Staff Engineer — AI Platform Backend & Cloud Scale

Collinear AI, Inc.; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 400,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Bonuses

Benefits

Job summary

Collinear AI, Inc. is seeking a hands-on Staff Engineer (MTS) to own the architecture, reliability, and evolution of its AI agent improvement platform in Sunnyvale, California.

You will design multi-tenant, distributed backend systems for enterprise customers, drive platform decisions, and mentor engineers as the team scales.

This role values deep technical leadership, cloud-native experience, and the ability to translate customer needs into durable platform capabilities.

Qualifications

• 7-10+ years of experience building backend systems, platforms, or cloud services.
• Strong experience with distributed systems, infrastructure, and cloud-native architectures.
• Hands-on experience with: Python (primary language today)
• Containers and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
• Experience building or operating B2B SaaS platforms at scale, including multitenancy and reliability concerns.
• Comfort working directly with customers in a B2B setting, including handling escalations and ambiguous requirements.
• Strong communication skills and sound technical judgment.

Responsibilities

• Own the architecture, reliability, and scalability of Collinear’s AI agent improvement product offerings.
• Design and operate multi-tenant, distributed backend systems that support enterprise customers.
• Make platform-level decisions across infrastructure, runtimes, deployment models, and developer experience.
• Translate customer needs and ambiguity into clear engineering priorities and durable platform capabilities.
• Partner with founders and research leadership on technical strategy, roadmap, and tradeoffs.
• Establish engineering standards and best practices as the platform and team scale.
• Hire and mentor engineers over time as the organization grows.

Skills

Distributed systems

Cloud-native

Python

B2B SaaS

Customer relations

Communication

Leadership

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Job description

Collinear AI, Inc. is seeking a hands-on Staff Engineer (MTS) to own the architecture, reliability, and evolution of its AI agent improvement platform in Sunnyvale, California.

You will design multi-tenant, distributed backend systems for enterprise customers, drive platform decisions, and mentor engineers as the team scales.

This role values deep technical leadership, cloud-native experience, and the ability to translate customer needs into durable platform capabilities.