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Jellyfish · 3 weeks ago

Senior Backend Engineer, AI Systems

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$165K/yr - $235K/yr

10+ years exp

Jellyfish is focused on enhancing engineering team efficiency through AI integration, and they are seeking a Senior Backend Engineer, AI Systems to develop tools for classifying work within issue tracking systems. The role involves handling complex data at scale, designing systems for efficient classification and aggregation, and building data pipelines while applying large language models responsibly.

AnalyticsInformation TechnologySoftware

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Design, plan, and implement key features as part of a highly effective development team

Rapidly deliver value for our customers by pushing features to our AWS-hosted SaaS environment daily, with automated CI/CD pipelines

Provide technical and product expertise within your team and across the organization

Think big about what’s possible to represent the scope of engineering work and how it’s changing

Communicate effectively about project status and technical issues

Participate in your team’s agile process and work to continually improve your team’s capabilities

Provide support for production operations of the Jellyfish product

Actively participate in a culture supportive of growth and inclusion on your team

Qualification

PythonData modelingLarge Language ModelsAWSFrontend frameworksCuriosityCommunicationTeam player

Required

10+ years of experience building SaaS products

Strong skills in Python, and passion for building production software systems

Enough experience with frontend frameworks, such as React, to be able to pitch in from time to time to move a project forward or troubleshoot issues

Strong skills in data modeling in relational database systems and experience with and interest in other database technologies such as columnar systems

Experience working with Large Language Models and Amazon's Bedrock and Sagemaker environments

Fluency with tools such as Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code, Kiro and a track record of using them to build and ship fast

Strong backend engineering skills, experience with complex data modeling, and curiosity about building production LLM systems and AI infrastructure are essential

Humility, a performance-driven attitude, and a team-player approach are most important to us

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the US