Lead Backend Engineer

TEEMA; Vancouver; On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm is seeking a Lead Backend Engineer to design and develop robust backend systems that power a cutting-edge platform. This role involves collaborating with AI teams to integrate machine learning capabilities and shaping the engineering culture by mentoring and promoting best practices. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in backend engineering, a systems-thinking mindset, and a passion for solving complex architecture challenges. Join a dynamic team in a fast-paced startup environment committed to building a category-defining product and making a significant impact in the tech industry.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of backend engineering experience with a focus on architecture and ML.
• Expertise in modern design patterns and cloud architectures.

Responsibilities

• Design scalable backend systems and data pipelines for core platform capabilities.
• Collaborate with AI teams to develop ML infrastructure and workflows.

Skills

Backend Engineering

Architecture Design

Data Pipelines

Machine Learning

Problem-Solving

Debugging

Performance Optimization

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science

Graduate Degree (Bonus)

Tools

AI Tools (e.g., Copilot, ChatGPT)

Modern Backend Languages (e.g., Go, Python)

Job description

Job Title: Lead Backend Engineer
Job ID: 78482
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia

What you will be doing:

• Design and develop scalable, reliable, and secure backend systems, including data pipelines, backend services, and observability layers, to power the core platform capabilities of platform.

• Drive ML infrastructure: Collaborate with our AI teams to architect and develop our AI/ML infrastructure and workflows—integrating multi-agent AI workflows, machine learning, and analytics capabilities into our backend services.

• Contribute actively to the design of our architecture-focused platform, including identifying the architecture capabilities integral for our customers, identifying the engineering designs which most effectively deliver our architecture value propositions, and actively track and pioneer new architecture best practices to ensure platform remains cutting-edge.

• Shape our engineering culture: Help establish and promote best practices, mentor engineers, and contribute to hiring and growing a high-trust, high-performance team.

• Act as a technical leader: Drive engineering excellence, ensure high code quality and performance, and foster a culture of continuous improvement.

• Stay ahead of emerging technologies: Keep abreast of new developments in tech architectures, backend engineering, data infrastructure, and cloud-native tooling, leveraging them to enhance our product offerings and our platform.

What you must have:

• 7+ years of experience in backend engineering at top-tier startups or technology companies, with a strong focus on architecture, data pipelines and ML.

• Deep expertise with modern design patterns and software and cloud architectures, distributed systems, and observability best practices for cloud-native architectures.

• A strong systems-thinking mindset and a genuine passion for solving architecture challenges experienced by CTOs and developers, and building an AI-powered tech decision intelligence and insight platform.

• Experience and practice using AI tools (e.g. Copilot, ChatGPT) in developing code and building products.

• Proficiency in modern backend languages and frameworks (e.g. Go, Python), with an interest in polyglot approaches and emerging technologies.

• Excellent problem-solving, debugging, and performance optimization skills, with a passion for clean, maintainable code.

• A dynamic mindset and high-trust personality, to effectively collaborate cross-functionally while shaping our grounded geek culture.

• Commitment to building in a fast-paced startup environment, shaping the foundation of a category-defining product, and seeing it through its bold mission.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field. Graduate degree is a bonus.

Salary/Rate Range: $150,000 – $200,000