Backend Engineer - AI

Anything is an AI product engineering company building an agent that turns English into apps. The Backend Engineer - AI will work on real AI systems from day one, building AI-powered features, solving ambiguous product problems, and shipping systems that serve millions of users with speed and ownership.

Responsibilities

• Break down complex or unclear problems into clear steps and propose practical solutions
• Make thoughtful tradeoffs between speed, correctness, and long-term maintainability
• Build AI powered features using TypeScript and modern AI frameworks
• Collaborate closely with product and design to align on goals and ship with confidence
• Talk with users and use the product yourself to understand real-world needs and opportunities
• Push through obstacles with resourcefulness and a strong problem-solving mindset
• Learn new concepts quickly and apply them to real production challenges
• Stay up to date on the latest in AI research and engineering
• Take on tasks that stretch your abilities and work hard to close skill gaps quickly
• Contribute to a culture of ownership, ambition, and fast-paced learning
• Your success will be measured by:
• Independent problem-solving and executionYou take goals, investigate unknowns, evaluate options, and deliver solutions without waiting for extensive guidance
• Fast skill growth You significantly expand your technical range within your first months through hands-on work and deliberate learning
• Shipped product impact Your features improve user experience, performance, and product depth in measurable and well-reasoned ways

Preferred

• Prior internships in AI, backend, or infrastructure engineering
• Previously been one of the first 10 hires at startup
• Personal projects that show initiative, creativity, and independent thinking
• Backgrounds or interests that span technical and non-technical domains (e.g. writing, design, philosophy, economics, etc)
• AI Internship
• Backend Engineering
• Infrastructure Engineering
• Startup Experience
• Early Hire
• Personal Projects
• Philosophy
• Economics
• Initiative
• Creativity
• Independent Thinking

Company

• AI app builder turning English into apps
• San Francisco, California, USA
• https://www.createanything.com/
• Founded in 2021
• 2-10 employees

Qualifications

• A strong technical foundation from a top CS program or equivalent hands-on experience building real systems
• Evidence of ambitious, self-driven projects or internships that required problem solving and ownership
• Solid programming fundamentals and comfort with TypeScript
• Exceptional ability to read deeply, reason clearly, and communicate complex ideas
• Curiosity about AI systems and a desire to push beyond easy or obvious solutions
• A personal track record of learning quickly and putting in real effort to master difficult skills
• Experience working in fast-paced environments while balancing care with urgency
• Prior internships in AI, backend, or infrastructure engineering
• Previously been one of the first 10 hires at startup
• Personal projects that show initiative, creativity, and independent thinking
• Backgrounds or interests that span technical and non-technical domains (e.g. writing, design, philosophy, economics, etc)

Required skills

• AI Systems, Backend Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering, TypeScript

Preferred skills

• $19.5M, (1), *2025, 2022-01-01, 2025-08-14, 2025-09-29, 2026-04-14, 2026-08-21, Bessemer Venture Partners, Co-Founder / CEO, Data Powered by, Dhruv Amin, Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship, Engineering and Development, Footwork, H1B Sponsorship, Key Investors, Leadership Team, Pre Seed· $3M, Recent News, Represents job field similar to this job, San Francisco, California, USA, Seed· $5.5M, Series A· $11M, TecHR, TechCrunch, Total Funding, Trends of Total Sponsorships, https://www.createanything.com, • Previously been one of the first 10 hires at startup

Experience

• Entry level