Software Engineer, Platform

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.

• Engineering at Gamma

Our tech stack:

• We're building on a full Typescript stack centered around some of the most modern and popular technologies.

• Frontend

• NextJS

• Vercel

• ReactJS, Chakra UI

• ProseMirror / Tiptap / YJS for collaboration

• Backend

• Prisma, Postgres

• Clickhouse

• Kafka

• Infra: Terraform, ECS Fargate

• AI

• We use our own custom, open-source AI prompting framework, AIJSX. We have a lot of custom tools built in-house, but also new ones like Vercel AI SDK.

• Full end-to-end observability using Datadog, Braintrust, and our own data warehouse

Our tiny team operates at massive scale:

• 1M+ AI generated presentations daily

• 70M users around the world

• 6M+ AI images generated daily

• 1 trillion LLM tokens processed per month

• Life at Gamma

• You’ll fit right in if...

• You get energy from small teams doing big things.

• You love when design, code, and storytelling overlap.

• You default to action, even when the answer isn’t clear yet.

• You value details, but know when to ship and move on.

• You bring both the spreadsheets and the sparkle, equal parts workhorse and unicorn.

• You believe AI should amplify creativity, not replace it.

• You know kindness and intensity are not opposites.

• You like working with people who care deeply: about their craft, their teammates, and the users on the other side of the screen.

• Who we are

• Gamma is full of imaginative, passionate people who take their work seriously but not themselves. The culture is warm, a little quirky, and fueled by curiosity. It’s the kind of place where you’ll debate a pixel on Monday, laugh over someone’s keyboard setup on Tuesday, and ship something remarkable by Friday.

• We care about craft, move with intention, and don’t mind getting a little scrappy. It’s fast, creative, and occasionally chaotic — but that’s what makes it interesting.

Here’s a bit about what it’s like to work here, from people on the inside:

We asked the team what makes Gamma, Gamma. Here were some of their answers:

• quirky, inspiring, fun, a little wild in the best way

• You can have an idea and just run with it.

• Everyone’s talented and humble — the mix keeps you sharp.

• We ship cool stuff, learn a ton, and laugh a lot doing it.

• Meet the team

• We're a team of dreamers and doers building in beautiful San Francisco

• We're kabbadi enthusiasts, pickleballers, dog herders, woodworkers, keyboard nerds, potters, and more — and we can't wait to meet you!

• Get to know us