Backend Engineer, AI Product at Magical

Magical is redefining how work gets done.Our agentic AI platform brings "AI employees" into the workplace to take over the repetitive, soul-crushing workflows that slow teams down. The result: organizations move faster, with sharper focus, and deliver better outcomes where it matters most, like improving patient care.The shift to agentic work is inevitable, and we’re leading it. We've scaled from $0 -> $XM ARR in 3 months with our agentic product, and we're looking for engineers to help us reach $XXM ARR in the next 9 months. As a founding engineer, you won’t just be writing code, you’ll be shaping the playbook for the future of work alongside a small, relentless team pushing the edge of what’s possible with AI.We're backed by the investors behind OpenAI, Anthropic, Huggingface, and Notion, including Greylock, Coatue, and Lightspeed. The runway is long. The ambition is high. And the market is wide open.About the rolePush the frontier of how agents interact with the browser, improving speed, reliability, and coverage across real-world appsBuild and evolve how multiple agents collaborate to solve complex workflowsDesign and scale the systems that make Magical run seamlessly on desktop, unlocking enterprise-grade stability and performanceBuild rigorous verification systems that guarantee our agents are doing the right thing every timeAbout youHave 2+ years of software engineering experience, mostly in TypeScriptHave a strong bias towards action, a willingness to do whatever it takes, and embody show > tellHave a strong sense of agency, effectively prioritizing and unblocking yourself without much outside input.Value taking ownership and responsibility for your projects and systems.Studied Computer Science (or related field), or dropped out to build stuffLocated in SF or willing to relocateWhat we offerA chance to be an early team member at a fast-growing, ambitious companyThe opportunity to push the boundaries of what’s possible with AIA modern stack and the latest tools to do your best workCompetitive salary and meaningful equityUnlimited PTOFun team offsites, past trips include Iceland, Lisbon, Cancun, and Costa RicaTech stackTypeScriptBackend: Node, AI SDK, Hono, Drizzle, Postgres (neon), and Railway