AI Applications Lead — Scalable Backend Architect

USA Tech Recruit; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

USA Tech Recruit seeks a Technical Lead – Applications to own the core architecture that connects AI systems with real-world user experiences. This hands-on leadership role focuses on scalable backend services, APIs, and client integrations across mobile and desktop platforms.

You will guide engineering strategy while staying close to code, making architectural decisions, and ensuring fast, reliable systems as the product grows.

Qualifications

• Experience leading application or product engineering teams.
• Design and build complex production backend systems.
• Develop backend services, APIs, and scalable architectures.
• Design system across services, data flows, and integrations.
• Balance rapid product iteration with strong engineering fundamentals.
• Collaborate with ML teams to translate AI into production UX.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture decisions and engineering strategy.
• Own core application architecture powering AI features.
• Ensure systems are fast, reliable, and scalable.
• Lead small team of senior engineers and set best practices.

Skills

Technical leadership

Backend systems

APIs

Distributed systems

System design

AI integration

Mobile integrations

Desktop integrations

Cloud infrastructure

Performance optimization

Security

Observability

Code reviews

Architecture reviews

Cross-functional collaboration

Production reliability

Job description

USA Tech Recruit seeks a Technical Lead – Applications to own the core architecture that connects AI systems with real-world user experiences. This hands-on leadership role focuses on scalable backend services, APIs, and client integrations across mobile and desktop platforms.

You will guide engineering strategy while staying close to code, making architectural decisions, and ensuring fast, reliable systems as the product grows.