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

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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