Senior Backend Engineer - Go, AI & Security Platform

Hivemind Capital Partners LLC; New York, San Francisco (NY, CA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

VeryAI is seeking a Senior Engineer to own core parts of the platform behind Proof of Reality. You will work directly with our Head of Engineering to set technical direction, take problems from a rough brief to a shipped and monitored system, and raise the bar for how we build. Our backend runs on Go, with TypeScript and React/Next.js on the web.

We build with AI, not around it. Senior engineers are expected to know when the model is right or wrong, ensure reliability, and contribute across

Qualifications

• 5+ years building production software with ownership after launch.
• Deep experience in Go or a comparable backend language, plus TypeScript/React.
• Strong API and data modeling judgment, including migrations on live systems.
• Experience building and running scalable, cloud-based applications.
• Ability to debug across service boundaries with logs, metrics, traces, and source code.
• Fluency with AI-assisted development and critical review of AI-generated code.
• Track record of taking a product from zero to one and scaling it.
• Clear written and verbal communication of tradeoffs and blockers.

Responsibilities

• Own services end to end from design to rollout and monitoring.
• Set architecture direction, data models, and APIs with security tradeoffs.
• Transform rough briefs into shipped, maintainable systems.
• Build and harden backend services and front-end experiences as the product scales.
• Develop data visibility with metrics, dashboards, and alerts.
• Ship developer portals and partner-facing APIs for integrations.
• Leverage AI agents for maintenance and debugging, ensuring reliability.
• Mentor engineers through code review and documentation.

Skills

5+ years production software

Go

TypeScript

React

API design

Cloud-based apps

Debugging across services

AI-assisted development

Code review

Mentoring engineers

Tools

Kubernetes

GitOps

Kafka

Redis

gRPC/protobuf

PostgreSQL with sqlc

Job description

VeryAI is seeking a Senior Engineer to own core parts of the platform behind Proof of Reality. You will work directly with our Head of Engineering to set technical direction, take problems from a rough brief to a shipped and monitored system, and raise the bar for how we build. Our backend runs on Go, with TypeScript and React/Next.js on the web.

We build with AI, not around it. Senior engineers are expected to know when the model is right or wrong, ensure reliability, and contribute across