Gather AI

Staff Backend Engineer - Platform

Remote

Not SpecifiedCompensation
Senior (5 to 8 years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Virtual Reality, Metaverse, Remote Work TechnologiesIndustries

Requirements

Candidates should possess significant experience working with Typescript or an aptitude to learn Typescript quickly, and at least 5 years of experience in a technical domain relevant to the technologies that power Gather, such as real-time gaming backends, graphics and rendering, Typescript and React performance, or extensible platform architecture.

Responsibilities

As a Staff Platform Engineer, you will design a game service to support thousands of concurrent users per virtual office, identify and fix performance bottlenecks on various services and storage layers, build client-side SDKs, dive deep into debugging and fixing performance issues with customers, define strategies for tuning, redefining, or creating pieces of the platform, mentor engineers across the engineering team, and work closely with company leadership to shape the company’s strategy and direction.

Skills

Typescript
React
Real-time gaming backends
Graphics and rendering
Platform architecture
Performance optimization
SDK development
Debugging
Troubleshooting
Software design

Gather AI

Autonomous inventory management software platform

About Gather AI

Gather.ai provides an autonomous inventory management platform designed for large-scale warehouses. The platform uses software to automate inventory scanning, significantly reducing the time and cost associated with traditional methods. By employing technologies like computer vision and machine learning, Gather.ai enables a single drone to complete tasks in eight minutes that would typically take employees two hours, making the process much faster and cheaper. Unlike competitors, Gather.ai operates on a software-as-a-service (SaaS) model, allowing clients to subscribe and integrate the platform with their existing systems without needing additional hardware. The goal of Gather.ai is to enhance operational efficiency in warehouses, making inventory management more streamlined and cost-effective.

Key Metrics

Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaHeadquarters
2017Year Founded
$32.3MTotal Funding
SERIES_ACompany Stage
Robotics & Automation, Industrial & Manufacturing, Enterprise SoftwareIndustries
51-200Employees

Benefits

Compensation package will include equity
Comprehensive health insurance
Home office stipend
Very flexible schedule
Customized PTO

Risks

Reliance on off-the-shelf drones may pose supply chain risks.
Demand for real-time updates pressures Gather AI to continuously enhance software capabilities.
Strategic shifts by new CTO Andrew Hoffman could disrupt current operations.

Differentiation

Gather AI offers the first software-only autonomous inventory management platform for warehouses.
The platform uses off-the-shelf drones, reducing the need for specialized hardware.
Gather AI's team includes PhDs from Carnegie Mellon, enhancing its technological credibility.

Upsides

Gather AI raised $17M to scale operations and enhance AI-powered solutions in 2024.
The platform can scan 900 pallets per hour, significantly improving warehouse efficiency.
Andrew Hoffman, ex-Amazon Robotics engineer, joined as CTO, boosting innovation potential.

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