Backend Engineering Lead - Alexander Chapman : Job Details

Seeking a backend engineering lead to drive fast-paced prototyping and scalable systems in the AI space. This role involves working closely with leadership, guiding junior engineers, and delivering projects end-to-end in a rapidly evolving environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead backend development, from rapid MVPs to production systems
• Collaborate directly with leadership on high-impact initiatives
• Manage and mentor junior engineers
• Build secure, scalable, and distributed systems
• Experiment with and integrate cutting-edge AI tools and patterns

Core Skills & Experience

• Strong backend engineering expertise (auth, migrations, CI/CD, queues, events, distributed databases)
• Knowledge of distributed systems, workflow engines (e.g. Temporal)
• Hands-on experience with AI tools and frameworks (LLMs, KV cache, streaming, MCP servers, tool calling)
• Familiarity with voice agent frameworks (LiveKit, pipecat, pion)
• Experience reverse engineering APIs (OpenAI, Google Generative Service, etc.)
• Comfortable running LLMs locally and crafting effective prompts

Nice to Have

• GraphQL, Cassandra/Scylla, vector databases, RAG projects
• Open-source contributions or research publications
• Programming competition experience