Founding AI-First Backend Engineer — Remote

Traild Pty; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Traild is launching an AI-first team to build foundational platform capabilities and real AI-powered products. This founding engineering role in our Tel Aviv office offers ownership from day one, shaping Traild’s next-gen backend platform and customer-facing products.

You’ll design and build scalable backend services, work across APIs, data, and infrastructure, and ship products that impact global transactions and fraud protection with an AI-driven approach.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a strong backend focus.
• BSc in Computer Science or equivalent hands-on experience
• A builder’s mindset, with experience taking products from idea to production
• Comfort working across the stack when needed, from APIs and workflows to infrastructure
• Production experience with Python (AI / data-heavy systems) and Go (high-performance services)
• An AI-first approach, with a natural instinct for where automation and AI create leverage
• A high bar for quality and a willingness to challenge yourself and the team
• Clear communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively in small, senior teams

Responsibilities

• Own features end to end - take ideas from early concept through production. You won’t just write code, you’ll ship real products, iterate quickly, and see the impact of your work with customers.
• Think beyond the task - Take initiative, understand the broader context, and help drive product and technical decisions. This is not a ticket-driven role.
• Build AI-powered systems- Use AI where it meaningfully improves product quality, development velocity, or user experience, both in what we ship and how we build.
• Backend-focused, full-stack mindset- Your core focus will be backend systems, but you’re comfortable working across APIs, data, infrastructure, and DevOps when needed.
• Design for scale - Build backend services that are reliable, maintainable, and designed to grow with the platform.

Skills

Backend experience

Python

Go

AI/ML mindset

System design

Team collaboration

Education

BSc in Computer Science

Tools

GCP

Job description

Traild is launching an AI-first team to build foundational platform capabilities and real AI-powered products. This founding engineering role in our Tel Aviv office offers ownership from day one, shaping Traild’s next-gen backend platform and customer-facing products.

You’ll design and build scalable backend services, work across APIs, data, and infrastructure, and ship products that impact global transactions and fraud protection with an AI-driven approach.