Hybrid Backend & AI Systems Engineer (Contract)

Cypress HCM

San Francisco (CA)

Hybrid

USD 91,000 - 103,000

Full time

8 days ago
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Job summary

Cypress HCM in San Francisco, CA seeks a Senior Engineer for Backend & AI Systems on a contract basis (Aug 17, 2026–Nov 13, 2026). Hybrid work available. You will design GraphQL APIs, leverage Node.js, Postgres, Docker, and Kubernetes, and build AI-powered features to help users turn data into compelling visuals.

Strong TS/Node.js experience and AI infrastructure skills are essential. Join a small incubator team and own critical components end-to-end, collaborating with frontend and design to

Qualifications

  • 6+ years of backend engineering experience with TypeScript and Node.js.
  • Hands-on experience with LLMs, prompt engineering, and AI workflows.
  • Experience with agentic architectures including multi-step reasoning and tool-calling agents.
  • Ability to design and maintain AI evaluation infrastructure to measure model quality.

Responsibilities

  • Design and evolve GraphQL API and services using Node.js, Postgres, S3, Docker, and Kubernetes.
  • Build AI-powered features including chart recommendation, data fluency, narrative generation, and agentic workflows.
  • Own the eval infrastructure by defining what “good” looks like for AI systems and driving quality improvements.
  • Collaborate with frontend engineers to ship features end-to-end.

Skills

Backend engineering
TypeScript / Node.js
LLMs / AI systems
Agentic architectures
AI evaluation infra
Early-stage product

Tools

PostgreSQL
GraphQL
Docker
Kubernetes
LangChain
AWS
Azure

Job description

Cypress HCM in San Francisco, CA seeks a Senior Engineer for Backend & AI Systems on a contract basis (Aug 17, 2026–Nov 13, 2026). Hybrid work available. You will design GraphQL APIs, leverage Node.js, Postgres, Docker, and Kubernetes, and build AI-powered features to help users turn data into compelling visuals.

Strong TS/Node.js experience and AI infrastructure skills are essential. Join a small incubator team and own critical components end-to-end, collaborating with frontend and design to

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