TL;DR

Staff Backend Engineer (AI): Building and optimizing high-load backend services for a consumer AI application platform with an accent on real-time conversational AI at scale. Focus on designing highly performant API-based model services, data ingestion for personalized AI experiences, and developing control & optimization services.

Location: Candidates must be based in the SF Bay Area or willing to relocate (working on-site in our South Bay office a few days a week).

Salary: $180,000–$280,000

Company

%hirify_global% is pioneering lifelike, interactive characters for games and entertainment, providing multimodal models and tools to build real-time conversational AI applications across various consumer sectors.

What you will do

Establish significant scope for product needs in collaboration with PMs and leads.
Operate with technical autonomy to suggest solutions and introduce new dependencies.
Collaborate, execute, and deliver with a focus on speed and quality.
Advocate for and realize system improvements.

Requirements

Excellent programming skills in a statically typed backend language (Go, Kotlin, Java, or Rust preferred).
Experience developing and deploying cloud-based services to hundreds of qps or more.
Experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL or MySQL).
Hands-on experience with caching (Redis or Memcached), pubsub/queues, data pipelines (Flink, Beam), and Cloud storage.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively.
Location: Must be based in the SF Bay Area or willing to relocate to the SF Bay Area.
Work format: Hybrid, requiring on-site work a few days a week.

Nice to have

Experience with analytics or timeseries databases (ClickHouse, Timescale, InfluxDB).
Experience with OpenTelemetry.
Experience with C++.

Culture & Benefits

Opportunity to work on a new consumer AI application platform.
Work alongside very capable peers in an IC-focused role.
Collaborate with sibling ML teams.
Fast-paced environment focusing on capturing opportunities in evolving AI.
Competitive compensation package including equity and benefits.