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# Backend/Infrastructure Engineer

- **Company:** Strategic Employment Inc
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $180,000.0 - $220,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Big Data, Distributed Systems, Python (Programming Language), Backend, Low Latency
- **Published:** August 31, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerboard.com/us/en/find-jobs-in-United-States/-618B6A0875E566686F/

## About the Role

* Backend engineer with 7+ years building reliable, scalable infrastructure
 * Thrive in ambiguity, move fast, and care deeply about clean architecture
 * Low ego, strong communicator, and ready to own key systems

## Description

Architect and scale low-latency, high-throughput systems used by millions. Build APIs, core infrastructure, and Back End services powering AI-driven personalization. Collaborate daily in a fully onsite role with a tight-knit, high-output team. Shape foundational systems, not just features.

 * Build low-latency, high-throughput systems
 * Build APIs, core infrastructure, and Back End services
 * Collaborate daily in an onsite role
 * Shape foundational systems
 * Languages: Go, Python, Rust, or similar
 * Cloud: AWS, GCP, or Azure
 * Systems: Distributed systems, Real Time APIs, or high-availability infrastructure
 * Bonus: Experience scraping and normalizing large-scale data


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