Senior Backend Engineer (EST) - AI-Driven Platform

Level AI; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Level AI in Mountain View seeks a backend engineer to build and scale our AI-driven platform used by US customers. You will design and implement robust REST APIs, real-time services, and data pipelines using Python, Django, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, and Kubernetes.

3–6 years of backend experience and a solid CS foundation are required. Django is highly desirable, with exposure to NLP-related ML concepts a plus. EST timezone work is essential to provide coverage for US customers.

Qualifications

• B.E./B.Tech./M.E./M.Tech from top engineering institutes with relevant work experience.
• Minimum 3–6 years backend experience, with Python preferred.
• Django experience highly desirable.
• Experience with FastAPI, MongoDB, real-time or streaming backends, and LLM-backed search/RAG is a plus.
• Strong understanding of relational databases, data management, and REST API design.
• Some machine learning experience in NLP is preferable.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and CS fundamentals.
• Able to work in EST Timezone to support US customers.

Responsibilities

• Innovate, build, and invent on behalf of customers; plan, execute, and maintain products/features touching millions of users.
• Design and code solutions from broadly defined problems.
• Drive engineering best practices and architecture.
• Collaborate with teams to shape architecture and design of systems.
• Work in an agile environment to deliver high-quality products.
• Engage with customers to resolve issues.

Skills

Python

Django

FastAPI

REST APIs

WebSockets

gRPC

SQL

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Redis

ETL

CI/CD

GCP

Kubernetes

Docker

Celery

Real-time/Streaming

Search/RAG

Education

B.E./B.Tech./M.E./M.Tech from top engineering institutes

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Redis

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

CI/CD

GCP

Job description

Level AI in Mountain View seeks a backend engineer to build and scale our AI-driven platform used by US customers. You will design and implement robust REST APIs, real-time services, and data pipelines using Python, Django, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, and Kubernetes.

3–6 years of backend experience and a solid CS foundation are required. Django is highly desirable, with exposure to NLP-related ML concepts a plus. EST timezone work is essential to provide coverage for US customers.