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Senior Backend Engineer

Instrumentl·Oakland, CA
full timeOakland, CA

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Engineering/Product/DesignSeniorFull Time
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Hello, we’re Instrumentl. 👋 Grants fund nonprofit work, but they also create some of the toughest operational challenges. Every grant brings its own deadlines, spending restrictions, reporting requirements, and commitments, so managing that complexity across fundraising, finance

About the role

Hello, we’re Instrumentl. 👋 Grants fund nonprofit work, but they also create some of the toughest operational challenges. Every grant brings its own deadlines, spending restrictions, reporting requirements, and commitments, so managing that complexity across fundraising, finance, and HR requires more than spreadsheets. Instrumentl is the system of record for grants. We bring discovery, applications, award compliance, and grant operations into one platform, giving nonprofits a shared foundation to grow their revenue and impact. More than 6,000 nonprofits rely on Instrumentl, from local community groups to state and county governments, universities, and maybe even your local animal shelter. We're a cash flow positive, YC-backed company building our next chapter, and we're hiring people who will shape and grow the impact of the nonprofit sector.

Responsibilities

  • Build tool-using LLM agents (task planning, function and tool calling, multi-step workflows, guardrails) for grant discovery, application drafting, and research assistance.
  • Turn prototypes into resilient, observable services with clear SLAs, rollback and fallback strategies, and cost and latency budgets.
  • Stand up evaluation and observability so our AI stays grounded, safe, and cost-effective.
  • Write high-quality, thoroughly tested code across the backend and the data pipelines that power retrieval and evaluation.
  • Contribute to reliability practices: alerts, dashboards, and incident response.
  • Partner with Product, Design, and GTM on scoping, UX, and measurement.
  • Run experiments (A/B, canaries), interpret results, and iterate.
  • Raise engineering standards through clear, maintainable code, tests, docs, and thoughtful review.

Benefits

  • 100% covered health, dental, and vision insurance for employees (50% for dependents)
  • Generous PTO, including parental leave
  • 401(k)
  • Company laptop and home-office stipend
  • Bi-annual company retreats
  • Instrumentl is evolving rapidly. You’ll always have new challenges and opportunities to grow here.
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • PTO
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