Senior Backend Engineer — AI Platform & Microservices

Lightning; Seattle, Northern (WA, KY); Hybrid; USD 206,000 - 217,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Coverage

Equity (RSUs)

401(k) Matching

Unlimited PTO

Winter Break

Parental Leave

Development Allowance

Wellness Stipend

Sabbatical

Flexible Work

In-Office Meals

Job summary

Lightning AI is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design and implement microservices-based architecture for its core platform services. Position allows for occasional telecommuting within commuting distance of reporting office in Redmond, WA.

You will build and maintain RESTful APIs, deploy scalable backend systems, mentor engineers, participate in design decisions, and help plan sprint work. Strong background in distributed systems and cloud-native architectures is required, with Go,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Software or Computer Engineering, CS, or closely related field.
• 5+ years of backend/distributed systems experience.
• Experience with AWS, GCP, and/or Azure.
• Experience with container orchestration (Kubernetes).
• Proficiency in Go, Python, or Java; IaC (Terraform/CloudFormation).
• Knowledge of networking, security, and scalability concepts.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain RESTful APIs and backend services for resource management.
• Develop internal tooling and automation for infrastructure provisioning.
• Integrate with cloud provider services (AWS, GCP, Azure).
• Contribute to design decisions and technical architecture planning.
• Review code and mentor junior engineers; promote best practices.
• Plan and participate in sprints and technical planning.
• Design monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions.
• Troubleshoot production issues and implement fixes.
• Develop disaster recovery and backup strategies.
• Optimize system performance and resource utilization.

Skills

Backend distributed systems

Go

Python

Java

Kubernetes

Cloud architectures

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor's degree in Software or Computer Engineering/CS

Tools

Kubernetes

Terraform

CloudFormation

Job description

Lightning AI is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design and implement microservices-based architecture for its core platform services. Position allows for occasional telecommuting within commuting distance of reporting office in Redmond, WA.

You will build and maintain RESTful APIs, deploy scalable backend systems, mentor engineers, participate in design decisions, and help plan sprint work. Strong background in distributed systems and cloud-native architectures is required, with Go,