Backend Engineer — AI-Driven Logistics Platform

Gallatin AI, Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 80,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grant

Healthcare coverage

401k

Unlimited PTO

Job summary

Gallatin AI, Inc. is seeking a Backend Software Engineer to design, build, and scale core systems powering our AI-driven logistics platform. You will own reliable backend services, APIs, and data pipelines critical to product performance.

Join a mission-driven team building decision-grade systems for defense and humanitarian operations. Competitive compensation includes equity, healthcare, 401k, unlimited PTO, and strong growth opportunities in a high-impact environment.

Qualifications

• Backend languages: Python, Node.js, Typescript or Java.
• Strong understanding of API design and implementation (REST/GraphQL).
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL, MongoDB, DynamoDB, Redis).
• Familiarity with cloud environments (AWS, GCP, Azure) and containerization.

Responsibilities

• Create scalable, resilient backend services and APIs for our logistics solutions.
• Own system architecture, balancing performance, scalability, and security.
• Partner with front-end, AI/ML, and product teams to integrate services smoothly.
• Drive high availability and reliability through proactive monitoring, logging, and alerting.
• Build and maintain thorough testing strategies (unit, integration, and performance).
• Develop pipelines that ingest data from real-time, batch, structured, and unstructured sources.
• Ensure data is consistent, reliable, and available through thoughtful schema design and database optimization.
• Contribute to code reviews, coding standards, best practices, and documentation.
• Track backend development trends and introduce improvements; mentor new teammates.

Skills

Python

Node.js

Typescript

Java

API design

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

DynamoDB

Redis

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Job description

Gallatin AI, Inc. is seeking a Backend Software Engineer to design, build, and scale core systems powering our AI-driven logistics platform. You will own reliable backend services, APIs, and data pipelines critical to product performance.

Join a mission-driven team building decision-grade systems for defense and humanitarian operations. Competitive compensation includes equity, healthcare, 401k, unlimited PTO, and strong growth opportunities in a high-impact environment.