Backend Engineer - Amari AI

Pear VC•Austin, CA

7h•Onsite

About The Position

As a Backend Engineer at Amari AI, you aren't just writing code - you are building the engine of a high-growth AI startup. We are looking for a "builder" in the truest sense: someone with the professional experience to write clean and scalable code. You will play a key role in bringing our most important features to life. We’re looking for someone who enjoys the flow of building high-quality backend systems and finds it rewarding to ship production-ready code that solves real-world logistics challenges at scale.

Requirements

3–5 years of professional experience: You’ve moved past the "junior" phase and have a solid grasp of how to build and maintain production systems.
Bias for Action: You prefer "shipping and iterating" over "over-architecting and debating."
Technical Toolkit: Proficiency inPython, experience with distributed systems, message queues (e.g. Redis, RabbitMQ), and cloud infrastructure.
Pragmatic Problem Solver: You know when to use a simple solution to get a feature out the door and when a problem requires a deep architectural dive.
In-Person Collaboration: You want to be in the room where it happens, working side-by-side with the founding team in San Francisco.

Responsibilities

Ship Fast & Often: Build and deploy production-ready services across our logistics stack - handling everything from AI integrations to API design.
Own Feature Lifecycle: Take a product requirement from a whiteboard sketch to a fully monitored, scalable backend service.
Optimize Data Flow: Implement and refine database schemas (SQL/NoSQL) and indexing strategies to ensure our real-time logistics data remains lightning-fast.
Iterate on AI Infrastructure: Work closely with the AI team to build the "plumbing" that allows our models to process massive logistics datasets in real-time.
Maintain Excellence: Write tests and documentation that allow us to move fast without breaking things.