A1 · 6 days ago
Backend Engineer, AI
Palo Alto, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid LevelA1 is building a proactive AI system that carries work forward across conversations, tools, and time. You will build the systems that power every AI interaction users experience, focusing on backend systems that serve AI-powered features in production.
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
Our mission is to automate every chore, errand, and task in your life.
Founded in 2025San Francisco, California, US
51-200 employeesFunding
Current Stage
Growth StageCompany data provided by crunchbase