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Backend Infrastructure Engineer

Backend Infrastructure Engineer

Strategic Employment Partners (SEP)San Francisco, CA, United States
15 hours ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

Join a stealth-mode startup on a mission to redefine how people shop online. Our client is building a hyper-personalized, AI-powered shopping experience backed by some of the most successful names in tech. They're tackling challenges at the intersection of distributed systems, real-time data processing, and large-scale infrastructure, and they're seeking backend engineers who want to build from the ground up.

Term : Full Time

Location : Onsite in San Francisco, CA

The Role :

  • Architect and scale low-latency, high-throughput systems used by millions
  • Build APIs, core infrastructure, and backend services powering AI-driven personalization
  • Collaborate daily - this is a fully onsite role with a tight-knit, high-output team
  • Shape foundational systems, not just features - we’re early, flat, and execution-first

Tech Stack :

  • Languages : Go, Python, Rust, or similar
  • Cloud : AWS, GCP, or Azure (serverless, containerized workloads)
  • DevOps : Kubernetes, Terraform, CI / CD pipelines
  • Systems : Experience with distributed systems, real-time APIs, or high-availability infrastructure
  • Bonus : Experience scraping and normalizing large-scale data from diverse sources
  • Ideal Qualifications :

  • Backend engineer with 7+ years building reliable, scalable infrastructure
  • Thrive in ambiguity, move fast, and care deeply about clean architecture
  • Low ego, strong communicator, and ready to own key systems in a product-led org
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