Staff Backend Architect - Enterprise Governance & AI

Jasper, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 221,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental, Vision coverage

401(k) with company match

Equity grant participation

Flexible PTO with budget

Home office budget

Learning & development stipend

Parental leave

Job summary

Jasper is seeking a Staff-level backend engineer to own the governance domain architecture and modernization. You’ll drive architectural direction, refactor authentication, roles, organizations, and billing, and write critical-path code as a hands-on IC.

This fully remote role reports to the Director of Engineering and is open to candidates anywhere in the continental US. You’ll partner with product and platform teams to translate enterprise requirements into scalable platform capabilities and

Qualifications

• AI fluency with a working understanding of core AI concepts (LLMs, agents, tokens, credits, context windows, RAG, data governance, etc.), applied to backend engineering.
• Heavy backend experience. This is a "second rodeo" hire: you've owned complex, business-critical backend systems before and you know what it takes to harden them for enterprise scale.
• Deep expertise in at least one of: authentication/authorization, multi-tenant systems, or billing platforms.
• Enterprise backend DNA. You've built for enterprise buyers and understand the bar that governance, compliance, and reliability demand at that scale.
• Strong architectural judgment. You can balance pragmatism with long-term platform thinking, and you know when to build vs. buy vs. refactor.
• A track record of technical leadership as an IC. You've mentored engineers, raised the bar on code quality and practices, and driven technical direction as an individual contributor.
• You're not looking for a purely architectural role. You want to write and review critical-path code while providing technical leadership.
• You're excited to keep growing and leveling up as an IC. This is a deep technical role, and you want to deepen your craft and impact as both an individual contributor and technical voice.
• Direct experience in the governance problem space: auth/authz, roles and permissions, multi-tenant organizations (nice to have)
• Experience with billing systems and usage-based pricing models (nice to have)
• Experience building for enterprise buyers: SSO/SAML, SCIM, audit logs, compliance frameworks (SOC2, ISO 27001) (nice to have)
• Familiarity with AI-native product development: integrating LLMs, building agentic workflows, RAG systems (nice to have)

Responsibilities

• Own the architecture of our governance domain end-to-end (authentication, roles and permissions, organizations, groups, billing) and drive its modernization for scale, security, and extensibility.
• Lead the refactoring of foundational backend systems toward an AI-native architecture, ensuring they support composable, customizable workflows for enterprise customers.
• Set technical direction for authentication, authorization, and organizational modeling, balancing immediate hardening with long-term platform thinking.
• The governance domain will not be the only area you work in going forward, however it is the area we need to invest in right now with strong technical leadership.
• Partner with product and engineering leadership to translate enterprise requirements (CMOs, marketing admins, FDEs) into scalable platform capabilities.
• Mentor and elevate the engineering team, raising the bar on backend practices, code quality, and architectural rigor.
• Operate hands-on 70–80% of the time, writing and reviewing critical-path code while providing technical leadership.

Skills

AI fluency

Backend engineering

Architectural judgement

Technical leadership as IC

Tools

SSO/SAML

SCIM

Job description

Jasper is seeking a Staff-level backend engineer to own the governance domain architecture and modernization. You’ll drive architectural direction, refactor authentication, roles, organizations, and billing, and write critical-path code as a hands-on IC.

This fully remote role reports to the Director of Engineering and is open to candidates anywhere in the continental US. You’ll partner with product and platform teams to translate enterprise requirements into scalable platform capabilities and