Staff Engineer
Core
Senior backend/platform engineer shaping scalable AI-native platforms and solving high-stakes technical problems for product teams.
Role type
Staff Backend Engineer (AI/Platform)
Builds
Scalable APIs, data systems, and AI orchestration/guardrails for thousands of concurrent assistant sessions.
Domain
SaaS / AI Infrastructure / Distributed Systems
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
System design, distributed systems, cloud platforms (AWS/GCP), containers & Kubernetes, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), CI/CD automation, Go/Java/Ruby/Python/JavaScript, Postgres/MySQL/NoSQL, event-driven architectures (Kafka)
Preferred skills
LLM gateways, prompt/model evaluation, guardrails, developer experience improvement, open source contributions
Technologies
AWS, GCP, Kubernetes, Terraform, Kafka, Postgres, MySQL, Go, Java, Ruby, Python, JavaScript
Responsibilities
Align engineering roadmap with business outcomes; Design and evolve core platforms for APIs, data, and AI; Embed AI capabilities (orchestration, evaluation, guardrails); Mentor peers through reviews and pairing
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with strategic influence