Backend Engineering Lead ( {{city}}) Job at Alexander Chapman, San Francisco, CA

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  • Alexander Chapman
  • San Francisco, CA

Job Description

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

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