Staff Software Engineer, Core AI Infrastructure

FDE Times; Ohio; On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Bonus

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k)

Job summary

FDE Times is seeking a backend engineer to design, build, and operate reliable AI infrastructure and distributed systems. The role focuses on scalable APIs, data pipelines, serving infrastructure, and deployment orchestration, while fostering cross-team collaboration and engineering standards.

You will mentor engineers and contribute to the ownership of production-grade platform tooling, with an emphasis on responsible use of generative AI and high reliability.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of backend engineering experience.
• Ownership of production-grade distributed systems using Go or Python.
• Experience building scalable APIs, data pipelines, and reusable platform tools.

Responsibilities

• Build and operate reliable, secure AI infrastructure and distributed systems.
• Develop reusable APIs and developer tools.
• Partner across teams on platform requirements and standards.
• Mentor engineers and promote best practices in reliability and observability.

Skills

Backend Engineering

Distributed Systems

Go

Python

API Design

Data Pipelines

Serving Infrastructure

Deployment Orchestration

Job description

Build and operate reliable, secure AI infrastructure, including distributed systems, serving infrastructure, data pipelines, and deployment orchestration. Develop reusable APIs and developer tools, partner across teams on platform requirements, and establish engineering standards while mentoring engineers.

Requirements: Requires 8 or more years of backend engineering experience and demonstrated ownership of production-grade distributed systems using Go or Python. Candidates should have experience building scalable APIs, data pipelines, serving infrastructure, and reusable platform tools, as well as evaluating AI technologies and using generative AI responsibly.

Key Skills: Backend Engineering, Distributed Systems, Go, Python, API Design, Data Pipelines, Serving Infrastructure, Deployment Orchestration, Full-Stack Engineering, Platform Engineering, Developer Tooling, Artificial Intelligence, Generative AI, Observability, Reliability Engineering, Technical Mentorship

Benefits: Equity, Bonus, Medical Insurance, Dental Insurance, Vision Insurance, 401(k)