- Based in San Francisco headquarters (on-site roles); small team of ~12 with a focus on sustainability and fast iteration.
- Opportunity to work on cutting-edge AI/ML systems in production, from data ingestion to model serving.

## Sources
1. [LinkedIn - Glue](https://linkedin.com/company/glueai)
2. [Lever - Software Engineer, AI/ML](https://jobs.lever.co/gluegroups/4a02a1c4-0eae-4cee-9994-7977421a8c2f)
3. [Lever - Software Engineer, Backend](https://jobs.lever.co/gluegroups/357a840b-e0eb-47ff-97f9-1d7161bbb399)
4. [The Org - Glue](https://theorg.com/org/gluegroups)

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