Principal Software Engineer - Backend & AI Infra

CVector - Industrial AI; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Flexible Spending Account (FSA)

Unlimited PTO

High-end equipment and IT setup

Equity upside

Visa sponsorship

Job summary

CVector - Industrial AI in New York City is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead backend and AI infrastructure work across time-series data systems, AI analytics, cloud infrastructure, and data ingestion pipelines.

You will own complex systems, drive major migrations, and influence platform direction while collaborating with product, modeling, and frontend engineers to scale intelligence in industrial energy workflows.

Qualifications

• A decade or more of experience building and operating production backend systems.
• Experience with time-series data and data ingestion pipelines.
• Proven track record in distributed backend architectures and cloud infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Own complex backend systems and lead major migrations.
• Shape platform direction and ensure reliability and scalability across AI and data layers.
• Collaborate with product, modeling, and frontend teams to deliver integrated solutions.

Skills

Backend systems

Distributed systems

Data infrastructure

Tools

Python

TypeScript

Supabase

PostgreSQL

MQTT

TigerData

AWS

GitHub CI/CD

Job description

CVector’s mission is to bring real time economic optimization and AI prediction to every energy and manufacturing plant.

Industrial facilities make decisions every minute that determine cost, reliability, and margin, but the signals that matter live in different worlds: live asset constraints and process reality on one side, feedstock prices, product prices, demand, and market dynamics on the other. We fuse those worlds into one decision layer that continuously forecasts what is coming, simulates what could happen, and optimizes what to do next, so plants can run closer to their true economic potential every day.

This position works from our New York City office four days per week. CVector has customers across the United States and operates real-world systems in demanding industrial environments.

Role Overview

As a Principal Software Engineer - Backend & AI Infra focus, you will play a critical role in evolving CVector’s core backend platform. You will work on time-series data systems, AI-assisted analytics, cloud infrastructure, and data ingestion pipelines that power our customer-facing applications and internal modeling platforms.

This role is well-suited for an engineer who enjoys working close to the data and infrastructure layers, has strong architectural judgment, and is excited to operate across AI systems, databases, and distributed backend services. You will take ownership of complex systems, drive major technical migrations, and help shape how intelligence is embedded into industrial energy workflows.

You will collaborate closely with product, modeling, and frontend engineers, and you will have significant influence over platform direction, reliability, and long-term scalability.

Why This Role Matters

This role sits at the intersection of AI systems, time-series data, and real-world energy infrastructure. Your work will directly impact system reliability, customer trust, and CVector’s ability to scale intelligent energy management across industries.

If you enjoy solving deep backend problems, shaping platform foundations, and embedding intelligence into physical systems, this role offers both technical challenge and real-world impact.

Professional Qualifications

Our current technology stack includes Python, TypeScript, Supabase, PostgreSQL, MQTT, TigerData, AWS, and GitHub-based CI/CD workflows.

A strong candidate will:

• Show how they have left their fingerprint on your corner of the industry, ambitious to do it again
• Have a decade or more of experience building and operating production backend systems
• Have built and maintained multiple generations of distributed systems
• Be tracking the latest developments in agentic system design, ready to grow a leading edge system of their own

CVector provides team members with:

• A competitive compensation package with meaningful equity upside
• A robust selection of health, dental, and vision insurance options
• Optional Health Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Unlimited PTO with a three week minimum per year, plus additional sick days
• Top of the line work equipment and IT setup, including high performance laptops and a modern developer stack
• Unlimited access to the latest AI agent systems and productivity tools to help you move faster and build better
• Visa support for candidates currently based in the US, and including employer-sponsored visa applications where applicable