AthenaHQ

Get Your Brand Discovered on AI Search.

Backend Engineer

$140K - $220K0.40% - 1.00%SF In-Person
Job type
Full-time
Role
Engineering, Full stack
Experience
1+ years
Visa
US citizen/visa only
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Alan Yao
Alan Yao
Co-Founder

About the role

Mission

  • Build core platform features that align with needs for Fortune 500 and fast-growing AI companies like Greptile, Julius, Render, SoFi, and more

  • Translate business problems to technical implementation

Outcomes

  • Speed up latency by XXXms

  • Reduce user workload by X hours/week through automations

  • Build features that users don’t know they want by understanding their goals and finding better ways to get to their goals

  • Ship full-stack product features with Next.js + TypeScript

  • Design clean database schemas and queries

  • Build long-lasting Temporal workflows for complex business logic

  • Develop responsive, accessible UI components

  • Contribute to architectural and tech choices

Competencies

  • Customer empathy

  • 3+ years of experience

  • Exceptional problem-solving and analytical ability

  • High agency–founded something in the past or worked on side project in the past

  • Learns fast, thrives in ambiguity

  • Spiky in one area (ex frontend/design, backend, databases)

  • Intelligence, drive, values

  • Knowledge of distributed systems

Bonus Points:

  • Temporal experience

  • Knowledge in marketing technology and content management systems (CMS)

About AthenaHQ

Athena helps brands take control and grow on GenAI Search. Founded by a former Google Search product manager, Athena helps 200+ global customers ranging from fast-growing AI startups like Julius and Greptile to publicly-traded companies like SoFi and ZoomInfo and household brands drive traffic and activate GenAI as the fastest-growing growth channel.

AthenaHQ
Founded:2025
Batch:W25
Team Size:12
Status:
Active
Location:San Francisco
Founders
Andrew Yan
Andrew Yan
Co-Founder, CEO
Alan Yao
Alan Yao
Co-Founder