Senior Backend Engineer
180k – 250kSan Francisco, CABackend EngineeringHybrid4+ YOE
Summary
Builds and scales backend features for AI/LLM-native applications using Python, Node.js, Kubernetes, and related tools. Requires 4+ years experience shipping products from prototype to production at scale, with customer iteration.
About the role
Responsibilities
- Build out new features and scale backend capabilities focused on core APIs.
- Backend stack: Python, Node.js, Kubernetes, Terraform, Postgres, Temporal.
- Work closely with prospects and customers to build production solutions.
Qualifications
- 4+ years experience shipping completely new product features from prototype to production serving end users.
- Experience shipping or interest in AI/LLM-native applications.
- Rapid iteration with customers or engineers; translate user feedback into features and proactive discovery.
- Help jointly develop and iterate on product roadmap for core features.
- Shipped applications at scale.
Skills
PythonNode.jsKubernetesTerraformPostgresTemporalAILLMAPIs
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