Senior Backend Architect for Scalable AI-Ready Systems

NewsBreak; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 118,000 - 212,000; Full time

Job summary

NewsBreak, based in Mountain View, CA, is seeking a hands‑on Senior Backend Engineer to modernize our live services. You’ll lead the architecture upgrade for backend systems, build AI‑safe production infrastructure, and automate complex workflows.

The role emphasizes reliability, scalability, and strong Java expertise on a high‑traffic platform. You will contribute to large‑scale recommendation and ads systems, with a dual focus on architecture and delivering business impact.

Qualifications

• 5+ years backend experience with strong Java
• Experience leading backend architecture design for high‑QPS systems
• Proficient with Kubernetes and CI/CD pipelines
• Experience refactoring live production systems with safe rollout
• Prior exposure to LLM-agent or AIOps is a bonus

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture upgrade of backend services, defining clean interfaces and observability
• Build infrastructure enabling AI agents to act safely in production
• Automate high‑toil engineering tasks into reliable self‑serve systems
• Deliver backend capabilities for product initiatives (experiments, growth systems)
• Own reliability through observability, rollback safety and post‑mortem learning

Skills

Backend experience

Java

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Architecture design

Safe rollout

Job description

NewsBreak, based in Mountain View, CA, is seeking a hands‑on Senior Backend Engineer to modernize our live services. You’ll lead the architecture upgrade for backend systems, build AI‑safe production infrastructure, and automate complex workflows.

The role emphasizes reliability, scalability, and strong Java expertise on a high‑traffic platform. You will contribute to large‑scale recommendation and ads systems, with a dual focus on architecture and delivering business impact.