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Senior Backend Engineer - AI Start-Up

Senior Backend Engineer - AI Start-Up

Radley JamesSan Francisco, CA, United States
5 days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

This range is provided by Radley James. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

$150,000.00 / yr - $250,000.00 / yr

Company Overview

An AI-driven legal technology start-up focused on transforming how the global patent system operates is looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join their growing team.

Their platform processes and interprets every patent document ever published, working with more than 15TB of complex data. The company has raised significant funding and is building infrastructure to support large‑scale machine learning and data workflows.

Role Overview

  • Architect and maintain large-scale data and machine learning pipelines.
  • Manage cloud infrastructure (primarily Google Cloud) to handle high-volume processing.
  • Optimise distributed systems supporting embeddings at massive scale (500M+).
  • Ensure reliable, efficient data workflows that scale with growth.

Qualifications

  • Extensive experience in backend engineering with distributed systems.
  • Strong proficiency in Python and modern cloud environments (preferably Google Cloud).
  • Familiarity with machine learning infrastructure and data pipeline orchestration.
  • Comfort working with large datasets and performance‑critical systems.
  • Ability to operate independently in a fast‑moving early‑stage environment.
  • Seniority Level

    Associate

    Employment Type

    Full-time

    Job Function

    Finance and Engineering

    Industries

    Financial Services and Engineering Services

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