Founding Backend Engineer
Core
Design, develop, and maintain backend systems for a real-time AI speech tutor serving non-native English speakers globally.
Role type
Founding Backend Engineer (Infrastructure & Distributed Systems)
Builds
Core infrastructure for real-time speech processing, data pipelines, and model serving for an AI language learning platform.
Domain
EdTech / AI Infrastructure / Distributed Systems
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure
Required skills
Distributed systems design, Kubernetes, AWS, Real-time streaming (audio/video), PostgreSQL, Redis, System monitoring & alerting, Query optimization
Preferred skills
GPU resource management, Rayserve, Multi-cloud strategies, B2C mobile backend experience
Technologies
Kubernetes, AWS, PostgreSQL, Redis, Memcached, Rayserve
Responsibilities
Design and scale distributed systems for real-time speech processing; Own data pipelines from ingestion to model serving; Implement robust monitoring, logging, and alerting for 24x7 availability; Optimize system performance and scalability.
Seniority
Early-stage (Founding), Hands-on IC
