Brain Co. · 3 months ago
AI Platform Engineer, Backend
San Francisco Bay Area
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
5+ years expBrain Co. is building the infrastructure that turns advanced AI research into real-world impact. As an AI Platform Backend Engineer, you will own and build the core backend systems that power Brain Co.’s AI platform, focusing on scalability, reliability, and developer experience.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)AppsGenerative AI
Responsibilities
Design, build, and operate foundational backend services and data pipelines that power Brain Co.’s AI platform
Take end-to-end ownership: architecture, implementation, deployment, and long-term maintenance
Build systems with strong guarantees around correctness, fault tolerance, and observability
Design for real uptime expectations in enterprise and government environments
Design modular, reusable backend architectures and APIs (REST, gRPC, event-driven)
Make sound architectural tradeoffs with a long-term platform mindset
Break down open-ended, complex problems into clear technical designs
Move from first principles to production-ready systems with speed and rigor
Improve latency, throughput, and cost efficiency through profiling, thoughtful system design, and iteration
Work closely with Product, ML, Infrastructure, and customer-facing teams
Enable others by building systems that are intuitive, reliable, and developer-friendly
Qualification
Required
5+ years of experience building backend systems or platforms in production
Strong fundamentals in distributed systems (consistency, availability, failure modes, retries, idempotency)
Deep proficiency in at least one backend language (Go, Typescript, Rust, Python, or similar)
Experience designing, operating, and evolving APIs and services at scale
Proven ability to design systems from first principles
Experience building shared infrastructure, internal platforms, or developer-facing services
Strong intuition for developer experience and long-term maintainability
Experience owning services with real uptime and operational responsibility
Familiarity with observability tooling (metrics, logging, tracing) and incident response
Preferred
Experience with AI/ML platforms, inference systems, or data-intensive pipelines
Familiarity with Kubernetes and cloud-native service deployment
Exposure to multi-tenant, regulated, or government environments
Experience with real-time or streaming data systems
Benefits
Competitive salary plus equity
Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage
401(k)
Unlimited PTO
Daily lunches
Commuter benefits
Company
Brain Co.
Brain Co. partners with large enterprises and governments to build secure, impactful AI platforms and applications for real-world problems.
11-50 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Early StageTotal Funding
$30MKey Investors
Affinity Partners,Gil Capital
2025-09-10Series A· $30M
Leadership Team
Dan Ashton
CEO & Co-founder
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