Backend Engineer — San Francisco (Hybrid or Remote)
Core
Backend Engineer building scalable AI-powered writing and productivity tools, including plagiarism detection and citation workflows for educational platforms.
Role type
Senior Backend Engineer (AI/ML integration)
Builds
High-load backend services, scalable APIs, and AI-driven features
Domain
EdTech + AI/LLM
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Java, Spring Boot, Python, System scaling, REST APIs, GraphQL, Microservices, Message brokers (Kafka, RabbitMQ), WebSocket, LLM integration
Preferred skills
LLM frameworks (OpenAI, Anthropic), LangChain, Langraph, Mentoring
Technologies
Java, Spring Boot, Python, Kafka, RabbitMQ, GraphQL, WebSocket, LLM APIs
Responsibilities
Design scalable APIs and services, Build and integrate AI-powered features, Improve performance and system architecture, Collaborate with product and AI teams, Contribute to technical decisions, Mentor engineers
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
