Backend Engineer, Agent Collaboration Platform

About Hebbia

Hebbia is an AI platform for investment professionals, founded in 2020. The company powers decision-making for major asset managers, including BlackRock, KKR, and Carlyle, managing over $30 trillion in assets globally.

About the team

The Agent Collaboration platform team builds interactive tools and analysis features for AI agents. The flagship product, Matrix, is a generative spreadsheet that coordinates complex workflows across thousands of documents, processing information equivalent to 100 Harry Potter novels per second.

Responsibilities

• Transform complex requirements into robust, scalable solutions addressing real customer needs
• Develop high-scale document indexing systems enabling constant-time latency regardless of data volume
• Optimize system performance to minimize latency and maximize throughput across millions of documents
• Mentor junior engineers and provide technical leadership

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science, Data Science, Statistics, or related field
• 5+ years backend software engineering experience at startups or top tech firms
• Proficiency in Python, Java, or Go for building backend and API systems
• Extensive AWS cloud platform experience
• Working experience with Kafka, ElasticSearch, PostgreSQL, and/or Redis
• Strong problem-solving and cross-functional communication
• Leadership experience and collaborative team skills

Bonus

• Experience building agentic systems or LLM-enabled products
• Regular use of AI development tools (Cursor, Claude Code, etc.)

Compensation

Salary Range: $160,000 - $300,000 USD

Benefits

• Unlimited PTO
• Medical, dental, vision insurance and 401K
• Daily catered lunch and DoorDash dinner credits
• Parental leave (3-4 months)
• $15K lifetime fertility benefits
• Competitive equity package