Senior Software Engineer - New Products

Baseten powers mission-critical inference for the world's most dynamic AI companies. As a Senior Software Engineer - New Products, you'll join a small team building new products at Baseten, shaping API and system design, operating it in production with clear SLOs, and building core platform capabilities for AI product development and deployment.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience building and operating backend systems, distributed systems, or large-scale APIs.
• Proven track record owning low-latency, reliable services (auth, rate limiting, quotas, usage metering, migrations).
• Strong infrastructure instincts: observability, incident response, SLOs, and capacity management.
• Strong written communication, including clear design docs and effective cross-functional collaboration.
• Interest in AI/ML infrastructure and willingness to learn (ML expertise not required)

Benefits

• Competitive compensation, including meaningful equity.
• 100% coverage of medical, dental, and vision insurance for employee and dependents
• Generous PTO policy including company wide Winter Break
• Paid parental leave
• Company-facilitated 401(k)
• Exposure to a variety of ML startups, offering unparalleled learning and networking opportunities.