Senior Backend Engineer

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2 Locations
In-Office or Remote
Senior level
Information Technology
The Role
Design and operate fault-tolerant, performance-critical backend infrastructure across AWS and GCP. Build serverless services, REST and WebSocket APIs, secure cloud deployments, and scalable AI workflows including fine-tuning and inference pipelines. Develop custom AI agent and multi-agent frameworks, manage containerized services, follow release processes, and document systems. The role requires strong Python expertise, extensive cloud and Kubernetes experience, infrastructure-as-code knowledge, and familiarity with generative AI and LLMs.
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About Sentient

Sentient is advancing and empowering the development of open-source artificial general intelligence (AGI). We build research, products, and frameworks that help developers and researchers to push the boundaries of AI in the open. Our mission is to enable a future where the development of AGI is shaped by a broad community of contributors.

Backed by leading investors including Founders Fund, Pantera, and Framework, we’re bringing together a team to tackle fundamental challenges in open-source AI. Join us to help build the tools and technology that make this future possible.

Responsibilities

  • Design, implement, and maintain fault-tolerant core infrastructure for the Sentient platform

  • Architect and manage robust performance-critical backend services on AWS and GCP

  • Implement serverless architectures and optimize cloud resource utilization

  • Implement and maintain REST and Websocket APIs to provide data to AI applications

  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features

  • Design and deploy scalable, reliable, and secure end-to-end AI workflows for Sentient products, including fine-tuning and inference pipelines for generative AI models

  • Design and implement custom AI agent frameworks and multi-agent systems from scratch

  • Deploy, test, and follow proper release management processes to drive end-to-end services from dev to UAT to production

  • Deploy services in accordance with security measures, including IAM, security groups, and encryption

  • Write comprehensive documentation to ensure reproducibility and transparency

Required Qualifications

  • 5+ years hands-on experience in developing large applications and designing end-to-end infrastructure

  • Demonstrated mastery of the Python programming language

  • Expertise in a lot of the AWS and GCP services:

  • Compute: EC2, GCE, Lambda, Cloud Functions

    • Networking: VPC, Cloud VPN, Transit Gateway, Cloud Interconnect

    • Storage: S3, Cloud Storage, EBS, Persistent Disk

    • Databases: RDS, Cloud SQL, DynamoDB, Bigtable

    • Containerization: ECS, GKE, ECR, Container Registry

    • Serverless: Lambda, Cloud Functions, API Gateway, Cloud Run

    • Monitoring: CloudWatch, Cloud Monitoring, CloudTrail, Cloud Audit Logs

  • Expertise in containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes, EKS, GKE)

  • Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CDK, Cloud Deployment Manager)

  • Understanding of Generative AI, LLMs, datasets, fine-tuning, and AI inference

  • Problem-solving mindset to navigate ambiguity in a fast-paced startup

  • Passion for building revolutionary AI products

Values

  • Appreciate and pursue deep expertise

  • Embrace extreme ownership and bias for action

  • Want to take risks and act upon ambition with integrity and empathy

  • Pursue relentless innovation and experimentation

  • Invest in personal growth and team collaboration

Benefits

  • Competitive salary, equity, and insurance

  • Flexible PTO and WFH policy

  • Top-of-the-line engineers and technology

  • Opportunity to shape the direction of a pioneering open AI platform

Skills Required

  • 5+ years of hands-on experience developing large applications and designing end-to-end infrastructure
  • Mastery of Python
  • Expertise with AWS services including EC2, Lambda, VPC, Cloud VPN, Transit Gateway, S3, EBS, RDS, DynamoDB, ECS, ECR, API Gateway, CloudWatch, and CloudTrail
  • Expertise with GCP services including Compute Engine, Cloud Functions, VPC, Cloud Interconnect, Cloud Storage, Persistent Disk, Cloud SQL, Bigtable, GKE, Google Artifact Registry, Cloud Run, Cloud Monitoring, and Cloud Audit Logs
  • Expertise in Docker and Kubernetes, including EKS and GKE
  • Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, CDK, or Cloud Deployment Manager
  • Understanding of generative AI, LLMs, datasets, fine-tuning, and AI inference
  • Problem-solving ability in ambiguous, fast-paced startup environments
  • Passion for building AI products
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The Company
HQ: San Francisco, CA
37 Employees

What We Do

Community Built AGI

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