
About Continua
Transforming digital interaction with AI agents
Key Highlights
- Founded by a former Google Distinguished Engineer
- Headquartered in New York City
- Develops AI agents with memory capabilities
- Offers a personalized podcast app for real-time interaction
Continua, headquartered in New York City, is an AI agent company that specializes in creating deeply integrated personal agents with memory capabilities. Founded by a former Google Distinguished Engineer, Continua's flagship product is a personalized podcast app that allows users to listen and inter...
🎁 Benefits
Employees at Continua enjoy equity options, flexible remote work policies, and generous PTO. The company also offers a learning budget for professiona...
🌟 Culture
Continua fosters a culture of innovation and agility, emphasizing an engineering-first approach and a commitment to transforming user experiences thro...
Skills & Technologies
Overview
Continua is hiring a Senior Systems Software Engineer to design and scale backend services for their AI agent platform. You'll work with Python and Go, collaborating with ML engineers to integrate large language models. This position requires strong experience in backend development and system reliability.
Job Description
Who you are
You are a Senior Systems Software Engineer with a strong grasp of both backend and frontend systems. You balance technical depth with product intuition, building reliable, user-focused applications that scale. You thrive in ambiguity, enjoy working in a startup environment, and are comfortable collaborating across disciplines to own features from concept through deployment.
You have experience designing, building, and scaling backend services and APIs using Python and preferably Go. Your technical expertise allows you to improve system reliability and scalability by enhancing testing, removing performance bottlenecks, and refining infrastructure. You are adept at integrating large language models into production systems, partnering closely with ML engineers to ensure seamless functionality.
What you'll do
In this role, you will design, build, and scale backend services and APIs to power Continua's AI agent platform. You will own feature development from ideation to launch, gathering requirements, implementing, testing, and iterating on features to enhance user experience. You will collaborate closely with the CEO, product manager, and designer to translate product goals into technical solutions, ensuring that the development aligns with user needs and business objectives.
You will participate in on-call rotations and production maintenance to ensure a great user experience, addressing any issues that arise promptly. Your contributions will directly impact the quality of the agent experience, helping to shape the future of socially-intelligent AI. You will also have the opportunity to mentor junior engineers, sharing your knowledge and expertise to foster a collaborative team environment.
What we offer
Continua offers a dynamic work environment where you can make a significant impact on the future of AI technology. You will be part of a rapidly growing team funded by industry leaders like Google and Bessemer Venture Partners. We encourage you to apply even if your experience doesn't match every requirement, as we value diverse perspectives and backgrounds. Join us in this transformative moment in computing history and help us create innovative solutions that enhance planning, coordination, and information retrieval for users.
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