Backend Engineer for AI-Driven Defense Platforms

Smack Technologies; El Segundo (CA); On-site; Confidential; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and equity

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Paid time off and company holidays

Job summary

A defense-focused AI company in California is seeking a Backend Engineer to design and build critical backend services. Responsibilities include developing APIs, supporting deployment, and ensuring system reliability. The ideal candidate should have strong backend engineering experience, proficiency in Python or Go, and be comfortable working in collaborative engineering teams. The company offers competitive salary, equity, and comprehensive benefits including medical and 401(k).

Qualifications

• Professional experience building and operating production software systems.
• Strong backend engineering experience with some exposure to full-stack development.
• Experience developing and maintaining APIs (REST, gRPC, GraphQL, or similar).

Responsibilities

• Design and build backend services that power core product capabilities.
• Develop and maintain APIs used by internal systems and user-facing applications.
• Support deployment, configuration, and operation of services.

Skills

Backend engineering

API development

Proficiency in Python

Experience with Kubernetes

Tools

Go

Java

C#

C++

Job description

A defense-focused AI company in California is seeking a Backend Engineer to design and build critical backend services. Responsibilities include developing APIs, supporting deployment, and ensuring system reliability. The ideal candidate should have strong backend engineering experience, proficiency in Python or Go, and be comfortable working in collaborative engineering teams. The company offers competitive salary, equity, and comprehensive benefits including medical and 401(k).