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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # backend infrastructure developer - **Company:** MECH-GEN CONTRACTING INC - **Location:** Palo Alto, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Cloud Computing, Cloud Engineering, High-Level Architecture, Python (Programming Language), Ansible, Grunt (Software), Deep Learning, Backend, Information Technology, Maintaining Code, Terraform - **Published:** September 4, 2026 - **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/software-engineer-infrastructure-mashgin-7828334 ## About the Role * 5+ years relevant coding experience * B.S. or higher in Computer Science (or equivalent work experience) * Python programming with knowledge of infrastructure as code (terraform, ansible,etc) * Experience in designing and managing cloud-based environments like AWS * Comfortable learning new languages, libraries, and frameworks when the solution calls for it * Experience building production-ready code that's used regularly by lots of people, * Experience in a fast-paced work environment, shipping quality code quickly and iterating * Comfortable with deploying and managing cloud infrastructure * Good knowledge of algorithms and data structures ## Description We're looking for a backend infrastructure developer to help us build the software that runs our kiosks and powers the extensive infrastructure behind them. You'll work on infrastructure that enables us to develop advanced deep learning solutions that power Mashgin's checkout experience for millions on transactions per month across the world. As part of our infrastructure team, you'll focus on designing and building the core systems that power the product. You'll operate with full ownership in a startup setting, driving foundational projects from concept through production - architecting, implementing, and scaling platform capabilities that support rapid feature development across the company. We maintain a flat, high-impact engineering culture where every engineer who joins our team carries the title of Member of Technical Staff., * Impact: You will own significant responsibility and have total ownership over your work. We stay lean and efficient, so your work directly impacts the product we ship every day. * Simplicity: Complexity is a waste of time here-we take pride in building things that just work. * Hard Work: Forget the glamorous research papers. We prioritize the hard work it takes to achieve real-world clarity and accuracy. You will innovate relentlessly to push the boundaries of what's possible in visual automation. * Humility: No task is beneath you. Whether it's high-level architecture or grunt work to fix a bug, we check our egos at the door and get real work done. * Ruthless Prioritization: If everything is on fire, nothing is. You will be expected to prioritize ruthlessly, cutting through distractions to focus on the most impactful product improvements. * Customer Innovation: We are customer-centric, not customer-pleasing. You won't bend to every client demand; you will let innovation drive the product forward to solve the real problems our users face. * Efficiency: Meetings suck. We keep them short and only use them for alignment, giving you your time back to focus on real work. You Will Be * Working with a small interdisciplinary team in hardware, software and design to build new versions of products from scratch * Providing technical support and architectural guidance to existing systems and teams on best practices, reviewing implementations, and helping troubleshoot complex issues * Build backend infrastructure to perform scalable training in the cloud * Rethinking and recreating existing codebases for scale * Continuously improving and maintaining code that's already in production ## Related Videos - [Dev & Test in the Cloud? 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