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Recruiting from Scratch · 3 months ago

Member of Engineering, Backend (Remote)

positionUnited States
timeFull-time
remoteRemote
seniorityMid, Senior Level
money$165K/yr - $290K/yr
date4+ years exp

Recruiting from Scratch is a talent firm that focuses on placing the best candidate for our clients. They are seeking a Backend Engineer to design and implement scalable cloud platforms, develop APIs, and contribute to infrastructure automation in a fast-paced AI company. This role offers an opportunity to shape the future of AI-powered developer tools.

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Responsibilities

Design and implement a multi-tenant cloud and single-tenant enterprise platform that delivers a scalable developer experience
Build the platform that sits between large-scale AI models and end-user products (such as editor extensions and web applications)
Develop API backends serving large user bases and handling high-volume requests
Work with distributed systems (data pipelines, message queues, multi-cloud environments)
Contribute to infrastructure automation and observability using Git, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Prometheus, Grafana, and Datadog
Deploy and support solutions in enterprise (on-premise / single-tenant) environments
Collaborate with an engineering-driven culture where shipping velocity, technical rigor, and problem-solving are highly valued

Qualification

Backend engineeringDistributed systemsAPI developmentDevOps toolingGoRubyPythonMonitoring systemsEnterprise deploymentsAI/ML enthusiasmFast-paced environment

Required

4+ years of experience as a backend engineer building scalable enterprise platforms
Strong track record building and maintaining high-scale distributed systems
Experience developing backend APIs supporting large or high-traffic user bases
Hands-on experience with DevOps and infrastructure tooling (Git, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform)
Proficiency in Go, Ruby, or Python (with exposure to C++ or other low-level languages a plus)
Deep understanding of monitoring and alerting systems (Grafana, Prometheus, Datadog)
Experience with enterprise/on-premise deployments
Thrives in fast-paced, high-growth startup environments with high ambiguity
Excited by the future of AI/ML in developer tools

Preferred

Prior experience in developer tooling, B2B2C products, or infrastructure-heavy environments
Background at companies with a high engineering bar (examples include GitHub, Stripe, Uber, Ramp, Airbnb, Snap, Dropbox, Square, Netflix)
CS degree or equivalent strong technical foundation (not required but nice to have)

Benefits

Competitive equity with significant upside potential (Series C funding imminent).
Full benefits package.
Team gatherings: in-person strategy and engineering meetings every 1–2 months in Europe (all expenses paid).
Work alongside world-class engineers and leadership alumni from GitHub, Snap, and other top tech companies.
Opportunity to have a direct impact on the future of AI-powered software development.

Company

Recruiting from Scratch

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A recruiting agency working with technology companies to help them hire software engineers, data roles, product managers, and hardware.
dateFounded in 2021
location
Albany, New York, USA
people-size11-50 employees
web-link
https://www.recruitingfromscratch.com/

Funding

Current Stage
Early Stage

Leadership Team

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Will Sanders
Founder / CEO
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Tom Callahan
Managing Partner, Retained Executive Search
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