Staff Software Engineer, Backend / Infrastructure - Build the Core Systems Powering Enterprise AI

Job Description

Job Description

About the Company

Company Size :

Industry : Agentic AI, Automation, Enterprise Software

Founding Year : 2023

Stage : Early-Stage Startup

Tech Stack : Python, AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform,and other leading tools

This early-stage team is building the foundation for enterprise AI—deploying autonomous agents that deliver specialized services with human-level quality. Founded by builders from companies like Google, Databricks, and Canva, they’re moving fast to turn ambitious ideas into real-world systems.

As one of the first backend / infra engineers, you’ll design and build the systems that make enterprise AI deployments reliable, scalable, and secure. From APIs to authentication to metering and observability, you’ll have huge ownership over the technical architecture that supports mission-critical AI services. This is a high-impact, zero-to-one role where you’ll define foundational systems while staying deeply hands-on.

What You’ll Tackle :

• Architect and build backend systems, APIs, and infrastructure that power enterprise-grade AI agents.
• Lead projects across authentication, observability, metering, billing, and metadata systems.
• Own infrastructure automation (IaC), Kubernetes-based deployments, and CI / CD pipelines.
• Design backend solutions with an eye toward reliability, security, scalability, and high performance.
• Collaborate closely with platform engineers, solutions architects, and product teams to deliver cohesive systems at scale.

What You'll Bring :

Why You’ll Want to Join :

Compensation is salary range above + meaningful equity in an early-stage venture-backed startup, commensurate with level of experience.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.