Member of Technical Staff, Tech Lead Applied AI Backend

📋 Description Own the architecture of the Applied AI backend domain; core services, data models, orchestration Set the technical direction, then stay hands-on enough to build the hardest parts yourself. Take problems that arrive undefined, decide what's worth building, and own the outcome - the Build and tune high-throughput data and job pipelines: queuing, batching, idempotency, retries, and Own the design review bar for backend work across the org. Mentor senior engineers, make the Provision and manage infrastructure as code using Terraform and at scale. Manage and launch 10s of 🎯 Requirements 8+ years of professional backend engineering experience building and operating production systems Experience mentoring senior engineers, not just junior ones. Strong fundamentals in backend engineering: data structures, algorithms, concurrency, and writing Hands-on experience with API design - REST, gRPC, or GraphQL, and an understanding of versioning Solid database skills: relational data modeling, indexing, query performance, transactions and Deep, hands-on expertise in distributed systems: queues and event streams, caching, idempotency 🎁 Benefits Bi-annual performance bonus structure Generous equity grant vested over 4 years Up to $15k Relocation bonus $10K housing bonus (if you live within 0.5 miles of our office) $1.5K monthly stipend for meals Free Equinox membership