Staff Software Engineer, Backend (Infrastructure)

The Opportunity

Are you an experienced Staff Software Engineer, Backend (Infrastructure) looking to make a significant impact at the intersection of scalable web services and cutting-edge AI technologies? We're seeking a talented engineer to lead the development, deployment, and management of web services and infrastructure that empower AI-driven products and initiatives. As part of our dynamic engineering team, you'll collaborate closely with AI researchers, product managers, and technologists to deliver innovative solutions that transform the experiences of end-user professionals and enterprise clients across diverse industries.

Your Impact

• Define and drive the architecture of scalable solutions utilizing technologies like MySQL, Vitess, Kafka, Cassandra, Redis, and big data platforms — shaping foundational systems that support sophisticated AI applications and workflows across the organization.

• Leverage your deep expertise in Python to build and enhance backend systems that seamlessly integrate with machine learning and AI models, while establishing engineering best practices for the broader team.

• Design and implement robust business logic using web frameworks such as Django, ensuring compatibility with AI components and integration with databases — and influence how these patterns are adopted at scale.

• Write reusable, efficient, and maintainable code that underpins our high-performance web services and supports real-time AI analytics, setting the bar for code quality across teams.

• Partner with AI teams to streamline data pipelines, optimize model deployment, and ensure backend systems effectively support AI-based product features — often driving alignment across multiple teams simultaneously.

• Serve as a key technical voice with stakeholders across the organization, translating complex infrastructure strategies into clear direction and influencing roadmaps related to AI-enabled infrastructure.

We're Looking for Someone Who

• Holds a Bachelor's, Master's, or Ph.D. in Computer Science or a related field.

• Demonstrates strong expertise in databases, distributed systems, backend performance optimization, and familiarity with backend requirements for machine learning infrastructure.

• Demonstrates a solid understanding of database internals, transactions, indexing, and experience in schema design optimized for AI data workloads.

• Has 10+ years of experience in developing and architecting large-scale web services, preferably with exposure to supporting AI systems.

• Possesses expert proficiency in Python or other programming languages such as Go, Java, or C++.

• Has extensive experience with web frameworks like Django and is comfortable integrating systems with technologies such as MySQL, Redis, Elasticsearch, Kafka, and Cassandra, particularly in support of AI workflows.