Staff Backend Engineer

LinkUp
United States, France
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 6+ yearsSkills: ["Communication","Collaboration","Problem-solving"]

Seeking a top-tier Staff Backend Engineer to design internet-scale, high-performance infrastructure and build end-to-end features for AI-driven applications. You’ll own large cross-functional initiatives, drive key technical decisions, collaborate on roadmaps, and conduct code reviews alongside the CTO and Software & ML teams in a fast-paced environment.

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LinkUp
LinkUp
10 months ago

Staff Backend Engineer

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Job Summary

Seeking a top-tier Staff Backend Engineer to design internet-scale, high-performance infrastructure and build end-to-end features for AI-driven applications. You’ll own large cross-functional initiatives, drive key technical decisions, collaborate on roadmaps, and conduct code reviews alongside the CTO and Software & ML teams in a fast-paced environment.
Location: United States, France
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Design internet-scale, high-performance infrastructure
  • •Build robust products—develop, deploy, and maintain new features end-to-end
  • •Master the technical scope of your domain and raise the bar for engineering quality
  • •Collaborate on road-mapping and drive key technical decisions
  • •Own large cross-functional initiatives from conception to delivery

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Remote Work

Key Requirements

  • •Extensive backend experience building and operating large-scale distributed systems (6y minimum)
  • •Experience with, or strong curiosity about, AI technologies and a commitment to continuous learning
  • •Solid grasp of infrastructure and CI/CD best practices
  • •Thrive in a fast-paced environment and aren’t afraid to work hard to achieve ambitious goals
  • •Desire to design internet-scale, high-performance infrastructure
Experience:6+ yearsAIDistributed systemsAI agents
Skills:CommunicationCollaborationProblem-solving
Tech Stack:Node.jsNestJSReactPythonJavaPostgreSQLOpenSearchVespaApache StormVLLMKubernetesGitHub ActionsTerraform

Company Brief

LinkUp
Provides an AI-optimized web search API that lets LLMs and AI agents access, search, and interact with web and premium content efficiently and ethically, offering developer APIs and integrations for retrieval-augmented generation and agentic workflows.
Industry: API Platforms
Company Size: Small (11 to 50 employees)
Growth: Early Stage Startup
Funding: Pre Seed
Headquarters: Paris, France
Founded: 2024
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