Senior Backend Engineer

Location: US Remote 

About the role: 

We are looking for an excellent Senior Backend Engineer (AI) to rapidly deliver REST APIs and AI/ML back-end services that support Generative AI models/workflows for image, video, language, audio, and 3D modalities.

Responsibilities:

• Design and implement public REST APIs, including data storage, and ML backend services and deliver highly available and scalable services that efficiently use GPU cluster hosting the services. 
• Write clean and extensible Python and Typescript code.
• Work closely with product management, design, research and engineering teams to deliver high-quality and user-friendly products
• Identify performance bottlenecks in APIs and deliver optimized solutions to address them.
• Participate in incident management and root cause analysis to improve system reliability.
• Implement and improve service telemetry and event tracking across our products.
• Implement best practices to ensure that the applications can be efficiently tested and debugged, to ensure they work as expected across multiple devices and browsers
• Implement security measures to protect user data and prevent unauthorized access or data breaches.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in building REST APIs for AI/ML based services in a high scale environment.
• Experienced in building robust backend services on AWS infrastructure to serve AI/ML services.
• Define comprehensive API specifications and documentation
• Deliver customer-facing services, including account management, identity, billing and metering, and self-service support tools, integrating with existing internal systems where necessary.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail
• Highly Proficient in Python, TypeScript
• Able to write comprehensive technical documentation
• Proven ability to work in both rapid prototyping mode and to ship/maintain large-scale products.
• Evidence of interest in music / audio is valued.

Compensation

The salary range for this role is between $145,000 and $190,000 USD. Individual pay within the range is based on factors like job-related skills and experience. Total compensation also includes stock options and benefits.

Equal Employment Opportunity:

We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability or other legally protected statuses.