Backend AI Engineer: Real-Time AI Reliability

AI

New York (NY)

On-site

USD 150,000 - 300,000

Full time

14 days+
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Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance
Startup equity
Flexible time off

Job summary

AI is seeking a Backend AI Engineer based in New York, NY, to design and build core systems for AI-driven site reliability engineering. This role involves significant collaboration with AI teams to optimize incident detection and system performance.

Your contributions will include backend system architecture, API development, and data management, ensuring robust services for complex production environments. The position offers a competitive salary between $150,000–$300,000, along with equity and benefits.

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of software engineering experience, focusing on backend development.
  • Proven ability to lead in fast-paced startup environments.
  • Strong experience with Python and web frameworks like FastAPI.
  • Experience deploying applications on AWS with ECS or Kubernetes.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the design and implementation of scalable backend systems.
  • Design and implement high-performance APIs for backend communication.
  • Ensure efficient data storage and retrieval, leveraging modern technologies.
  • Collaborate with AI engineers to integrate AI-driven insights.

Skills

Backend development
Python
API Development
AWS
FastAPI

Tools

PostgreSQL
Redis
Kubernetes

Job description

AI is seeking a Backend AI Engineer based in New York, NY, to design and build core systems for AI-driven site reliability engineering. This role involves significant collaboration with AI teams to optimize incident detection and system performance.

Your contributions will include backend system architecture, API development, and data management, ensuring robust services for complex production environments. The position offers a competitive salary between $150,000–$300,000, along with equity and benefits.

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