Product Platform: Backend Engineer
Core
Build scalable backend systems, observability platforms, and internal infrastructure for an AI inference platform serving developers and large companies.
Role type
Senior IC backend/distributed systems engineer
Builds
Scalable telemetry pipelines, observability platforms, commercialization/billing systems, partnership integrations, internal AI agent platform, and developer tooling
Domain
AI infrastructure / Distributed systems
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Python, Go, Rust, distributed systems design, observability (logging/metrics/tracing), system architecture, platform mindset, technical leadership
Preferred skills
None stated
Technologies
Python, Go, Rust
Responsibilities
Design and build scalable telemetry ingest and storage pipelines; Own and evolve core observability platforms; Build commercialization and billing systems; Develop internal infrastructure and tooling for developer velocity; Own the internal AI agent platform end to end; Own Baseten's testing strategy end to end; Drive adoption through developer experience; Improve platform reliability through alerting and debugging workflows; Lead technical design for cross-team projects; Partner with infrastructure, model performance, and product teams; Raise the engineering bar through code review and mentorship
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
