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# Senior Backend Engineer, AI Platform

- **Company:** Evenup Inc
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $184,728.0 - $249,926.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Clean Code Principles, Java (Programming Language), Artificial Intelligence, C++ (Programming Language), Distributed Systems, Elasticsearch, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, Machine Learning, Large Language Models, Backend, AI Platforms, Kubernetes, Production Code, Golang
- **Published:** August 2, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=683cede4bf7b562b

## About the Role

* Extensive experience building frameworks, libraries, and distributed systems with a focus on reliability, observability, and performance.
 * Proficiency delivering production-ready code, managing infrastructure, and building RESTful APIs to industry standards.
 * Experience owning and delivering complex technical projects.
 * Success in startup or high-growth environments valuing speed, collaboration, and ownership.
 * Proficiency in Python or other languages (Go, Java, C++).
 * Strong written and verbal communication skills, with proven cross-disciplinary collaboration., * Background with AI systems, LLMs, or machine learning infrastructure.
 * Experience in legal tech or social impact-driven products.
 * Prior work supporting internal platforms or developer-facing tools.

## Description

* Backend Systems & Infrastructure: Lead the design, development, and optimization of robust backend systems for deploying LLM-based algorithms and services.
 * End-to-End Ownership: Manage projects through their complete lifecycle-from architecture to deployment, monitoring, and improvement.
 * Cross-Team Enablement: Work with other engineering teams to understand use cases and deliver scalable platform solutions.
 * Engineering Excellence: Develop high-quality, maintainable code using a modern tech stack (Python, Postgres, Kubernetes, Elasticsearch).
 * Growth & Collaboration: Grow as an engineer working alongside world-class peers on impactful, cutting-edge generative AI projects., * Design, build, and enhance scalable backend systems supporting LLM-driven products and internal platforms.
 * Own infrastructure and services for reliable deployment, experimentation, and iteration of AI-powered systems.
 * Collaborate with engineering teams to gather requirements and deliver reusable, scalable solutions.
 * Influence the technical direction and long-term architecture of EvenUp's AI platform.
 * Maintain high standards for reliability, performance, observability, and maintainability.
 * Drive projects from early design through deployment, monitoring, and iterative improvement.


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