Principal Software Engineer - Backend & AI Infra

CVector - Industrial AI • New York, NY

9h • Hybrid

About The Position

As a Principal Software Engineer - Backend & AI Infra focus, you will play a critical role in evolving CVector’s core backend platform. You will work on time-series data systems, AI-assisted analytics, cloud infrastructure, and data ingestion pipelines that power our customer-facing applications and internal modeling platforms. This role is well-suited for an engineer who enjoys working close to the data and infrastructure layers, has strong architectural judgment, and is excited to operate across AI systems, databases, and distributed backend services. You will take ownership of complex systems, drive major technical migrations, and help shape how intelligence is embedded into industrial energy workflows. You will collaborate closely with product, modeling, and frontend engineers, and you will have significant influence over platform direction, reliability, and long-term scalability. This role sits at the intersection of AI systems, time-series data, and real-world energy infrastructure. Your work will directly impact system reliability, customer trust, and CVector’s ability to scale intelligent energy management across industries. If you enjoy solving deep backend problems, shaping platform foundations, and embedding intelligence into physical systems, this role offers both technical challenge and real-world impact.

Requirements

• A decade or more of experience building and operating production backend systems
• Have built and maintained multiple generations of distributed systems
• Tracking the latest developments in agentic system design, ready to grow a leading edge system of their own
• Python
• TypeScript
• Supabase
• PostgreSQL
• MQTT
• TigerData
• AWS
• GitHub-based CI/CD workflows

Nice To Haves

• Show how they have left their fingerprint on your corner of the industry, ambitious to do it again

Responsibilities

• Evolving CVector’s core backend platform
• Working on time-series data systems
• Working on AI-assisted analytics
• Working on cloud infrastructure
• Working on data ingestion pipelines
• Taking ownership of complex systems
• Driving major technical migrations
• Shaping how intelligence is embedded into industrial energy workflows
• Collaborating closely with product, modeling, and frontend engineers
• Influencing platform direction, reliability, and long-term scalability

Benefits

• A competitive compensation package with meaningful equity upside
• A robust selection of health, dental, and vision insurance options
• Optional Health Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Unlimited PTO with a three week minimum per year, plus additional sick days
• Top of the line work equipment and IT setup, including high performance laptops and a modern developer stack
• Unlimited access to the latest AI agent systems and productivity tools to help you move faster and build better
• Visa support for candidates currently based in the US, including employer sponsored visa applications where applicable

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed