Senior Backend & AI Cloud Engineer

Jobtailor; Massachusetts; On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor invites a software engineer with 3–6 years of experience to help build and maintain backend services, APIs, and cloud infrastructure in a fast-moving team. You will drive features for engineering workspaces, improve scalability and reliability, and support AI infrastructure and tooling initiatives.

The role emphasizes collaboration across software, infrastructure, and simulation teams, with a strong focus on developer tooling, automation, and performance optimization.

Qualifications

• 3 to 6 years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong programming skills in Python, C++, Rust, Go, Java, or JavaScript.
• Experience building backend systems, APIs, or distributed services.
• Familiarity with Linux-based development environments and Git workflows.
• The ability to independently drive technical projects and collaborate across teams.
• Strong problem-solving ability and attention to detail.
• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, or a related technical field.

Responsibilities

• Building and maintaining backend services, APIs, and platform infrastructure.
• Developing features for engineering workspaces and collaborative workflows.
• Improving scalability, reliability, and performance across cloud systems.
• Supporting AI-related infrastructure and intelligent tooling initiatives.
• Enhancing developer tooling, automation, and deployment systems.
• Contributing to visualization and interactive engineering experiences.
• Collaborating across software, infrastructure, and simulation teams.

Skills

Backend systems

APIs

Distributed services

Performance optimization

Cloud infrastructure

Python

C++

Java

Git workflows

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelors in CS/Engineering/Math/Physics

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Linux

Git

AWS

GCP

Azure

Job description

Jobtailor invites a software engineer with 3–6 years of experience to help build and maintain backend services, APIs, and cloud infrastructure in a fast-moving team. You will drive features for engineering workspaces, improve scalability and reliability, and support AI infrastructure and tooling initiatives.

The role emphasizes collaboration across software, infrastructure, and simulation teams, with a strong focus on developer tooling, automation, and performance optimization.