Senior Backend / Core Engineer

Vendia • Renton, WA

141d

About The Position

At Vendia, we’re transforming how companies interact with AI agents. We make AI integration simple, fast, and secure, with built-in governance, transparency, and control at every step. We’re looking for a Senior Backend / Core Engineer to help expand and deliver Vendia’s distributed AI data platform. You’ll own critical backend systems, ensuring scalability, availability, latency, and fault tolerance for our massively multi-tenant platform. You’ll design, develop, and deliver customer-facing functionality that enables enterprise users to manage and share vast amounts of operational data in real time.

Requirements

• 5+ years of software development experience in distributed systems, with operational responsibility for mission-critical services.
• Experience with NoSQL databases (e.g., DynamoDB) and serverless cloud architectures (AWS Lambda, API Gateway, Cognito, or equivalents on Azure/GCP).
• Expert in Python or Rust.
• Deep knowledge of AWS, including serverless architectures.
• Proven experience with CI/CD pipelines, testing frameworks, and operational excellence.
• Strong project planning, communication, and delivery skills.
• Must be authorized to work in the United States.

Nice To Haves

• Startup or fast-paced cloud environment experience.
• Knowledge of Apache Iceberg, distributed ledger technologies, or LLM / AI agent integrations.
• Knowledge of AWS Glue is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement a cloud-based, fully managed data plane at the core of Vendia’s real-time distributed data platform.
• Build solutions that allow enterprises to integrate multi-modal data at scale.
• Implement best practices including automation, CI/CD workflows, testing and quality controls, security, and performance optimization.
• Influence the vision and roadmap of Vendia’s offerings by collaborating with Product and Design teams.
• Partner with leadership to balance new features with rapid customer growth and engineering excellence.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 11-50 employees