Senior Backend Architect for AI-Driven Platform (Remote)

Strategic Employment Partners (SEP)

Boston (MA)

Remote

USD 150,000 - 210,000

Full time

2 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Dental & Vision Insurance

Remote work (50 states)

MacBook Pro

Mentorship from leadership

Job summary

Strategic Employment Partners (SEP) is hiring a Senior Backend Software Engineer to own architecture and system design as we scale our AI-powered platform. You will build and maintain production services in TypeScript, Python, and PostgreSQL, and work directly with our CTO on a self-hosted Kubernetes/Terraform stack.

You will review AI-generated code with judgment, model data thoughtfully, and navigate tradeoffs in sync vs.

Qualifications

5+ years of backend software engineering experience
Production experience with TS, Python, and PostgreSQL
Bachelor's degree in CS or related field
Demonstrated system design and architecture capability
Comfortable owning ambiguous problems independently in a startup
Excellent verbal communication of technical decisions
Experience building agentic AI systems or startup experience is a strong plus

Responsibilities

Own backend architecture and system design decisions as the platform scales
Build and maintain production services in TypeScript, Python, and PostgreSQL
Review, refine, and architect around AI-generated code with strong engineering judgment
Work directly with technical leadership on infrastructure, data modeling, and scalability tradeoffs
Contribute to a self-hosted infrastructure environment — containerized deployments, IaC
Help build the agentic AI tooling becoming core to our product roadmap