Senior Backend Engineer – Scalable APIs & AI Platforms

Makers Fund; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 190,000 - 270,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Health Benefits

Monthly Stipends

Company Retreats

Job summary

Makers Fund is seeking a senior backend lead to design and scale our backend infrastructure and APIs, enabling real-time collaboration and AI-powered workflows. You will architect core platforms and mentor engineers while partnering with product and design teams to deliver scalable services.

Ideal candidates bring 5+ years in backend roles, strong distributed-systems expertise, and hands-on leadership in cloud-native environments (AWS/GCP).

Qualifications

• Requires 5+ years of backend experience, including 2+ years in senior roles delivering scalable infrastructure.
• Deep expertise in distributed systems and cloud-native environments (AWS/GCP).
• Experience with high-traffic system design and real-time collaboration workflows.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and scaling of backend infrastructure and APIs to support real-time collaboration and AI-powered workflows.
• Architect core backend platforms while mentoring engineers and collaborating with product and design teams.

Skills

Backend Engineering

Distributed Systems

API Design

Cloud Infrastructure

System Design

Kubernetes

AWS

GCP

Real-time Collaboration

Generative AI

RESTful APIs

Technical Leadership

Code Review

Scalability

Infrastructure as Code

Product Thinking

Tools

Kubernetes

AWS

GCP

RESTful APIs

Infrastructure as Code

Job description

Makers Fund is seeking a senior backend lead to design and scale our backend infrastructure and APIs, enabling real-time collaboration and AI-powered workflows. You will architect core platforms and mentor engineers while partnering with product and design teams to deliver scalable services.

Ideal candidates bring 5+ years in backend roles, strong distributed-systems expertise, and hands-on leadership in cloud-native environments (AWS/GCP).