Member of Technical Staff

AccrueTalent

  • San Francisco, California
  • 30+ days ago

    Highlights

    This is a high-ownership role for an engineer who has strong opinions about architecture, can identify what needs to be rebuilt, and is comfortable taking systems from whiteboard to production. We’re partnering with a fast-growing AI company hiring a senior backend/infrastructure engineer to help architect the core systems behind real-time AI workflows.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationSan Francisco, California

    Description

    We’re partnering with a fast-growing AI company hiring a senior backend/infrastructure engineer to help architect the core systems behind real-time AI workflows.

    This is a high-ownership role for an engineer who has strong opinions about architecture, can identify what needs to be rebuilt, and is comfortable taking systems from whiteboard to production.

    What You’ll Own

    • Architect and build core backend systems for real-time AI products
    • Design low-latency, event-driven services and distributed workflows
    • Deploy and scale resilient infrastructure using Kubernetes
    • Improve reliability, fault tolerance, database performance, and system observability
    • Build infrastructure that supports continuously improving AI systems
    • Own technical decisions, code quality, architecture, and engineering best practices

    What We’re Looking For

    • 3+ years of professional engineering experience
    • Strong Python
    • Deep backend and infrastructure experience
    • Experience personally architecting production systems
    • Strong distributed systems fundamentals
    • Database design and performance optimization
      • High ownership and comfort operating in fast-moving startup environments
      • Daily use of modern AI coding tools such as Claude, Cursor, or Codex

      Strong Plus

      • Kubernetes in production
      • Event-driven or parallel-processing architectures
      • Sub-second / low-latency systems
      • AWS infrastructure
      • Voice, telephony, or real-time media systems
      • Experience in regulated or compliance-heavy environments
     

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