AI Backend Engineer — Zero-to-One Features

Crazy Maple Studio; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Green card sponsorship

H-1B transfers welcome

Onsite in Sunnyvale, CA

Job summary

Crazy Maple Studio is hiring for a backend-focused role in Sunnyvale, CA. You will design and build AI-powered backend systems, connecting models via unified gateways and delivering scalable APIs for our ReelShort platform.

You’ll work directly with leadership on high-visibility experiments and own the reliability of your services. We value hands-on developers who move quickly, embrace ambiguity, and can ship fast.

Qualifications

• 2–5 years of experience building backend systems that real users depend on.
• Strong in at least one backend language (Python, TypeScript/Node.js, Go or Java).
• Solid experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and caching/queues (Redis, SQS).
• Experience deploying services on AWS or GCP with containers or serverless and CI/CD setup.
• Kubernetes experience not required; lean infrastructure at this stage.
• Daily use of AI coding tools; fast learner, self-directed and able to work with ambiguity.
• Hands-on with LLM APIs, RAG, vector databases or agent frameworks is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design and build backend systems for new AI-powered apps from prototype to scale.
• Help choose and set up our stack, including deployment and CI/CD.
• Connect LLMs to products via a unified gateway to switch models and track costs.
• Build APIs for mobile apps and data foundations to measure impact.
• Own reliability: monitoring, debugging, and fixing issues.
• Explore new AI infra, turning findings into proposals.

Skills

Backend development

Python

TypeScript/Node.js

Go

Java

Relational databases

AWS/GCP

CI/CD

Kubernetes

AI tooling

Tools

PostgreSQL

MySQL

GitHub Actions

Terraform

Pulumi

Job description

Crazy Maple Studio is hiring for a backend-focused role in Sunnyvale, CA. You will design and build AI-powered backend systems, connecting models via unified gateways and delivering scalable APIs for our ReelShort platform.

You’ll work directly with leadership on high-visibility experiments and own the reliability of your services. We value hands-on developers who move quickly, embrace ambiguity, and can ship fast.