Alembic Technologies · 1 month ago
Backend Engineer, Data Products
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$179K/yr - $200K/yr
8+ years expAlembic Technologies is an applied science company focused on solving complex marketing challenges through innovative technology. They are seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to architect and operate their backend platform, delivering high-performance insights for Fortune 500 clients by building scalable systems and data processing pipelines.
Big DataBusiness IntelligenceMarketingPredictive AnalyticsSaaS
Responsibilities
Design and build scalable backend services and APIs that process massive marketing datasets with high reliability
Architect distributed systems that can handle 10x growth in data volume and customer workloads
Optimize database performance and data models to support complex analytical queries at scale
Build robust data processing pipelines that transform raw marketing data into actionable insights
Collaborate with frontend engineers to design clean, efficient API contracts
Establish backend engineering best practices and mentor other engineers on the team
Qualification
Required
8+ years backend engineering experience with significant ownership of production systems
Expert-level Python (FastAPI, Flask, or similar frameworks)
Working proficiency in Node.js (comfortable reading and contributing when needed)
Strong database knowledge (PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch (can be learned), data modeling, query optimization)
System design expertise (distributed systems, scalability patterns, performance optimization)
AWS/GCP experience with modern DevOps tooling (Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, CI/CD pipelines)
Ability to translate ambiguous requirements into well-defined technical designs
Strong cross-functional communication and collaboration skills
Early-stage or high-growth startup experience with fast-paced, evolving environments
Proven track record building scalable APIs and data processing pipelines
Experience with data-intensive applications and large-scale data systems
Background collaborating with frontend engineers on API contracts and interface design
Preferred
AI/ML infrastructure experience or familiarity with analytics platforms
Stream processing knowledge (Kafka, Kinesis, Redis Streams)
Lakehouse architectures (Iceberg) or ELT pipeline experience
Experience mentoring engineers and contributing to technical culture at scale
Benefits
Early-stage equity opportunity
Company
Alembic Technologies
Alembic is a next-generation Causal AI platform that provides enterprises with unprecedented intelligence around the effects of their actions.
11-50 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$275.41MKey Investors
WndrCoKB Partners
2025-11-13Series B· $145M
2025-03-28Series Unknown· $104.79M
2024-02-15Series A· $15.97M
Leadership Team
Tomas Puig
Founder & CEO
Lloyd Taylor
COO/CISO
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