Experience with Redis or similar infrastructure for caching, queues, rate limiting, or pub/sub.
Ability to independently own projects and make sound technical tradeoffs in ambiguous environments.
Strong communication skills and a collaborative, low-ego working style.
Strongly preferred: Experience with FastAPI, Starlette, Litestar, or another modern Python web framework.
Experience building backend systems for AI products, agentic workflows, or LLM-powered applications, such as RAG pipelines, tool-calling agents, or orchestration layers.
Experience with security-sensitive or enterprise systems, including access controls, audit logging, and compliance-driven engineering constraints.
Experience with OpenTelemetry or comparable production observability tooling.
Nice to have: Experience with pgvector, SurrealDB, or other vector retrieval systems.
Exposure to SOC 2, fintech, healthtech, or other regulated environments.
Experience with agent runtimes, sandboxing, or MCP integrations.
Familiarity with distributed systems, asynchronous processing, and performance optimization.
Startup or zero-to-one experience.
Comfort reading TypeScript or React during frontend-backend integration work.
Tech Stack
Distributed Systems
Postgres
Python
React
Redis
TypeScript
Benefits
Work on technically challenging products at the intersection of AI, security, and enterprise software.
Join a small, senior team with deep experience in research, distributed systems, and production engineering.
Have meaningful influence over architecture, product direction, and engineering culture.
Build products with real-world impact, not just prototypes.