Engineering Leader — AI Platform & Backend

Collinear AI

Sunnyvale (CA)

On-site

USD 200,000 - 400,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Collinear AI in Sunnyvale is seeking an Engineering Leader to own the architecture and reliability of their AI agent improvement products. This hands-on role emphasizes backend systems and distributed execution.

Ideal candidates will have 7–10+ years of experience, particularly in cloud services, and a strong command of Python and distributed systems. The position offers a salary range of $200,000 to $400,000 per year, along with equity and benefits.

Qualifications

  • 7–10+ years of experience building backend systems, platforms, or cloud services.
  • Strong experience with distributed systems, infrastructure, and cloud-native architectures.
  • Comfortable working directly with customers in a B2B setting.

Responsibilities

  • Own the architecture, reliability, and scalability of AI agent improvement product offerings.
  • Design and operate multi-tenant, distributed backend systems.
  • Make platform-level decisions across infrastructure and deployment models.

Skills

Building backend systems
Distributed systems
Python
Cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure)
Containers and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)

Job description

Collinear AI in Sunnyvale is seeking an Engineering Leader to own the architecture and reliability of their AI agent improvement products. This hands-on role emphasizes backend systems and distributed execution.

Ideal candidates will have 7–10+ years of experience, particularly in cloud services, and a strong command of Python and distributed systems. The position offers a salary range of $200,000 to $400,000 per year, along with equity and benefits.

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