This is a senior IC role for a backend specialist who can alternate between two operating modes: (1) shaping platforms that many product teams build on, and (2) diving deep with a team to crack a hard, high-stakes technical problem
Job Summary
This is a senior IC role for a backend specialist who can alternate between two operating modes: (1) shaping platforms that many product teams build on, and (2) diving deep with a team to crack a hard, high-stakes technical problem.
You will also build AI-native capabilities into our platform (LLM orchestration, evaluation, cost and latency controls, guardrails), build novel systems, and raise the reliability, performance, and developer experience across services.
You will partner across multiple product groups, write crisp technical strategy, and be the engineer others look to for judgment, taste, and depth.
Matching Summary
This is a senior IC role for a backend specialist who can alternate between two operating modes: (1) shaping platforms that many product teams build on, and (2) diving deep with a team to crack a hard, high-stakes technical problem.
Skills & Requirements
Must-have
system design and distributed systems
cloud platforms (AWS/GCP)
containers & Kubernetes
Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)
CI/CD automation
event-driven architectures using Kafka
Nice-to-have
AI systems in production
improving developer experience
public artifacts such as design write-ups
Key Requirements
Backend/platform engineer with over 8 years of experience
Depth in one or more of Go, Java, Ruby, Python, or JavaScript
Proficient with Postgres/MySQL and NoSQL databases