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/LLM integration)
Builds
High-load backend services, scalable APIs, and AI-driven features for student writing tools
Domain
EdTech + AI/LLM
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Java, Spring Boot, Python, REST APIs, GraphQL, microservices, Kafka, RabbitMQ, WebSocket, system scaling, algorithm design, LLM integration
Preferred skills
LLM frameworks (OpenAI, Anthropic), LangChain, Langraph, mentoring
Technologies
Java, Spring Boot, Python, Kafka, RabbitMQ, GraphQL, WebSocket, OpenAI, Anthropic, LangChain, Langraph
Responsibilities
Design scalable APIs and services, build and integrate AI-powered features, improve performance and system architecture, collaborate with product and AI teams, mentor engineers
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC