AI Distributed Systems Engineer - On-Site SF, Equity

Epic Placements

San Francisco (CA)

On-site

USD 180,000 - 240,000

Full time

2 days ago
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Benefits offered by this job

Equity
Comprehensive Benefits
On-Call Bonus

Job summary

Epic Placements is hiring a backend/distributed systems engineer in San Francisco to build and own the data, orchestration, and infrastructure layer for a continuously running AI platform. You will design resilient systems for large-scale data processing and turn probabilistic AI outputs into reliable, structured data.

The role requires 3+ years in backend or distributed systems, strong Python and AWS production experience, and a willingness to work on-site in San Francisco, CA.

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of experience in backend or distributed systems engineering.
  • Strong production Python and AWS skills.
  • Experience operating systems at terabyte-to-petabyte scale.

Responsibilities

  • Build and own the data, orchestration, and infrastructure layer for a scalable AI platform.
  • Design resilient systems for large-scale data processing and reliable data outputs.
  • Collaborate with AI and data teams to improve system reliability and performance.

Skills

Python
Distributed Systems
AWS
Infrastructure As Code
ETL Pipelines
Data Platform Engineering
Large-scale Data Processing
System Architecture
Observability Tools
Workflow Orchestration
Vector Databases
PostgreSQL

Job description

Epic Placements is hiring a backend/distributed systems engineer in San Francisco to build and own the data, orchestration, and infrastructure layer for a continuously running AI platform. You will design resilient systems for large-scale data processing and turn probabilistic AI outputs into reliable, structured data.

The role requires 3+ years in backend or distributed systems, strong Python and AWS production experience, and a willingness to work on-site in San Francisco, CA.

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