Senior Backend Engineer
Core
Design, build, and operate core backend systems for Curie, an AI platform that unites AI-automated hardware engineering with AI-designed material science to create critical hardware for AI data centers.
Role type
Senior Backend Engineer (AI Platform)
Builds
Core backend systems, APIs, data pipelines, and infrastructure connecting AI models to scientific tools for hardware and material science applications.
Domain
AI-driven industrial hardware, advanced materials science, and data center infrastructure.
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Backend system design, API development, data pipeline engineering, event-driven architecture, database management (relational/graph), cloud infrastructure, distributed system debugging, system observability, code quality and testing.
Preferred skills
AI/ML environment experience, knowledge graph expertise, infrastructure-as-code, containerization (Docker/Kubernetes), CI/CD pipelines.
Technologies
Python, Go, Rust, Java/Kotlin, graph databases, message queues, caching layers, Kubernetes, Docker.
Responsibilities
Design and implement APIs, services, and data pipelines for the Curie platform; build integrations between AI models and scientific tools; own the full lifecycle of backend features from design to deployment; write well-tested, maintainable code; improve system observability and performance; collaborate with ML researchers and domain experts to translate needs into robust solutions.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with mentorship responsibilities.