Vooma

Software Engineer: Backend & Infrastructure at Vooma (San Francisco, CA)

Vooma· San Francisco, CA·

Role details

Employment
Full-Time

Job description

ABOUT THE ROLE

Your role, should you choose to join us, will be as an Infrastructure / Backend Engineer on our founding team.

You're the right person for this role if you're excited to build not just robust systems, but help shape the technical backbone of a category-defining company from day one.

You're a great fit if you're known for making infrastructure elegant, reliable, and secure — even under demanding workloads. You find energy in scaling systems that power intelligent agents, and you take pride in building foundations others can depend on.

Your responsibilities will include:

  • Designing and maintaining secure, scalable infrastructure for AI-powered agents in production
  • Deploying and optimizing AI-heavy services with high availability and performance requirements
  • Managing infrastructure as code, cloud environments, and CI/CD pipelines
  • Implementing monitoring, observability, and alerting to ensure system reliability
  • Contributing to infrastructure security and best practices

You likely have:

  • Experience deploying and productionizing ML or AI-heavy workloads
  • Expertise in building secure, scalable systems on platforms like AWS, Azure, or GCP
  • Deep knowledge of backend systems, networking, and container orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes)
  • Familiarity with infrastructure security principles and compliance (e.g., SOC2)
  • The mindset of an owner: proactive, hands-on, and driven to solve problems end-to-end

COMPENSATION

  • The rare opportunity to join a formidable team to build an enduring company, in person, as a first 20 employee
  • Competitive compensation
  • Significant equity upside
  • Medical / dental / vision

This role is based in person in San Francisco, CA (not remote).

Why work at Vooma

  • Culture: Values include “Bias to action” and “Tag, you’re it” — emphasizing ownership, speed, and collaboration.
  • Team composition: A mix of technologists (founders from Stanford, Kodiak, Uber ATG) and operators (Bain, private equity-backed logistics). Talent sources include Bain, Flexport, Stanford, and YC.
  • Engineering culture: Strong technical foundation — the CTO was a founding engineer at a $250M-funded autonomous trucking startup. Engineering team makes up ~31% of headcount.
  • Remote/Hybrid: Based in San Francisco, CA with a presence in Palo Alto, CA. Some roles appear remote-friendly; specific policy varies by role.
  • Notable perks: Early-stage equity, opportunity to work on AI agents in a $200B+ addressable market (60% of freight orders still come via email/text/PDF). The company is well-funded ($18.45M) by top-tier investors.
  • Recent departures: Founding GTM Luke Walquist left in April 2026 — the team is actively rebuilding go-to-market leadership.

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