Backend Engineer - AI Platform, Equity + Hybrid SF

Aspiron Search; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Aspiron Search in San Francisco is hiring software engineers to build backend services and APIs for a security-enabled AI platform. You will work closely with founders, product and design, and have direct access to customers to shape product outcomes.

The role emphasizes ownership, rapid iteration, and scaling across enterprise integrations, with a hybrid work model (3 days onsite per week) and equity opportunities.

Qualifications

• Strong backend and platform engineering fundamentals.
• Experience with Python, Node.js, Postgres and Azure.
• Genuine AI‑nativeness: you ship through automated review and CI/CD, not just prompts.
• A real curiosity for agents and LLM workflows.
• Start‑up experience and a hunger for ownership, pace and impact.
• Customer‑first mindset: fix issues to delight customers.

Responsibilities

• Build backend services and APIs at the heart of the platform.
• Integrate with enterprise AI platforms and evolve with them.
• Translate large activity data into clear, actionable insights for customers.
• Develop in-house agents and LLM workflows to push capabilities forward.
• Own architecture, reliability and scale as the business grows.
• Collaborate with founders, product and design, with direct customer contact.

Skills

Backend engineering

Python

Node.js

PostgreSQL

Azure

AI/ML workflows

Tools

PostgreSQL

Azure

CI/CD

Job description

Aspiron Search in San Francisco is hiring software engineers to build backend services and APIs for a security-enabled AI platform. You will work closely with founders, product and design, and have direct access to customers to shape product outcomes.

The role emphasizes ownership, rapid iteration, and scaling across enterprise integrations, with a hybrid work model (3 days onsite per week) and equity opportunities.