Senior Backend / Data Engineer WW-FT
Arc Full-time
United States
2 days ago
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Role details
Contract type
Temporary contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
5 years minimum
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source
Tech stack
Application Programming Interfaces (APIs)
Artificial Intelligence
Cursor
Web Servers
Identity and Access Management
Python (Programming Language)
Performance Tuning
Software Architecture
Web Application Security
Software Deployment
Systems Integration
TypeScript
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Web Applications
Delivery Pipeline
Claude Code
Prompt Engineering
Backend
Agentic-AI
Machine Learning Operations
Front End Software Development
Automation Anywhere
User Administration
Job description
- Develop and maintain a production-ready web application, handling both frontend and backend functionalities.
- Build secure authentication and user management workflows.
- Enhance backend architecture for improved reliability, scalability, and performance.
- Design, build, and maintain AI agents to automate specialized business and growth workflows.
- Integrate external AI APIs into agent pipelines and application features.
- Create, evaluate, and optimize prompts and multi-step AI workflows, ensuring high-quality outputs.
- Develop automation pipelines that emulate real-world expert processes.
- Rapidly ship new features during the pre-launch phase and continuously refine the platform post-launch, based on user feedback.
- Collaborate closely with the founding team in a fast-paced environment with evolving requirements.
Requirements
- Strong professional experience in building full-stack applications using JavaScript and TypeScript, with robust backend development skills.
- Experience in using Python for backend services or AI-related functions.
- Proven expertise in developing AI agents, AI automations, or agentic workflows beyond simple prompt engineering.
- Hands-on experience with integrating external AI APIs into production applications.
- Experience in building secure web dashboards, authentication systems, and user management workflows.
- Ability to design, evaluate, and enhance prompts and AI pipelines using structured testing and benchmarking.
- Comfort in fast-moving startup environments with evolving product requirements and minimal processes.
- Ability to independently prioritize tasks and deliver production-ready features swiftly., * Experience in building or managing MCP servers.
- Familiarity with AI development tools and coding assistants like Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, or similar agent frameworks.
- Experience with go-to-market automation, growth tooling, or marketing technology platforms.
- Experience in managing web servers, application deployment, and performance optimization.
- Previous experience as an early-stage or founding engineer.
About the company
Join our dynamic venture studio as a Senior Backend / Data Engineer and be at the forefront of building an AI-powered platform designed to accelerate startups from concept to market launch. This role offers you the chance to work on a core internal product, transforming an MVP into a scalable production platform, and involves full-stack engineering, AI agent development, and rapid product iteration.
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