Founding Backend Engineer – AI, Data

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Architect and develop essential backend systems.

• Create scalable data architectures.

• Incorporate AI into practical workflows.

• Design systems with scalability in mind.

• Build high-performance APIs and services.

• Work collaboratively with users.

• Influence the engineering culture at Clipbook.

⛳️ Requirements

• 2–10+ years of experience in building and scaling production backend systems.

• A genuine enthusiasm for rapid development and deployment.

• Demonstrated ownership of projects.

• Ability to thrive in ambiguous situations.

• Strong knowledge of cloud infrastructure, containerization, and CI/CD practices.

• Aspiration to become a future leader.

• Technical expertise required in one or more of the following areas:

• - Data Engineering: Spark, Kafka, Flink, BigQuery, streaming pipelines, ETL at scale.

• - Distributed Systems: High-volume scaling, fault tolerance, eventual consistency.

• - AI/ML: LLMs in production, RAG, embeddings, fine-tuning, inference optimization.

• - Backend: Python, Node.js, PostgreSQL, high-concurrency systems.