Senior AI Platform Backend Engineer (Hybrid)

Evertune AI; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive equity

Medical/Dental/Vision coverage

Generous PTO

Commuter benefits

Job summary

Evertune AI is hiring in the United States for a senior backend engineer to take ownership of the AI Discovery platform's backend. You will design and scale distributed systems, implement cloud infrastructure patterns, and optimize integrations with OpenAI and other LLM providers.

You are a software engineer first, proficient in Python and Go, containerization with Docker, and Terraform, guiding architecture and reliability.

Qualifications

• 7+ years building resilient, high‑performance backend systems for user‑facing or B2B products.
• Deep proficiency in Python (or similar) and distributed systems design.
• Production cloud experience (GCP, AWS, Azure) with IAM and environment isolation.
• Infrastructure as code with Terraform or equivalent, and containerization with Docker.
• Strong communication skills and ability to influence technical direction.

Responsibilities

• Architect, build, and maintain scalable backend services in Python and Go.
• Design resilient APIs, optimize data pipelines, and improve system performance and reliability.
• Own and evolve parts of our cloud infrastructure, including environment configuration and access patterns.
• Implement and manage infrastructure as code (Terraform or equivalent).
• Design and maintain containerized services using Docker and modern deployment workflows.
• Integrate and test data from third‑party APIs, including LLM providers like OpenAI and Anthropic.
• Manage performance, cost, and observability across AI integrations and backend systems.
• Debug and troubleshoot issues across application and infrastructure layers.
• Mentor junior engineers through code reviews and coaching.
• Collaborate across the stack to ship product features quickly and reliably.

Skills

Python

Distributed systems

Go

Cloud platforms

Terraform

Docker

CI/CD

MongoDB

REST APIs

LLM integration

Tools

Terraform

Docker

Job description

Evertune AI is hiring in the United States for a senior backend engineer to take ownership of the AI Discovery platform's backend. You will design and scale distributed systems, implement cloud infrastructure patterns, and optimize integrations with OpenAI and other LLM providers.

You are a software engineer first, proficient in Python and Go, containerization with Docker, and Terraform, guiding architecture and reliability.