Senior Backend Engineer
Core
Design, build, and scale the core infrastructure and AI agent workflows for an institutional data intelligence platform serving colleges and universities.
Role type
Senior Backend Engineer (0-1 startup)
Builds
Core platform services, data ingestion pipelines, query orchestration, and agentic AI workflows
Domain
Higher Education / Enterprise Data Intelligence / AI
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Node.js, TypeScript, Postgres, GCP, LLM API integration, System Architecture, Scalability, Full-stack development
Preferred skills
Vector databases, Prompt engineering, Startup experience
Technologies
Node.js, Express, Postgres, GCP, React, Vite, GPT, Gemini, Claude
Responsibilities
Architect and implement services for data ingestion and query orchestration; Scale infrastructure on GCP for performance and security; Integrate LLMs to power AI agent workflows; Collaborate with university data teams to translate problems into solutions; Define engineering culture and technical roadmap.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
