Backend Engineer

• Work closely with the founding team and early customers to build a world-class AI-powered product.
• Architect, develop, and maintain backend processes, including server-side logic, databases, and APIs.
• Collaborate with front-end developers to ensure seamless integration of user-facing elements.
• Engage in the entire application lifecycle, maintaining a high bar for coding, debugging, and deploying with an emphasis on high-quality, scalable code.

• 5-15 years of backend development experience.
• Proficiency in Python, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, containerization, and scaling microservices.
• Experience building AI agents and developing products built on top of LLMs/ML.
• Proficiency with AI coding tools, specifically Cursor.
• Experience working in a small startup environment (Seed or Series A).
• Understanding of data lake/data warehouse, Transformer/Attention/GPU inference.
• Experience in building products from zero to one.
• Willing to work 5 days in the office in Palo Alto and comfortable with startup work hours (9 AM-8 PM).
• BS/MS in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Excitement about the mission and working at an early-stage (Seed stage) company.
• 3+ years working most recently at a high-growth startup (Series A-C).

Skills: Application Programming Interface (API), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Computer Science, Data Lake, Data Warehousing, GPU (Graphics Processing Unit), Microservices, PostgreSQL, Product Development, Python Programming/Scripting Language, Startup, User Interface/Experience (UI/UX)

Alma is an AI company backed by leading VCs such as Bling Capital and Forerunner, focused on making immigration easy through AI native products.