Senior Backend Engineer — AI Platform (Austin Onsite)

Kizen; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity Package

Healthcare Coverage

Professional Development Stipends

PTO

Career Growth Opportunities

Job summary

Kizen is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer in Austin, TX (in‑office 4x per week) to help build our next‑gen platform. You will work with the Director of Engineering to deliver reliable, scalable backend features and improve user outcomes for real customers.

Ideal candidates have 5–7+ years of professional Python development, experience shipping LLM‑enabled features, and a collaborative mindset. The role offers strong compensation and equity in a fast‑growing AI company.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in a related field.
• 5–7+ years of professional development experience, Python preferred.
• Experience shipping LLM-enabled features in production.
• Exceptional collaboration, organizational, and communication skills.
• Ability to navigate ambiguity and adapt in a fast-changing environment.

Responsibilities

• Iteratively improve solutions with nondeterministic components using experiments.
• Collaborate with Engineering leaders to ensure reliability and maintainability.
• Partner with product to design feasible features and create actionable tickets.
• Work with Frontend teams to ensure polished user-facing experiences.
• Craft flexible, reliable, and scalable code.
• Write tests and evaluations to ensure stability as the codebase evolves.
• Tackle technical issues head on and plan for long-term success.

Skills

Python

LLM features

Collaboration

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Django

LangGraph

LiteLLM

Postgres

Redis

S3

Kubernetes

Job description

Kizen is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer in Austin, TX (in‑office 4x per week) to help build our next‑gen platform. You will work with the Director of Engineering to deliver reliable, scalable backend features and improve user outcomes for real customers.

Ideal candidates have 5–7+ years of professional Python development, experience shipping LLM‑enabled features, and a collaborative mindset. The role offers strong compensation and equity in a fast‑growing AI company.