Senior AI-Native Backend Engineer (Remote, Flexible Hours)

Vibehackers; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental and vision insurance

Vanguard 403(b) with 3% employer match

Paid parental leave

Sick and safe PTO

Paid comp time

Annual learning budget

FSA and Dependent Care FSA

Life insurance (1x salary)

Pet insurance (Wishbone)

Job summary

Vibehackers is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead backend and generative AI content pipelines for a newly funded edtech product, building an AI workflow engine and resilient, scalable Python/TypeScript infrastructure.

As technical lead for agentic coding, prompt and context engineering, you will ship multiple substantial features per week and own system design, API boundaries, and durable execution across scale.

Qualifications

• Proven AI-native engineering experience with agentic/AI-assisted workflows.
• Expert prompt and context engineering; experience with Spec-Driven Development.
• Backend orchestration layers and agentic pipelines; graph-based concepts.
• Strong Python and TypeScript skills; scale-oriented design and performance.
• Durable execution for long-running tasks; versioned prompts and data.
• Ability to work autonomously in a small team and ship frequently.
• Familiarity with Claude Code and OpenAI Codex is expected; LangGraph desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of backend and AI content pipelines.
• Architect AI workflow engine and agentic orchestration.
• Ship multiple substantial features weekly and review peers' work.
• Own API boundaries, system design, and database performance.
• Maintain context layer and production artifacts like prompt chains.

Skills

Agentic Coding

Prompt Engineering

Context Engineering

Spec-Driven Development

System Design

Distributed Systems

Backend Development

API Design

Database Performance

Code Review

Autonomous Work

Tools

Claude Code

OpenAI Codex

LangGraph

Job description

Vibehackers is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead backend and generative AI content pipelines for a newly funded edtech product, building an AI workflow engine and resilient, scalable Python/TypeScript infrastructure.

As technical lead for agentic coding, prompt and context engineering, you will ship multiple substantial features per week and own system design, API boundaries, and durable execution across scale.