Software Engineer, Open Source AI

About Backblaze

Backblaze is the object storage leader in the open cloud movement, fueling customer success with cloud storage built purposefully to unlock budgets, unburden administrators, and unleash innovators. Together with our partners, we’re helping customers break free from the restrictive, overpriced legacy solutions that hold them back, and blaze forward with the full power of the open cloud in their hands.

Founded in 2007, we scaled the business with less than $3 million in outside funding until 2021, when we did a traditional IPO on the Nasdaq stock exchange. Today, Backblaze generates over $136M ARR and is the leading specialized storage cloud - managing over three billion gigabytes of data storage for 500K+ customers in 175+ countries, including businesses, developers, IT professionals, and individuals.

But while there is a lot to celebrate in our past, there is almost as much opportunity ahead of us. We’re seeking a Software Engineer, Open Source AI to join our team!

About the Role:

We are seeking a Software Engineer to build and maintain open source AI integrations, frameworks and example applications that enable developers to use Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage within real-world AI workflows. The primary objective of this role is to contribute production-quality open source tooling, sample applications, and reference implementations that integrate B2 cloud storage with modern AI ecosystems.

This role focuses on implementation, contribution, and maintenance of open source software. A practical understanding of AI workflows, agent-based systems, and data movement patterns is required to build credible and scalable integrations.

What You’ll Do:

• Implement and maintain open source AI integrations, frameworks and example applications using languages commonly used in the open source ecosystem, including Python, TypeScript, Go, and Rust.
• Build and maintain public sample applications, SDK extensions, notebooks, and reference implementations demonstrating AI and cloud storage best practices.
• Use AI-assisted development tools, including Claude Code, to accelerate implementation while validating correctness, security, and performance.
• Contribute to open source projects through code contributions, issue triage, reviews, and ongoing maintenance.
• Ensure all open source assets meet high standards for testing, documentation, reproducibility, and developer usability.
• Maintain clean, well-structured GitHub repositories intended for external adoption and community contribution.
• Collaborate with Product and QA to ensure integrations reflect real customer AI workflows and Backblaze B2 usage patterns.

Tools and Technologies:

• Languages: Python, TypeScript, Go, JavaScript and other open source languages
• Backblaze B2 SDKs and REST APIs
• Open source AI frameworks and tooling
• AI coding agents, such as Claude Code, Antigravity and Codex
• Jupyter and Google Colab notebooks
• GitHub, pytest, CI pipelines

The Right Fit:

• Software engineer with experience contributing to open source projects in one or more widely used open source languages.
• Comfortable owning and maintaining public repositories with external users and contributors.
• Practical understanding of AI workflows, including data ingestion, preprocessing, inference, and agent-based systems.
• Experience writing production-quality code with strong testing and documentation practices.
• Strong written communication skills with a focus on developer experience and adoption.

Why Backblaze: 

• Build open source software used by developers worldwide.
• Work at the intersection of AI, data, and cloud storage.
• Collaborate with experienced engineering, product, and QA teams.
• Competitive compensation and benefits.
• Remote-first culture supporting work-life balance.

At this point, we hope you're feeling excited about the job description you're reading. Even if you don't meet every requirement, we still encourage you to apply. Learning, developing, and growing are key parts of our culture. We're eager to meet people who believe in our mission and can contribute to our team in various ways. We want people to feel comfortable expressing their true selves and to come, stay, and do their best work here.

At Backblaze, we value being fair and good to our customers, partners, and employees. That’s why diversity, equity, and inclusion are at the core of our values. We are committed to fostering a workforce where all employees feel a sense of belonging regardless of race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion, socio-economic status, ability, veteran status, and education. We believe that our dedication to cultivating a diverse workspace not only allows us to better serve our customers in over 175 countries but further reinforces our commitment to doing the right thing. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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