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# Staff Back End Engineer

- **Company:** Altruist Corp
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $275,000.0 - $325,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Data Analysis, Databases, Distributed Systems, PostgreSQL, Software Engineering, Web Applications, Reinforcement Learning, Prompt Engineering, Spring-boot, Generative AI, Kubernetes, Information Technology, HuggingFace, Virtual Agents, Data Pipelines, Microservices
- **Published:** July 17, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/69fa1cf8-8fa3-4068-88eb-bc98b7619dfc

## About the Role

* Experience - 8+ years of software engineering experience building precise and scalable distributed systems with best engineering practices

 * Experience with Generative AI frameworks and tools (RAG, Langchain, Vector database and other emerging agentic frameworks).
 * Prior experience delivering impactful Gen-AI products in production.
 * Familiarity with AI/ML use cases such as content generation, summarization or natural language processing(NLP).
 * Familiarity with integrating third-party AI APIs and services using platforms like OpenAI, Hugging Face, and Anthropic.

Education - Ideally looking for a B.A. / B.S. degree in relevant fields such as Computer Science or similar Engineering/Mathematics degrees

Technical aptitude - You're technologically savvy and can easily get up to speed on modern tech stacks (we use Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, AWS, Postgres, Kubernetes)

Ownership - The pride you put into every aspect of your work is unparalleled and undeniable

Superb communication - intentional dialogue is a superpower. You listen as well as you share your perspective with others.

Resilience - We're inspired by your unwavering determination to achieve success, no matter the adversity you face along way

Assurance - Your confidence is brilliant, yet ego-less. You possess a strong knowledge base, the ability to discover the unknown, and are open to differing perspectives.

Creative problem solving - Identifying the problem is simply not enough. You're instinctually creative with your approach in finding solutions to roadblocks.

Bonus Points - Prior experience steering AI model output using techniques such as prompt engineering, supervised finetuning, and reinforcement learning.
San Francisco, CA salary range

## Description

* Act as a leader and steward of engineering best practices, helping to mentor other engineers and develop impactful solutions.
 * Analyze and solve complex problems spanning multiple user personas and workflows
 * Focus on building and scaling services and user facing web applications
 * Build customer centric scalable and performant AI-driven applications and features
 * Develop and maintain scalable data pipelines and ELT processes
 * Build new data integrations based on established requirements
 * Perform data analysis to investigate and resolve data issues


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