Senior Backend Cloud Engineer - Scale AI-Driven Security

Kaicyberinc; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Kai is seeking an experienced backend engineer to design and scale cloud-driven services in a fast-paced AI security environment. You will own microservices from architecture to production, partner with product and design teams, and champion IaC and CI/CD practices.

The role emphasizes building highly available backend systems, mentoring peers, and delivering secure, scalable APIs at machine-speed. Join Kai to redefine cybersecurity infrastructure.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience as a cloud or backend engineer.
• Experience designing and building microservices in a production cloud environment.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems with fault tolerance and scalability.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, building cloud backends and data pipelines.
• Design, build, and own microservices and distributed backend systems from architecture through deployment.
• Lead technical delivery from architecture to production operations.
• Work with product and design teams to deliver performant backend services and APIs.
• Champion software development best practices, including CI/CD and IaC.
• Ensure reliability, scalability, and maintainability of backend and cloud systems at production scale.
• Mentor engineers and foster a culture of ownership and continuous improvement.

Skills

Python

Golang

Distributed systems

API design

Cloud backend

CI/CD

Tools

AWS

Azure

Terraform

API Gateway

Lambda

RDS

DynamoDB

CDK

Kinesis

Job description

Kai is seeking an experienced backend engineer to design and scale cloud-driven services in a fast-paced AI security environment. You will own microservices from architecture to production, partner with product and design teams, and champion IaC and CI/CD practices.

The role emphasizes building highly available backend systems, mentoring peers, and delivering secure, scalable APIs at machine-speed. Join Kai to redefine cybersecurity infrastructure.