Backend Engineer
Core
Building core backend systems, APIs, content pipelines, and AI infrastructure for a documentation platform serving 100M+ developers.
Role type
Senior product-minded backend engineer
Builds
APIs, content ingestion pipelines, AI search/retrieval systems, and infrastructure for documentation sites
Domain
Developer tools / Documentation platforms / AI infrastructure
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
systems design, API architecture, database management, production system scaling, content processing, AI infrastructure development
Preferred skills
product intuition, cross-functional collaboration, customer engagement, high ownership
Technologies
(Not explicitly listed)
Responsibilities
Design and implement end-to-end backend systems for editor, dashboard, and customer sites; scale content infrastructure for thousands of repositories; build search and agent infrastructure for AI products; improve caching, queues, databases, and observability; shape product direction and engineering approaches
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC