A1 · 8 hours ago
Backend Engineer, AI
Palo Alto, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid LevelA1 is building a proactive AI system that carries work forward across conversations, tools, and time. The role involves building backend systems that serve AI-powered features in production, focusing on design, optimization, and production concerns.
Computer Software
Responsibilities
Build and operate backend systems that serve AI-powered features in production
Design inference pipelines, orchestration layers, and service boundaries around models
Own production concerns: monitoring, logging, alerting, and incident response
Optimize latency and throughput across inference, caching, batching, and streaming
Qualification
Required
Strong backend engineering fundamentals in production environments
Experience running high-throughput, low-latency services
Familiarity with AI inference patterns (LLMs, embeddings, multimodal)
Comfortable debugging distributed systems under load
Bias toward shipping and learning from production behavior
Build and operate backend systems that serve AI-powered features in production
Design inference pipelines, orchestration layers, and service boundaries around models
Own production concerns: monitoring, logging, alerting, and incident response
Optimize latency and throughput across inference, caching, batching, and streaming
Tech Stack: Python, NodeJs, Pytorch, OpenAI / Anthropic / open-source LLMs, SQL & noSQL, Kubernetes, Docker
Company
A1
A1 is research and product group focused on building essential, next-gen applications that benefits the wider society, not the exclusive few.
Founded in 2025Malaysia, MY
11-50 employeesFunding
Current Stage
Early StageCompany data provided by crunchbase