This role is designed for a heavyweight technical leader with at least 8 years of experience specifically centered on graph theory and large-scale infrastructur
Work type: hybrid
Location: San Francisco, CA
Salary: $181,000 – $271,000/yr
Type: Full-time
This role is designed for a heavyweight technical leader with at least 8 years of experience specifically centered on graph theory and large-scale infrastructure. You are the ideal candidate if you have moved beyond general backend engineering and now specialize in architecting systems that handle billions of nodes/edges. The team is looking for someone who can bridge the gap between complex data science models (like GNNs) and high-performance production environments. The compensation is highly competitive, topping out at $271,000 base plus equity, though it requires a commitment to the San Francisco office three days a week. You’ll be at the center of the company’s mission, using "reputation signals" and "trust metrics" to directly impact how people safely help one another. This is a high-visibility, "Staff" level role where you’ll influence the technical roadmap for the entire social graph platform. **You might be a good fit if you...** * Have launched and scaled graph-based applications using Neo4j, TigerGraph, or JanusGraph. * Are comfortable designing real-time ingestion pipelines using Kafka, Flink, or Spark Streaming. * Can explain how graph topology (like mutual connections or community structure) drives business metrics. * Are looking for a high-impact "Staff" role that combines hands-on coding with cross-functional mentorship.
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GoFundMe is the world’s most powerful community for good, dedicated to helping people help each other. By uniting individuals and nonprofits in one place, GoFundMe makes it easy and safe for people to ask for help and support causes—for themselves and each other. Together, our community has raised more than $40 billion since 2010.
Join us! We are seeking aStaff Software Engineer with deep expertise in graph theory, graph-based systems, and large-scale social graph infrastructure. In this role, you will serve as a technical leader driving the architecture, implementation, and scaling of our social graph platform—powering trust, recommendations, user discovery, and other core product experiences.
You will collaborate closely with Data Science, ML, Product, and Infrastructure teams to design graph representations, build ingestion and transformation pipelines, and deploy graph-backed models at massive scale. You will set technical direction for how we leverage connectivity, influence, and reputation signals to improve safety, personalization, and engagement across our ecosystem.
This is a hybrid role that requires 3 days per week at the office, and we are therefore only able to consider candidates who are located or willing to relocate to San Francisco, CA.The Role
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The annual U.S. salary range for this full-time position is $181,000 - $271,000. The company also offers equity and other benefits to employees, including healthcare, dental, vision, life insurance and 401(k) saving program. In addition to this wage, there are geolocation differentials that will increase pay depending on the work location. Additionally pay may vary depending on other factors including skills, experience, education, or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific total compensation packagebased on your location during the hiring process.
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