Senior Backend Engineer

Giga
New York
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 210,000 - 350,000 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 4+ yearsSkills: ["Python","Django","FastAPI","TypeScript","Node.js","AWS","Modal","Kubernetes","Postgres","ClickHouse","Next.js"]

Senior backend engineer responsible for building the infrastructure and systems that power AI agents. Work across the stack—from data pipelines and analytics to real-time agent systems—owning problems end-to-end with autonomy. Use Python (Django/FastAPI), TypeScript (Node.js), and AWS/Kubernetes to ship features that scale for enterprise customers.

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Giga
Giga
6 months ago

Senior Backend Engineer

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Job Summary

Senior backend engineer responsible for building the infrastructure and systems that power AI agents. Work across the stack—from data pipelines and analytics to real-time agent systems—owning problems end-to-end with autonomy. Use Python (Django/FastAPI), TypeScript (Node.js), and AWS/Kubernetes to ship features that scale for enterprise customers.
Location: New York
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own problems end-to-end: figure out the right approach, build it, and iterate based on what you learn.
  • •Build the infrastructure and systems that power AI agents across data pipelines, analytics, and real-time agent systems.
  • •Collaborate across the stack with data engineers, frontend engineers, and product/engineering teams to ship features that impact customers.
  • •Write high-quality, reliable code and contribute to setting the bar for code quality and system design.
  • •Operate in a small team with autonomy, delivering impact at scale for enterprise customers.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 210,000 - 350,000 annually
Perks:Meal AllowanceDinner StipendWellness Stipend401kCommuter BenefitsMedical CoverageDentalVision

Key Requirements

  • •Have 4+ years building backend systems, ideally at companies where reliability and scale mattered.
  • •Able to take loosely-defined problems and figure out what to build; comfortable with ambiguity.
  • •Capable of jumping into unfamiliar parts of the codebase and driving toward a solution.
  • •Write clean, reliable code and know when to ship; focus on getting the details right.
  • •Interested in AI agents and the infrastructure challenges of running them in production.
Experience:4+ yearsAIEnterprise softwareSaaS
Skills:PythonDjangoFastAPITypeScriptNode.jsAWSModalKubernetesPostgresClickHouseNext.js
Tech Stack:PythonDjangoFastAPITypeScriptNode.jsAWSModalKubernetesPostgresClickHouseNext.js

Company Brief

Giga
Builds emotionally intelligent, real‑time AI voice and chat agents to automate enterprise B2C customer support, handling complex workflows, multilingual voice, and integrations for large enterprises like DoorDash.
Industry: AI & Machine Learning
Company Size: Medium (51 to 250 employees)
Growth: Growth Stage Startup
Funding: Series A
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2023
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