Senior Backend Engineer, AI-Native Platform

Benji; New York (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision

Flexible work environment

Competitive salary + equity

Job summary

The Benji Group in New York, NY is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer (or full stack with backend emphasis) to own core platform services and shape AI-native software at scale.

You will design Python microservices for campaigns, users, rewards, and partner integrations, guide event-driven workflows, and define engineering standards for AI-powered workflows across the team.

Join a small, high-ownership team building enterprise loyalty infrastructure.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of backend or full-stack experience with a backend focus.
• Strong Python backend experience and distributed systems knowledge.
• Experience with AWS services and building AI-enabled workflows.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and extend Python-based microservices.
• Own event-driven workflows and cross-service orchestration.
• Integrate with partners, loyalty programs, and payment platforms.
• Define AI-native engineering standards and agent tooling.

Skills

Python backend

Distributed systems

API design

AWS

LLMs

Tools

ECS Fargate

Aurora PostgreSQL

Redis

S3

Elasticsearch

Job description

The Benji Group in New York, NY is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer (or full stack with backend emphasis) to own core platform services and shape AI-native software at scale.

You will design Python microservices for campaigns, users, rewards, and partner integrations, guide event-driven workflows, and define engineering standards for AI-powered workflows across the team.

Join a small, high-ownership team building enterprise loyalty infrastructure.