Backend Architect: AI Infra & Platform

Embedding VC; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Health benefits

Flexible schedule

Job summary

Abaka AI is seeking a Member of Technical Staff, Infra, to own the scalability and reliability of backend services powering our AI-native features. You will manage cloud infrastructure, APIs, data models, and cross-product infrastructure, while supporting end-to-end product development when needed.

The role requires 3+ years in backend engineering, strong API design and distributed systems experience, and a product-minded approach focused on customer outcomes.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional backend software engineering experience.
• Own architecture across multiple teams or an organization with lasting design decisions.
• Frontend capability with React/TypeScript, end-to-end UI-to-backend work when needed.
• Product-minded: prioritize customer outcomes and avoid unnecessary complexity.
• Excellent communication, able to explain tradeoffs to engineers and leadership.
• Experience building or integrating AI/LLM-powered features and agent designs.
• Familiar with modern AI development tools and workflows.

Responsibilities

• Own the architecture of Abaka Expert Platform's shared backend systems and data models.
• Define and drive long-term backend technology strategy.
• Design, build, and ship backend services and APIs at scale.
• Create scalable, reliable systems; lead top-level technical decisions and reviews.
• Establish backend engineering standards across product teams.
• Collaborate with Product and AI/ML teams to translate requirements into production systems.
• Work with modern AI development tools and improve observability of infrastructure.
• Debug and resolve production issues.

Skills

Backend engineering

API design

Distributed systems

Data modeling

React/TypeScript

AI/LLM features

Observability

Communication

Ownership

Tools

Cursor

Claude Code

GitHub Copilot

Job description

Abaka AI is seeking a Member of Technical Staff, Infra, to own the scalability and reliability of backend services powering our AI-native features. You will manage cloud infrastructure, APIs, data models, and cross-product infrastructure, while supporting end-to-end product development when needed.

The role requires 3+ years in backend engineering, strong API design and distributed systems experience, and a product-minded approach focused on customer outcomes.