Senior/Lead Backend Engineer

Jobgether; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Biannual bonuses

Technology allowance

Private health insurance

Meal allowances

International opportunities

Meaningful technical impact

Engineering ownership

Job summary

Jobgether is seeking a backend engineer to design, build, and maintain complex systems that support AI workloads, billing, and energy trading. You will migrate workloads to proprietary GPU infrastructure, ensure high availability, and collaborate with product teams to translate business needs into scalable solutions.

You will own architectural decisions, work with production-grade systems, and deliver projects with a high degree of autonomy across the energy domain.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable excellence in software engineering, with strong problem-solving and system design capabilities.
• At least 3 years of software engineering experience, with expectations adjusted according to the seniority and scope of the position.
• Proven ability to define, architect, and build complex backend systems.
• Hands-on experience developing, deploying, and maintaining highly available production systems.
• Strong understanding of backend architecture, reliability, scalability, and production engineering practices.
• Ability to work independently, make sound technical decisions, and take ownership of systems throughout their lifecycle.
• Clear communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with product and engineering stakeholders.
• Experience with infrastructure as code, such as AWS CDK, is a plus.
• Previous experience in the energy sector is advantageous.
• Experience delivering consumer-facing products is also a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain complex backend systems from initial architecture to production deployment.
• Develop the inference layer supporting AI workloads serving millions of prompts daily.
• Migrate AI workloads to proprietary GPU infrastructure for better performance and control.
• Build systems processing energy settlement data with continuous recalculation.
• Develop real-time billing infrastructure with per-customer ordering and audit trails.
• Support energy trading, hedging, and reconciliation with exchanges.
• Ensure availability, reliability, scalability, and data integrity of backend services.
• Collaborate with product teams to translate requirements into architecture.
• Take ownership of technical decisions and deliver complex projects autonomously.

Job description

Accountabilities:

• Design, build, and maintain complex backend systems from initial architecture and implementation through production deployment and ongoing optimization.
• Develop the inference layer supporting AI workloads, serving millions of prompts per day across customer support and meter-reading optical character recognition (OCR).
• Migrate AI workloads to proprietary GPU infrastructure, improving control over performance, scalability, and computing resources.
• Build systems that process energy settlement data, supporting continuous recalculation as new information becomes available, even months after energy delivery.
• Develop and enhance real-time billing infrastructure, including per-customer transaction ordering, idempotency, audit trails, and pricing based on half-hourly meter readings.
• Build and extend energy trading and hedging systems supporting forward markets, portfolio optimization, and reconciliation with directly accessed exchanges.
• Ensure backend services meet high standards for availability, reliability, scalability, and data integrity.
• Collaborate closely with product teams to translate business requirements into effective technical architectures and production-ready solutions.
• Take ownership of technical decisions, identify system improvements, and deliver complex engineering projects with a high degree of autonomy.

Requirements:

• Demonstrable excellence in software engineering, with strong problem-solving and system design capabilities.
• At least 3 years of software engineering experience, with expectations adjusted according to the seniority and scope of the position.
• Proven ability to define, architect, and build complex backend systems.
• Hands-on experience developing, deploying, and maintaining highly available production systems.
• Strong understanding of backend architecture, reliability, scalability, and production engineering practices.
• Ability to work independently, make sound technical decisions, and take ownership of systems throughout their lifecycle.
• Clear communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with product and engineering stakeholders.
• Experience with infrastructure as code, such as AWS CDK, is a plus.
• Previous experience in the energy sector is advantageous.
• Experience delivering consumer-facing products is also a plus.

Benefits:

• Competitive compensation: Attractive salary package with eligibility for equity.
• Biannual bonuses: Additional performance-based bonus opportunities twice a year.
• Technology allowance: Fully expensed technology and equipment tailored to your needs.
• Private health insurance: Healthcare coverage, with details varying by location.
• Meal allowances: Breakfast and dinner allowances for office-based employees.
• International opportunities: Remote positions available across the United States, Germany, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Poland, and France.
• Meaningful technical impact: The opportunity to build critical infrastructure for a more affordable and efficient energy system.
• Engineering ownership: Significant autonomy to design, develop, and operate complex systems using modern technologies.