Senior AI/ML Backend Engineer
About The Position
We are looking for an experienced Senior AI/ML Backend Engineer who is eager to build the backend services for our AI/ML product features that make a significant impact within the organization. The ideal candidate will be enthusiastic about taking ownership of their work and spearheading cross-functional projects. Lyra is for you if you Thrive on working with brilliant teammates to solve complex, meaningful problems Are passionate about making a social impact and supporting people at their most challenging moments Enjoy cross-functional collaboration with therapists, data scientists, engineers and product managers In this role, you will Be part of a team working on building our machine learning and generative AI backend services that will support the many ML/AI product features. Create the necessary backend infrastructure to enable scalable, resilient and highly performant solutions Deploy and manage various applications in production And of course, you will be coding every day!
Requirements
- 4+ years of experience delivering production ready products
- Ability to write high-quality code in Python
- Experience with modern async Python web frameworks (e.g., FastAPI) and handling data streaming (WebSockets, Server-Sent Events)
- Experience working with Docker and deploying applications to Kubernetes
- Experience with relational and low-latency databases
- Experience integrating RAG (retrieval-augmented generation) into AI features
- Experience building generative AI chatbots
- Experience with LLM observability and monitoring tools (e.g., Langfuse) to track latency, token usage, and output quality.
- Familiarity with LLM orchestration frameworks (e.g., LangChain, LlamaIndex) and integrating with foundation model APIs (e.g., OpenAI, Anthropic, AWS Bedrock)
- A desire to learn new technologies quickly
- A love of building systems from scratch
- A thoughtful approach to balancing quality and deadlines in fast-paced settings
- Excellent communication skills with a talent for building consensus and alignment
- Strong organizational skills and the ability to distill complex problems into clear priorities that move the team and business forward
Nice To Haves
- Experience setting up and maintaining vector databases
- Experience working with Celery
- Experience defining and using Protobuf messages
- Experience writing production code in Java/Kotlin
- Experience building solutions on cloud infrastructure, particularly AWS
- Experience working with highly sensitive data in a healthcare environment
Responsibilities
- Be part of a team working on building our machine learning and generative AI backend services that will support the many ML/AI product features.
- Create the necessary backend infrastructure to enable scalable, resilient and highly performant solutions
- Deploy and manage various applications in production
- Coding every day
Benefits
- Comprehensive healthcare coverage (including medical, dental, vision, FSA/HSA, life and disability insurances)
- Lyra for Lyrians; coaching and therapy services
- Equity in the company through discretionary restricted stock units
- Competitive time off with pay policies including vacation, sick days, and company holidays
- Paid parental leave
- 401K with up to 3% matching
- Monthly tech allowance
- Well-being perks and activities
- Surprise swag
- Regular community celebration
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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