Archetype AI · 2 days ago
Backend Engineer - Distributed Systems
Palo Alto, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
7+ years expArchetype AI is developing the world's first AI platform to bring AI into the real world. We’re looking for a highly motivated backend engineer with a passion for building performant, scalable, and resilient distributed systems to work closely with researchers and product teams to bring cutting-edge AI capabilities into production.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Information TechnologySoftware
Responsibilities
Architect, implement, and maintain distributed systems that support high-throughput, low-latency AI model inference and data services
Partner with ML researchers and product teams to turn experimental models into production-grade services
Continuously optimize performance across GPU clusters, cloud infrastructure, and backend systems
Build tooling and observability to monitor system health, identify bottlenecks, and proactively resolve instability
Introduce new techniques, architectures, and best practices to push the limits of scalability, efficiency, and reliability
Own problems end-to-end—from design to deployment—with a strong bias toward quality, automation, and continuous improvement
Balance rapid iteration on early-stage systems with long-term maintainability and architectural soundness
Contribute to a culture of engineering excellence, mentorship, and team-first collaboration
Qualification
Required
7+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a focus on backend or distributed systems
Deep understanding of distributed systems fundamentals—concurrency, consistency, replication, fault tolerance, networking
Experience building and operating production-grade systems at scale in cloud environments (e.g., Azure, AWS, GCP)
Strong debugging, instrumentation, and observability skills across distributed systems
Demonstrated ownership of complex technical problems and ability to learn and adapt quickly
Preferred
Proven track record of scaling systems through rapid growth and rebuilding or refactoring for new demands
Proficiency in systems programming languages (e.g., Rust, C++) and scripting environments (e.g., Python)
Experience designing internal tools or platforms to support developer productivity and experimentation
Strong product intuition, and ability to collaborate closely with cross-functional teams including research and design
Familiarity with modern ML stacks and hardware acceleration (e.g., PyTorch, CUDA)
Company
Archetype AI
Archetype AI develops Physical AI agents that harness real-world sensor data to enhance decision-making and automate processes.
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageTotal Funding
$48MKey Investors
Comcast NBCUniversal LIFT LabsVenrock5G Open Innovation Lab
2025-11-20Series A· $35M
2024-10-20Non Equity Assistance
2024-04-05Seed· $13M
Leadership Team
Jaime Lien
Co-Founder & Chief Scientist
Nick Gillian
Founder, CTO
Recent News
2025-11-23
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