Senior Backend Engineer, AI Platform & Microservices

Lightning AI

Seattle (WA)

Hybrid

USD 150,000 - 190,000

Full time

3 days ago
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Job summary

Lightning AI is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to design and implement microservices-based architecture for our core platform services in the Seattle area. The role involves building RESTful APIs, backend services, and tooling to support resource management, with occasional telecommuting within commuting distance of Redmond, WA.

The ideal candidate will mentor engineers, contribute to architectural decisions, and partner with teams on cloud integrations (AWS/Azure/GCP) while driving robust

Qualifications

  • Experience designing microservices-based architectures.
  • Strong experience building RESTful APIs and backend services.
  • Mentor and review code, promoting best practices in a team environment.

Responsibilities

  • Build and maintain RESTful APIs and backend services for resource management.
  • Develop internal tools and automation for infrastructure provisioning.
  • Integrate with various cloud provider services (AWS, Azure, GCP).
  • Contribute to technical design decisions and architecture planning.
  • Review code and provide constructive feedback to team members.
  • Mentor junior software engineers and promote software engineering best practices.
  • Participate in technical planning and sprint planning sessions.
  • Design and implement monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions.
  • Troubleshoot issues across services and environments.

Skills

RESTful APIs
Backend services
Cloud providers (AWS/Azure/GCP)
Microservices architecture
Mentoring
Code review
Technical planning
Monitoring/logging
Troubleshooting

Job description

Lightning AI is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to design and implement microservices-based architecture for our core platform services in the Seattle area. The role involves building RESTful APIs, backend services, and tooling to support resource management, with occasional telecommuting within commuting distance of Redmond, WA.

The ideal candidate will mentor engineers, contribute to architectural decisions, and partner with teams on cloud integrations (AWS/Azure/GCP) while driving robust

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