Senior Backend Engineer (Go AI)

TL;DR

Senior Backend Engineer (Go) (AI): Architecting multimodal generation pipelines for creative AI platform with an accent on high-concurrency orchestration of heavy AI workloads across media domains. Focus on designing scalable Go microservices, optimizing async processing pipelines, and integrating frontier AI models into production workflows.

Location: Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Company

Subscription platform serving millions of creators with AI tools for image/video/audio/3D generation and a library of 15+ million licensed assets.

What you will do

• Orchestrate multimodal AI workflows using Go-based microservices to manage generation lifecycles.
• Optimize ConnectRPC services and async pipelines (Kafka + SQS) for resource-intensive inference tasks.
• Develop backend logic for advanced multimodal features and creative engine.
• Manage AWS infrastructure for high data throughput, storage, and compute clusters.
• Collaborate with AI researchers to bridge model outputs to polished user experiences.

Requirements

• Advanced Go engineering in high-traffic SaaS environments.
• Distributed systems with async processing (Kafka, SQS) and low-latency comms (gRPC/ConnectRPC/GraphQL).
• Deep AWS knowledge (EKS, S3, Lambda) and complex compute management.
• Experience building professional creative tools or media-heavy apps.
• Quality-first practices: code reviews, testing, observability.

Nice to have

• Media processing (video transcoding, audio synthesis, vectors).
• AI infrastructure, model serving, GPU workloads.
• Fast-paced entrepreneurial experience shaping product vision.