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About the Role

You will join a fully functional team of experienced individual contributors building internal software tools for the firm’s investing and operations teams. Your work will focus on identifying, acquiring, and normalizing alternative data sources, and on designing and implementing secure, scalable backend systems that power our internal products. This role offers meaningful ownership, frequent opportunities to ship, and close collaboration with experienced engineers who will support your growth and development.

Responsibilities

Build and maintain backend services that support internal data products and applications
Work closely with investing and operations teams to understand workflows and translate requirements into reliable software solutions
Contribute to the design and implementation of new features and systems, with guidance from more experienced engineers as needed
Ship new data products iteratively, incorporating user feedback to continuously improve functionality and performance
Take ownership of assigned services or projects, from development through production support
Write clear, well-structured, and maintainable code
Collaborate positively with teammates and contribute to an inclusive, supportive engineering culture
Stay curious about new tools, technologies, and approaches relevant to backend and data systems

Requirements

3+ years of professional software engineering experience
Strong proficiency in Python 3 (or another backend language) and willingness to learn new technologies
Experience deploying production services on at least one major cloud platform (GCP, AWS, or Azure)
Experience working with production SQL and NoSQL databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL, Elasticsearch)
Experience building and deploying containerized services; familiarity with Kubernetes is a plus
Experience working in environments that value rapid iteration, code quality, and operational excellence
Strong problem-solving skills and solid technical fundamentals
Low ego, high empathy, and the capacity to collaborate effectively with diverse teams

Skills

Python 3
backend development
data-driven applications
alternative data sources
backend systems
SQL
NoSQL
containerized services
Kubernetes

Location

San Francisco, CA

Work Type

In-office 2-3 days a week
Full-time

Experience Level

Partner 16
Partner 18

Salary/Compensations

Partner 16: $269,000 - $314,000
Partner 18: $301,000 - $352,000

Benefits

a16z Carry program
discretionary bonus programs
health insurance
dental insurance
vision insurance
disability insurance
life insurance
401K plan
vacation
sick leave

About the Company

Founded in Silicon Valley in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, Andreessen Horowitz (aka a16z) is a venture capital firm that backs bold entrepreneurs building the future through technology.
We are stage agnostic. We invest in seed to venture to growth-stage technology companies, across AI, bio + healthcare, consumer, crypto, enterprise, fintech, games, and companies building toward American dynamism.
a16z has $100B+ under management across multiple funds.
We’ve established a team that is defined by respect for the entrepreneur and the company-building process; we know what it’s like to be in the founder’s shoes.
We’ve invested in companies like Anduril, Airbnb, Coinbase, Cursor, Databricks, Deel, Figma, GitHub, Roblox, SpaceX, and Stripe.
Our team is at the forefront of new technology, helping founders and their companies impact and change the world.
We do only first class business and only in a first class way
We take a long view of relationships, because we are in the relationship business
We believe in the future and bet the firm that way
We are all different, we recognize that, and we win
We celebrate the good times
We do it for the team
We play to win

Equal Opportunity

At a16z we are always looking to hire the absolute best talent and recognize that diversity in our experiences and backgrounds is what makes us stronger. We hire candidates of any race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital or family status, disability, Veteran status, and any other status. These differences are what enables us to work towards the future we envision for ourselves, our portfolio companies, and the World.
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