Lead Backend Engineer AI Infrastructure Equity Impact

Jack & Jill

San Francisco (CA)

Hybrid

USD 180,000 - 250,000

Full time

7 days ago
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Job summary

Jack & Jill in San Francisco seeks a Member of Technical Staff, Backend to own the backend platform, scale ingestion and AI workflows on a modern Python and Kubernetes stack. You will ship production-ready APIs for millions of developers and work closely with customers to translate complex technical requirements into core features.

The ideal candidate has 4+ years of backend engineering, strong Python skills, and experience with distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and database performance

Qualifications

  • 4+ years of backend engineering experience.
  • Proficiency in Python and distributed systems, cloud infra, and database performance.
  • Strong interest in AI/LLM-native applications and fast-paced hybrid startup environment.

Responsibilities

  • Design and scale backend systems for ingestion and AI processing using Python, Node.js, Kubernetes, and Temporal.
  • Collaborate directly with customers to translate complex technical requirements into production-ready product features and core APIs.
  • Shape the product roadmap and technical architecture for a platform serving startups and Fortune 50 companies.

Skills

Backend development
Python
Distributed systems
Cloud infrastructure
AI/LLM

Tools

Node.js
Kubernetes
Temporal

Job description

Jack & Jill in San Francisco seeks a Member of Technical Staff, Backend to own the backend platform, scale ingestion and AI workflows on a modern Python and Kubernetes stack. You will ship production-ready APIs for millions of developers and work closely with customers to translate complex technical requirements into core features.

The ideal candidate has 4+ years of backend engineering, strong Python skills, and experience with distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and database performance

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