Senior Backend Engineer
Core
Design and operate core platform systems including backend infrastructure, data processing pipelines, storage layers, and scalable APIs for internal and external consumers.
Role type
Senior Backend Engineer (Platform Infrastructure)
Builds
Core platform systems, Pangolin database, data access layers, authorization frameworks, and service orchestration.
Domain
Software reliability, deterministic simulation, distributed systems, storage engines
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Systems design, performance optimization, storage efficiency, distributed systems (consistency, fault tolerance, replication), API design, incident response, capacity planning
Preferred skills
Rust, query planning/optimization, multi-tenant platforms, authorization frameworks, C/C++
Technologies
Rust, Pangolin, distributed systems frameworks
Responsibilities
Design and build backend infrastructure and data pipelines; Contribute to the Pangolin database; Build foundational primitives like auth frameworks; Own reliability from design to incident response; Resolve performance bottlenecks; Mentor engineers
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC