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title: 'Software Engineer, Distributed Systems - Infra at Gamma'
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# Software Engineer, Distributed Systems - Infra at Gamma

- **Company:** Gamma
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA
- **Compensation:** $180k–$275k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Posted:** 2026-05-14
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-05
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/Gamma/5902d0ff-c12b-4506-8ef4-ac441a1a156e/application

**Skills:** Node.js, Python, PostgreSQL, Redis, Distributed Systems, API Design, Database Management, Performance Optimization, Real-time collaboration systems, Event pipelines, AI-powered applications

> Build and scale application and data infrastructure supporting millions of users, including real-time collaborative editing, databases, and high-volume event pipelines. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ship backend systems that impact growth metrics while balancing technical investments with rapid velocity.

## Job description

## ABOUT THE ROLE

You'll build and scale the application and data infrastructure that supports 70M+ users creating millions of gammas every day. This means working on real-time collaborative editing, databases, public APIs, and high-volume event pipelines while helping define and evolve the core data model and storage systems powering Gamma's business. You'll ship backend systems that directly impact growth metrics and user experience, balancing long-term technical investments with rapid shipping velocity.

As Software Engineer on the Platform team, you'll collaborate across frontend, product, and data teams in a fast-paced, product-led environment. You'll bring a product-minded approach, understanding how technical decisions impact user experience and business metrics while thriving in an environment where shipping quality directly impacts growth.

Our team has a strong in-office culture and works in person 4–5 days per week in San Francisco. We love working together to stay creative and connected, with flexibility to work from home when focus matters most.

## WHAT YOU'LL DO

- Design and implement scalable APIs, distributed systems, and data infrastructure that serve millions of users
- Help define and evolve the core data model and storage systems powering Gamma's business
- Ship backend systems that directly impact growth metrics and user experience
- Work on real-time collaborative editing, databases, public APIs, and high-volume event pipelines
- Balance long-term technical investments with rapid shipping velocity
- Collaborate across frontend, product, and data teams to deliver high-quality solutions under tight timelines

## WHAT YOU'LL BRING

- 3–5+ years of backend engineering experience building scalable systems
- Strong proficiency in backend technologies (Node.js, Python, or similar) and databases (PostgreSQL, Redis)
- Experience with high-traffic production systems and performance optimization
- Track record shipping high-quality, complex applications under tight timelines
- Product-minded approach with understanding of how technical decisions impact user experience and business metrics
- Thrives in fast-paced, product-led environments where shipping quality directly impacts growth
- Experience with real-time collaboration systems, event pipelines, or AI-powered applications (Nice to have)

## COMPENSATION RANGE:

The base salary for this full-time position, which spans multiple internal levels depending on qualifications, ranges between $180K - $310K plus benefits & equity.

Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors, including but not limited to experience and expertise in the requirements listed above.

If you're interested in this role but you don't meet every requirement, we encourage you to apply anyway! We're always excited about meeting great people.

## About Gamma

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: AI-powered productivity software / presentation and content creation
- **Target customers**: B2C (individual creators, professionals) and B2B (teams, enterprises)
- **Mission statement**: “We build tools for imagination” – making it easy for anyone to share ideas beautifully and quickly without design or communication expertise.

## Products & Services
- **Presentations**: Turn any idea or outline into a polished slide deck; export to PPT, PDF, Google Slides, and more.
- **Documents**: Create structured, visual documents (one-pagers, white papers) with AI assistance.
- **Websites**: Generate a shareable, hosted website in minutes – no coding required.
- **Social Media**: Produce platform-ready social content sized and styled for posting.
- **Graphics**: AI design agent for creating custom, on-brand graphics, infographics, and illustrations.
- **API**: Programmatic creation for automation, integration, and scaling content.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: $2.1B (as of 2026, per company about page)
- **Key Metric**: $100M+ annual recurring revenue (ARR); 100 million total users; over 1 million creations per day
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not publicly disclosed (likely venture-backed given valuation)
- **Growth Signals**: Achieved profitability in 2023; rapid user adoption (100M users); expanding from presentations into websites, social, and API; strong B2C viral growth with growing B2B enterprise traction.

## Competitive Advantages
- **AI-native architecture**: Built from the ground up for AI collaboration, not retrofitted.
- **Multi-format versatility**: One platform for presentations, documents, websites, social posts, and graphics – reducing tool sprawl.
- **Viral B2C love + massive B2B opportunity**: Millions of individual users drive organic adoption into enterprises.
- **Profitable growth**: Profitable since 2023 while still scaling rapidly, demonstrating unit economics.

## Strategic Focus
- **Disrupting the presentation market**: Replacing legacy tools (PowerPoint, Google Slides) with an AI-first experience.
- **Expanding the creative layer**: Moving beyond presentations to become the default tool for all modern communication (documents, websites, social).
- **Enterprise go-to-market**: Building on viral B2C adoption to capture B2B contracts with features like brand controls, team collaboration, and API integrations.
- **Continuous AI innovation**: Leveraging 20+ AI models and constant iteration to improve output quality and creative capabilities.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Described as “warm, a little quirky, and fueled by curiosity” – a team of dreamers and doers that ships constantly.
- **Work model**: Hybrid/on-site presence in San Francisco (primary hub) and New York; many roles listed as “San Francisco” or “New York” with on-site expectation; some remote flexibility may exist for certain roles.
- **Notable perks**: Being part of a profitable, high-growth unicorn; working on a product used by 100M people; opportunity to shape the future of AI-powered communication.
- **Engineering culture**: Heavy emphasis on AI, data science, and product design; roles include AI Engineer, Research Engineer, Site Reliability Engineer, and UI Engineer.

## Sources
1. [Gamma About Page](https://gamma.app/about)
2. [Gamma Careers Page](https://careers.gamma.app/)
3. [Gamma Job Listings (Ashby)](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/gamma)
4. [Gamma Product Pages](https://gamma.app/?lng=en)
5. [Gamma Team Page](https://team.gamma.app/)

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