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Software Engineer (API / Backend)

Posted: May 29, 2025

Job Description

Join a high-impact remote team focused on productionizing real-time ML systems for trust and safety. This backend-centric role involves building APIs, tools, and orchestration logic to integrate cutting-edge ML models and ensure system reliability and performance.

Key Information

  • Location Model: Remote
  • Location Details: Global
  • Salary Range: Competitive
  • Years Experience Min: 3 years
  • Employment Type: Permanent
  • Company Industry: SaaS (Trust & Safety/ML)
  • Visa Sponsorship: N/A
  • Relocation Assistance: N/A
  • Working Hours: N/A

Technical Stack

  • Core (Must-Have):
    • Python
    • API Design (REST, gRPC, FastAPI, Flask, etc.)
    • Cloud Environments (GCP or AWS)
    • CI/CD Workflows
    • Containerization
  • Nice-to-Have:
    • Real-time ML inference or streaming data pipelines
    • Trust & safety domain experience
    • Vector databases (FAISS, Pinecone)
    • Building internal tools/dashboards

Role & Responsibilities

  • Key Responsibilities:
    • Design and build secure, high-performance APIs for ML inference and workflows.
    • Develop internal tools for policy, annotation, and review queue management.
    • Integrate ML models (classifiers, LLMs) into backend systems.
    • Build and maintain system monitoring for performance and reliability.
    • Implement CI/CD pipelines and ensure scalability.
  • Must-Have Qualifications:
    • 3-8 years backend or systems engineering experience.
    • Strong proficiency with Python or another modern backend language.
    • Experience designing and deploying production APIs.
    • Experience with GCP or AWS.
    • Familiarity with CI/CD and containerization.
  • Nice-to-Have Qualifications:
    • Experience integrating ML models, inference systems, or vector search.
    • Experience with Trust & Safety or moderation systems.
    • Experience building dashboards or internal tools.

Company & Culture

  • Benefits Highlights:
    • N/A
  • Potential Red Flags / Things to Note:
    • Role involves working in ambiguous environments.
    • Focus on moving quickly.
  • Company Culture Snippets:
    • High-impact role.
    • Product mindset emphasized.
    • Requires strong cross-functional collaboration (ML, Infra).

Job Details

Salary

$120K–$230K

Location

Remote / United States

Key Skills

Docker Aws Python Gcp Ci/cd Terraform Mlops Api Design