Backend Engineer: Scale AI-Driven APIs & Infra

Rogo; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Rogo is seeking a backend engineer to advance AI-powered product development. You will architect REST and gRPC APIs, design large-scale infrastructure for crawling, ranking and retrieval, and ship secure, well-tested code.

The role favors autonomy, collaboration, and curiosity in a fast-paced startup environment. Ideal candidates have 4+ years building distributed systems, proficiency in a strongly typed language (Rust, C++, or Java), and familiarity with protocol buffers and gRPC.

Qualifications

• Bachelors in Computer Science or related field.
• 4+ years of experience building and scaling distributed systems.
• Experience with strongly typed languages (Rust, C++, or Java).
• Experience with protocol buffers and gRPC.
• Strong programming skills and CS fundamentals.
• Collaborative, organized, and curious mindset.

Responsibilities

• Architect REST and gRPC APIs with scalable server-side implementations.
• Design and build large-scale infrastructure for crawling, ranking, and retrieval.
• Ship secure, compliant code handling sensitive data.
• Write robust, readable, and testable code.
• Raise code quality, reliability, and product velocity through teamwork.

Skills

Distributed systems

Rust

C++

Java

REST & gRPC

Code quality

Collaboration

Autonomy

Education

Bachelor's in CS or related

Tools

Protocol Buffers

gRPC

MapReduce

Job description

Rogo is seeking a backend engineer to advance AI-powered product development. You will architect REST and gRPC APIs, design large-scale infrastructure for crawling, ranking and retrieval, and ship secure, well-tested code.

The role favors autonomy, collaboration, and curiosity in a fast-paced startup environment. Ideal candidates have 4+ years building distributed systems, proficiency in a strongly typed language (Rust, C++, or Java), and familiarity with protocol buffers and gRPC.